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  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and accomplish what needs to be done! Tomorrow, at 10:00 AM (ET), DARPA is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  semester is this Friday, as is my last physics quiz and the due date for my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  ) for the fall semester's FLX, or Field Leadership Exercise. Over the past ... handle each situation. For example, when I was on the Medical team, there ... make sure that every injured person was accounted for and "treated

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are ... /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric ... then load them onto the mills/lathes. Then the tool does all the work for

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don ... planning CPW. I believe I wrote 4 entries: making fondue for Valentine's day ... , and now I work for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Gordon Moore

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... . For somebody who doesn't live on campus, like you prefrosh, it's very ... has full faith in you and let you in for the right reasons. MORAL Be

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  home for the summer, and his status updates had hinted . . . Yep. It

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  Tuesday morning, I excused myself from de-insectifying MATLAB scripts for a breathless noontime hour and ran. Terminal windows dissolved into concrete sidewalk grids, swollen with rain delicately infused with the brine

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  who perform (juggle? spin? What's the correct verb for this?) diabolo ... for "Sharpe Brothers" - they have some pretty sweet videos up there ... /disliked/bookmarked/etc. For those that don't know about Pandora yet, it's basically free online

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  vegetables) Garlic and onion for saute Oil (for saute and pan-frying the ... steam the rice off the stove, with the lid on for ~15 to 20 minutes. After ... without sauce). It may help to place the carrots in boiling water for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... "on a boat." Once on board we mingled for a bit, took some ... boat. An obvious photo-opp for the "Sophomore Guys." We stared at

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  see, for the first time since 2006, there is FINALLY a hack on the Great ... for, you silly goose. Affixed near the Great Dome is a near-exact replica of the MBTA Red Line. This marks a pretty important moment for

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about ... electroplushies at this SEBC event? they will be taking us for dinner after. If this ... know if you would be able to drop by! Thanks I, for one, thought this

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  Keith Zizza take the stage for the performance of a medley from the ... for a game set in ancient Rome, but I was ready to get back to the more ... since getting my hands on a program, I was waiting for the last piece, a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  the academic bar isn't lowered for athletes. Earlier this year, we had a ... to be easy, especially for a Division III, M.I.T. player," he said ... there for me." In the meantime, Bartolotta hopes to carry M.I.T. to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  run a marathon. Personal goal. 6. I have oatmeal for breakfast almost ... guacamole before this year. 9. My childhood goal was to be quarterback for the ... I could eat only one food for the rest of my life, it would probably

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  well-organized spreadsheet. I'm always looking for ways I can improve ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to ... . A few weeks ago, I realized that the word I was looking for was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  was known primarily for two things: 1) being an absolute hardass of a ... after a test date, Mr. Antunez would, without fail, stand at the board for ... : -Think classes here won't really be hard for you because you might be

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  days to come; thanks for your patience. In related news, I can announce

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech ... outside of MIT because not only are the tickets for the events often ... are genuinely. Some of the FASAP shows are on the obscure side—for

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008