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  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  winning streak. (at least three tabs of this oops--) tanhai by Faiz Ahmad ... .S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100 "I got saved by the beauty of the world ... inspired by Alan's browser archaeology post, I started looking at the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  bring new challenges everyday. At the very least, I had a run down of ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in ... includes some sad songs at the periphery of R&B. It sounds almost like a ... first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion ... began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing process, rising first ... traditions of their residence halls. In the '90s and early '00s, these I3 ... MITs, but with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  identify with. No one at U recognized the Homestuck jacket that I wore ... one night I was at MIT. This is relevant because today is both CPW, MIT ... one of the reasons I chose MIT. I'm celebrating by wearing a Homestuck

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  Over the past few years, toward the end of my full-time undergrad and ... thoroughly exhausted. When I close my eyes at night I see castles, green ... sun on my skin; I still see blue skies, light clouds, and networks of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us ... video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured ... . Basically some Swedish guy named Notch got bored at his job as a game dev and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  There are no undergraduate classes here at MIT over the summer. Hopefully you already knew that, or at the very least figured it out from all ... old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  , MIT is like "I WANT WEIRD STUFF, GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!" Of course, MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example, building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets ... seminar. Tomorrow I have class at 9 AM until 4:30 PM, at which point I go

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  first big snowfall of the year has coincided with the first of four final exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall throughout the afternoon. (It reminded me of something a family friend told me

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business. Sororities at MIT are quite large, with about 80-100 members, so it is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the ... , sorry, I just really like this door... and need a picture of it. Right now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... . I wrapped up paternity leave last weekend and have been at the Harvard Summer Admissions Institute since Sunday. It starts at 8AM with breakfast

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  transfer applications in my Simmons dorm room. The heads of house at the time ... for the 20th anniversary of the blogs, I originally hadn’t planned on ... in from all corners of the world and sharing the many adventures post

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  be most useful to know before arriving at the scene of the crash?" Hmm ... Java packages that deal with Bluetooth. One of my good friends at ... info of my wonderful adventures in Spain: MISTI (MIT International

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  of these walks, I reflected a lot on my time at MIT and my relationship ... . At MIT, with these flowers comes the optimism of students. They signify ... her at the time, but I had started to feel the hefty impact of my feet

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  miles from MIT, at the end of the orange line T) [caption id ... Newburyport, MA, bike through the coastline of New Hampshire, stop at a lobster ... ’s final projects hell month, my stack of moving boxes are begging me to fill

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  's a shame this area of town isn't as nice." Person 2: "Yeah, but at ... passed, word spread, and a crowd of spectators would gather at the chosen ... in all sorts of forms and at all different levels. But no matter what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008