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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  was a little bored (for the very first time since I got to MIT two years ... up Massachusetts Avenue to see just how far it goes into Boston. Turns out that after about 5 miles you end up in Dorchester. Having never been

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  Among the many classes I took this semester, I ended up taking two ... .[/annotation] In the process, I ended up doing a variety of creative projects ... anything, and I ended up being assigned to two duos—“Maria, mater gratiæ" by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  up on my thighs. Finally, I got over my shame, and stood up for a few ... , since it ended up being completely false - but I'm getting ahead of myself. - Tuesday, February 11 Yesterday, I woke up at 8, poured myself a bowl of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  for people to come and take what they want. Some AMAZING things show up ... up for the first credit card you get an offer for, slow down. You ... fledged frosh and other alliterations! Want to eat ice cream on toast for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  no plans for this evening to celebrate. We ended up going to Bangkok ... I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I purchased a meal plan last semester for convenience. I didn't cook often and

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  with the schedule of speakers and topics. You can sign up for the course ... description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for its own sake and also for a deeper understanding of the present and the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  Ethiopian way, without any meat or dairy other than fish for 40 days. But this year I didn’t fully since I cook for myself with my dorm mates and it’s hard that way. I looked for soymilk and found almondmilk, flavored milk

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  . Inhale for 6 counts, hold for 6 counts, exhale for 6 counts, repeat. Take ... management. Watch some funny videos. Play dress-up. Yoga. Commune ... . Climb trees. Race down the hallway. Go outside and feel the cold for 30

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  Another blogget for you all. MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew is a finalist for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let ... approaching, one week from Friday. For those of you who were there, I hope you ... bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for ... , Jeff has in the past used Ksplice to keep this server up, which many

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

  Business As Usual

  

  It's been business as usual for me here at MIT, following the routine of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus ... the Media Lab), and the other is building a tricycle thing (allowing for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  not touch it for seven years. I thought about picking knitting back up ... ’t picked up my needles for a loooong time. One day, though, I was in the ... engagement, and for simple patterns I can even look up most of the time

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  on campus. The signup sheets for these fill up alarmingly quickly ... "vending machine food" phase. Hit up MIT Medical for your free annual eye ... Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] reading. It's good for you. Take a class that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem ... crazy, fun, and/or ridiculous things I've been up to this past week. To ... to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... food all weekend. There was a mix-up with our food order- we were ... up- so the ice cream we bought at the supermarket, which was only

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... my window is 15 stories up and falling out is not up there on my list

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  every week, and I usually sign up for one each week. This week I had lunch ... all the food I ate for a week, because I thought that would be a cool ... for most of his lunches and dinners, for example. Come to think of it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  Airbnb had checkout at 11am, which for those of us who were up at 4am was a ... , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we begin. (Also deep thanks to Kano for the planning and brilliant execution

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  person with some unique circumstance) and you open up your grade report to ... symbols where your letter grades should go. For me, these were: O ... weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016