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Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.
The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here one of last year's most clever puzzles (this was just one of 114 -
Blog / MIT Life
Ack, finals!
Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at least Wednesday or Thursday, after my finals are done. I have been tooling -
Blog / About Decisions
Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).
still have a shot at MIT. Unlike Langston Hughes' poem A Dream Deferred -
Blog / Academics & Research
World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.
opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On ... : at Vassar and Main streets in Cambridge. Its neighbors include the ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.
at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... voice-leading possible. He sat down at the piano and played through the ... up at 4 AM after I-forget-how-many hours' sleep and start on a thermo -
Blog / Academics & Research
Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.
'05 (now a first-year grad student in bioengineering at Stanford) always ... are not above a little glee at the magic of science. 18.01, Calculus ... effect is like when you're at a party, and you're talking to someone, and -
Blog / Events
The return of photos to my blog!
top bunks and walk across. I'm at a bad angle here. I don't recognize everyone from the back of their heads, but the girl at the right is Ruth '08 ... - or at least, interesting - photos to look at. And maybe I'll be less -
Blog / MIT Life
I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.
life... at least, until next Thursday. Oh, next Thursday. What am I -
Blog / Athletics
Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…
lot of special memories at both the Old Comiskey Park and the newer U ... fun I have ever had at any baseball games. Even now that I'm back in ... White Sox! [] A.J. at the plate [] Bobby Jenks on the mound -
Blog / Miscellaneous
4 8 15 16 23 42 If you already know what those numbers mean, this entry is for you.
official site and click on the bar code at the bottom. When prompted, type in -
Blog / MIT Life
Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…
think that at other schools, maybe athletes don't have to do silly things like take classes. Not so at MIT, buddy! Just because I was exhausted and ... ; Spent 8 hours at the lab. My postdoc wants to get my current project -
Blog / Admissions
Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.
Alison Burr, the GC at Loomis. I did my best to explain our selection ... at Iona Prep. With some time to kill (I'd left CT early to avoid rush ... , where I got a table at a Chinese restaurant called Seven Woks. If you -
Blog / Admissions
Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.
included discussions on everything from admissions to the point at which ... early dinner at Wood & Tap, where I got to hear all about his adventures as a student at MIT. Got back to GHAMAS to set up for the Hartford -
Blog / Academics & Research
School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?
Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... consensus is that this behavior will begin at least by the two-day student ... I probably won't be in a few weeks." (Unified is a legendary class at -
Blog / MIT Life
A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.
Today while running westward at sunset, I was nearly blinded by the ... states where it is illegal to do what at a gas station? 5. What famous 1972 ... at the Asgard. After Professor Smith quickly answered the first -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Belonging Who belongs at MIT?
all excited and happy to be at MIT... and they are full of questions, so ... into a discussion about the kind of person who's happy at MIT. It ... the housing, classes, finances, and acceptance rate?" Darn it, that's at -
Blog / MIT Life
Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.
breakage at all. To accomplish the latter, designers placed the most common ... an amusing anecdote to tell when asked about it at interview ... blogging. Wish me luck! I'll be back at MIT tomorrow night to organize my -
Blog / MIT Life
DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"
Square. I got my hair cut and colored at the Daryl Christopher Salon, a ... Christopher Salon is definitely at the east end of Newbury Street. (I'm so ritzy. At least every once in a while.) My hair is now an alluring, yet quasi