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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  According to Wikipedia, mad scientists are "typically characterized ... unorthodox methods. They are often motivated by revenge, seeking to settle real or imagined slights, typically related to their unorthodox studies." Ok

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  Sorry I've been MIA lately- I've been taking 2.670 (Intro to Machine Tools) during the day, helping to teach the new class of EMT students ... student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  you leave for college, you kind of forget that life continues to happen ... blue - I had no idea that my dad went to Korea (and from there, to Singapore and Cambodia). I like to think that my parents were actually secret

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Robot, and her path to success. MIT student hacks his dorm room door lock ... iteration in a series of upgrades to his dorm room door lock. Now because MIT ... , Dheera needed an innovative way to enter his own room without using a key

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything ... . From: Jordyn To: [email protected] Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject ... that to MIT Hillel! I think that one time there was some form or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... "r"; many girls do like to talk about their feelings, and many white ... upon their students, and partially because MIT students secretly love to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact ... friends and neighbors if they're looking to sell. 3. Floor lamp and desk ... ... 4. Computer! Bryan discussed laptop vs. desktop, I'll contribute to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... to act like a tourist, but after that you have to pretend to be a jaded ... surviving building. Right next to the statehouse is a marker commemorating the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or ... mutt 015. Your fears? death, it sucks 016. Goal you would like to achieve this year? teach nance how to publish his blog entries so that i don

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  savings from my paper route and went down to the local hardware store to get things to hand-wire a computer. I used doorbell wire, nails, light bulbs ... organization in Philadelphia, and I ended up getting a scholarship to M.I.T. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  Nazi prison camp, and was premiered to 5,000 fellow prisoners of war and their guards. This entry is a response to two excellent comments from ... performance in audio and retrieve to us what you learn about Germany? It's just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  than he deserves, so let's try to reorganize here before anything gets ... , saying "According to Mr. Nance, everyone who is accepted is qualified, and ... it hard to believe that girls are that much more qualified than guys

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the ... silly for him to fly all the way back there just to turn around and fly back here. So instead he came to Plymouth with us on his first visit to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... , always willing to lend the proverbial cup of sugar to a neighbor, but ... , apparently. I presented Akash with a loaf of white bread, and he went to work

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  , other MIT offices, and various corporations to organize and fund this year ... 's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that ... to share ideas, air frustrations, and advance the leadership role of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  week, and back at home, I kept referring to Shirali '05 and Farhan '05 as ... it's bad to eat within 2 hours of going to bed, so late at night when ... eats to go to bed. Farhan: Hmm? Sam: Yeah, isn't that total crap? I eat

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  Sam imitators and giant turkeys and enter a raffle to win a replica of ... down in her hometown of Covington GA to see a football game and a free Garbage concert. Well, first, you have to hear about my morning. I got to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  tripods to invade Earth. Ebert concludes, at the end of his two-star review: All of this is just a way of leading up to the gut reaction I had all ... -legged robot, he returned to the subject in his biweekly "Movie Answer Man

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the ... positioned them on stage. According to the program, they were accompanied by ... various communities of the world who need MIT and whose voices call out to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005