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  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  showed, to a degree that can never be sufficiently told, how much Jobs ... to popular accounts and to others I knew at Apple, be a real jerk to ... be to produce, so Nolan Bushnell (Atari's president) offered $100 for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  they’re definitely a great way to connect with other people (hence the ... (or YouTube videos to watch), so by the time I got to MIT, I hadn ... way to trick my brain into feeling less bad about doing fun things just

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  most is fun. – At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be), which is ... . fun. – Be Calm 8. fun. – At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be) 9 ... . Though maybe I'd put At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be) higher up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  , to be divided unequally amongst 400 or so residents. 2.The Choir Party ... stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I ... meat processing factory. Unable to make human contact by phone, much like

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel Nance made his way to the world on January 11, 2006 at 10:40 pm. My wife ... she considers her brother to be a threat. At best, she thinks he's pure

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  the course to be more of a seminar style than a traditional lecture ... description: There is often a tendency to consider technical systems as 'purely' technical, designed and built by technical people for technical reasons. But

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  altogether. Some permit residents to customize their rooms by building lofts ... about, but were carefully curated by architects to provide a comfortable ... way down the corridor to reach my suite. It's apparent that the path I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  you're done here, you should be able to make out most of the above text ... describe, the best way to think of it is further back behind the alveolar ... , etc. in our mouth. There are other ways to categorize. How can we tell

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  . These can be earned in various ways: Classes: A typical PE class ... competitive, we thought it would be fun to do something where we could actively ... played before, being forced to start with "this is how you hit a ball" was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  an ode. To be totally honest, I'm not even really sure what an ode is. I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... , despite being amazingly prepared to bask in the sunshine of the West Coast

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  ... although I don't know how much he'll be able to say -- he is funded by the ... motivation. So by way of introduction, it is 9:50 AM on a Friday morning. I ... this point, my project may or may not be done by the time I leave for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  week, champion skiier by weekend, that's my Adam. Events about which to ... administered by the medical school. I hopped on the CT2 bus last Friday to go buy ... 'll be in the area for a while. Hooray! So you'll all have to come to our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... depth. We'd like you to be clearly destined for that next breakthough ... "be yourself" is not a trick just to lower your guard, uncover your

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  place with a completely different culture and way of life. I'll be able to ... Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... ) awhile back and brought a film," Smith said. "He appears to be a fan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  [by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director of Arts Initiatives, and ... first things that come to mind tend to be engineering, mathematics ... what MIT has to offer. Being an artsy person, I signed up for a pre

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  like this all was a little bit too fantastical to be real. [carousel ... 153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I ... I couldn’t go—I had promised to go to a Puzzle Club event on Monday

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  various deadlines seem to be coming up way to fast. Sadly, that's just part ... next four years. Your EC will be able to help you with lots of the ... that MIT was a place they'd like to be. Some students keep in touch with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that ... I loved crafting stories, too — they were a way to grab handfuls of ... . MIT is likely not the best place to be if you know that writing is your

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  I am, nor who I want to be I've made decisions and said things that ... and that I have the power to be a part of that change sounds simple ... keep up, being kind to myself—especially then—is a part of healing, too

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They ... : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011