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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  developed this as his master's thesis, and today released the system to the ... a patch to the source code, to generate a kernel module which, when loaded, can be used to immediately patch vulnerabilities or introduce new

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The ... Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive. Every major road seems to be jammed. My friend said that in the 20 minutes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  drinking that soda. Thanks to Shilpa for telling me that dubious bit of ... three kinds of classes that I'm supposed to go to per week. In lectures ... stop for questions, but a couple times students have stopped to ask him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom ... and head-scratching, because we were able to put them to good use. Also ... Rush. You have to look kind of closely to see him in this picture though

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja said: I think I would just die if I were you... No, really, just to stand

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  our salvation," Rindone plans to remind his varied group of fellow seniors. "The fact is our high school memories are going to be very ... , Rindone said his parents, David and Patricia, urged him to set lofty goals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  Somerset County, New Jersey, where the Italian soccer team happened to be ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My family went to watch them run drills at a nearby soccer field one afternoon

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example ... you are. He: Prove it. She: You stopped kissing me the other day to say

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha Chi Omega (usually abbreviated as AXO, and ... Hockfield: Other attendees (according to my handy RSVP list; it was too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  d'etres. (Oh god, don't know French, don't know where to add the ... class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the ... on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to ... Confectionery Company), right next to MIT's Random Hall dormitory? Ah, many of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell ... to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... networks try to convince you to watch reruns during the summer except you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that ... journey tends to be a rather monotonous one. Until today. Bryan recently

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... of arrows on that page, so I'll try to clarify. First you finish your undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  classroom to which MIT was assigned. Next door was a nice colleague from ... hour event. Each college fair I do seems to have one question that gets ... ." There are a variety of ways to take these courses. Each of the science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  Genome Project, which mapped the human genetic blueprint. It would seek to ... mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank of all such mutations, which would be freely available to researchers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  unique power, like density control, or to control friction, or to forget ... ’t help but feel like he became a propaganda tool. Used to support the U ... superhero. How many new heroes and stories have missed their chance to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling ... scarier without friends. It can simply feel awkward fumbling to navigate places alone. Signs seem to point against doing things independently

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  , despite having bleached it myself repeatedly!). I forgot to bring my book along with me to the drying apparatus, so while my hair was gently warmed ... freshman IAP, and I’m bad at remembering to condition it. After I left home I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023