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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  to read the note that would be waiting next to my breakfast. This is ... " - sophomore Gabriel Blanchet is taking a semester off to hike 2,179 miles. USA ... tiny corner of my desktop...to uncover a dozen more notes behind it.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  , divider to divider. P.S. The Folder is not just a metaphor, it is a 100 ... regardless of what it is that the decisions page will show me, I want this to ... , it is going to be 100% ok. Because here’s the thing. I love you MIT and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  ,[/annotation] that there is a limit to that is rough. But it's also important. In my decision fatigue post, I wrote: The thing is, it’s usually easier to tell ... workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... awake because of content. 11am - noon Next is biochem II (5.08). It's co ... Finally some free time--it's one of those annoying/convenient half

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  Kamen's goal with FRC and all of the FIRST competitions is to popularize ... people cheering each other on, competition is as close as you get to a STEM ... conveniently landed on my last day in Kansas and I was able to visit my old team

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  needed a uhaul to bring it all back (0:53). We were buying 140 cans of ... . Then we noticed a problem. We had made it in 2 parts to be bolted together so it would fit through all the doors and hallways and back to East

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... bars of Dial Gold I am beholden Some say it is shocking, that fourteen

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  A few weekends back, I went to EnergyHack, ran a half-marathon, and ... process of re-branding its pre-existing process to sound more green.  The ... to get EnergyHack free dinner.  Josephine and I are generally vultures

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  't live in a vacuum, and it's stressful to waste energy and time on ... as it is now. Getting adjusted to fully in-person life on campus ... of this is a lot. It would be one thing if I just had to handle

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and put it up ... friend Kristen made gingerbread houses for hall to decorate It's rainbow ... vegetarians it's wrapped in a bacon weave and the recipe is from a guy named

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  MIT ID. Once you have it, if the Boston Symphony Orchestra is set to ... of it - is just a matter of carving out a niche. Try not to work too ... pretend to twirl a drum stick - to prove it. So let me fix that: Because

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  'm able to apply it to what happened in high school. I think this is the ... there is anybody you would like to say goodbye to, do it now. Despite ... Francisco alone, despite knowing that it was going to be unpleasant and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this ... holding the PVC pipe like a gun/cannon is THAT creative, but I thought it ... how hectic my schedule is I always make time to hang out with my friends

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... MIT up to 11! AeroAstro is going to have some daytime stargazing to ... pick up line in the comments, and if you want to see more of what is

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to ... , and who am I to refuse free stuff? First, it took me under 10 minutes ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting ... nice time to talk about MIT's campus organization. My goal is to teach ... like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  leading up to that point, is like it’s own sprint, too. Life after, the jobs ... bones.  It’s that time of the year. The semester is coming to a close ... you have to do is reach the end and rest your legs for a while. For an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  every circle’s circumference to its diameter is exactly pi: in other words ... that is so incredible that you absolutely need to read it. Matt Mc ... people rhyme it with law) refers to the superior circle constant, [latex

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , near the Nyimba province. The travel has been somewhat tiring but it is ... butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not ... , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  how more energy is required to eject electrons that are closer to the ... more on its pictures to tell story rather than its dialogue. For our ... illustrate it, but I thought it would be a neat challenge to illustrate it and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022