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Theme I've been looking at too many de-motivational posters!
Because it seems to be the theme of Paul's blog.
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Blog / MIT Life
Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.
best color in the box. From the ages of 3-10, my life goal was to be ... they come one right after another. I happen to be a bit of a nerd. I ... ridiculousness that tends to be the story of my life, though, the ride should at -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.
opportunity for many of you to attend spring meetings hosted by ECs and alumni ... from Hartford to Hong Kong, Seattle to Singapore. Most meetings will be scheduled over MIT's spring break to allow current students to be on hand but -
Blog / Academics & Research
Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences
November when I learned I might be able to get some funding to come from ... am still excited to be here, network and listen to what is going on in ... I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation -
Blog / Admissions
Busy times
entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... 's latest post, followed by some planning for Campus Preview Weekend, and -
Blog / IAP
MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.
which is considered to be one of the most difficult hand-eye coordination ... publication! - Writing a module for the soon-to-be-launched OpenLabWare website ... taught by MIT undergraduates. One of the amazing things about being at the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft
Lab being driven onto the White House grounds yesterday (photo by Neil ... where they will be required to 'make' something for a final project or ... , being "surrounded by people working on interesting projects makes me want -
Blog / Academics & Research
Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…
little bit of control in how to use these muscles." By creating a ... years here. Ming says that doing research is the best way to learn and ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an -
Blog / Academics & Research
Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.
sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by ... may be used in future models. GEMs are able to detect particles using ... surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Some F Words ****!!!
Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... click bait-y title lol) Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... ” a bad thing--who wanted to be a girly girl??? Not me! I was rough and -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT ... from William A. Koch. Who is he, you may be asking? Well, from the MFA ... benefactor of the Museum, Koch is also a passionate collector, described by The -
Blog / How to Human
the senior mindset gnothi seauton
we possibly be about to be seniors? How could it be our[annotation note ... one I want to talk about today. It's the way that the senior mindset has ... 's kinda a chonky set of claims, huh? I want to be very clear that this is in -
Blog / About Decisions
For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.
application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action ... 't imagine being happy anywhere else!] [This doesn't apply to everyone, but ... are available; by the beginning of February would be great, but -
Blog / Admissions
Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.
, I learned (the hard way) how not to pronounce "Nevada" (hint: it's not ... 't have to be. What makes that so difficult to process? People are complex ... hacks or whatever, and you'll be talking to one excited MIT person. We -
Blog / MIT Life
A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.
and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six ... of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....
a couple cool ways to browse historical material related to MIT. There ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some -
Blog / Personal Travel
Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT
assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... course 5 friends will be so proud!) But I decided to keep it cool because I ... effects of aneuploidy, say by inducing further energy stress, to eliminate -
Blog / Classes
Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.
changed to be shanty by pop culture. When I say CHantey, I mean a historical ... . How the class works is we read a book by some salty New-England sea dog ... to. The Golden Age of Piracy was from 1650-1739, and the Chanties as -
Blog / Academics & Research
Inherent Asymmetry Around.
'd be nice to call it quits after this. In any case, last night, I picked ... I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < -
Blog / Academics & Research
I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.
on an appeal to our logic (logos) by quoting statistics on shot blocks ... pursued by a company called TransCanada, that seeks to invest ~5.4 billion ... - I found this to be a challenging assignment and I spent a considerable