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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21 ... House" -- then you'll really enjoy this recent story from WIRED. The story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  .... (Also, hi! Yes, I'm alive - Sorry for my absence. Summer stories - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I remember my username easily enough, but I could never remember my password

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John McCain is 2.41 Saturn years old. Funny story. On the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role as our floor's "Moral Compass" when we started chatting about Sam and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  dinner, so she can check up on us and hear our stories about our time here.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guessing game results MIT's student newspaper publishes the number of freshman applications.

  

  Today, MIT's student newspaper, The Tech, published a story with our current number of applications: 12,440. This represents a 9% increase over last year's 11,373 applications. So, the results of the guessing game

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT Museum's Soap Box series recently invited MIT molecular biologist Nancy

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode, and it features some interviews I conducted with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  Coming soon: An entry on The Tech Nomads But first: 26.2 miles of awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple with a newborn baby. They all (well, except the newborn) chatted about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  Public Policy, Public Finance, and Public Economics. Funny story: Student ... Lindley. (Well, so has Joey Potter, but that's a whole separate story ... case you don't know the origins of the story in Brokeback Mountain: it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  beyond just my own stories to include the stories of the people that ... together different stories was an attractive one, but my conversations with ... along every story until it was ready to be published. I very quickly

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  asking myself the following: What story do I want to tell? How does data analysis help tell that story? If I'm stuck, I try to think about ... the Numbers What is it like to climb a 20-story building 22 times

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has managed to crash the Internet. I don't want to lead with that story though ... . Last Wednesday, I attended the SIPB Computer Tours and Story Time. It was

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  the story of a man behind bars who, upon hearing a train whistle, envies the freedom of passengers. “Wagon Wheel” is the story of a hitchhiker ... -bound train.” However, the story of passenger trains in country music is also

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  Story Collider to do a show at the Oberon Theater near Harvard Square. Story Collider is a podcast showcasing stories in science, and I basically told a story/gave a talk about the water project I was working on in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  problem was about the boy from story who was put in water as a baby: the ... on the lower leg, and the boy from story who was put in water as a baby ... . all of this is good for the boy from story who was put in water as a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  going on. The story is told in both the mother’s point of view and the ... the writing. I love the sense that there are stories on top of stories ... Egyptian gods and centaurs and businessmen tell stories. In this series, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  're telling a story will make people care more and understand better. Another ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I ... Stories I love picture stories!! Usually you'll need to write the story

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  the drawing board. Even if a story or experience is compelling on its ... listen to others’ stories is on NPR’s “This I Believe” series and NPR’s StoryCorps. Do not take the ideas or stories of others. Rather, imagine

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  story. I'm a person who likes to enjoy the story, skip the game, and ... emphasis on story. Its story is centered on reconciliation and fate. Every ... , I can appreciate a good family story when I see one. So this is one of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022