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• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  and walked home under soft, acidic streetlights to an empty house with ... .] consciousness at the scale of gravity, if neurons could tune to the fine geometric ... to the new coordinates aware of the slowing of time due to the ripples

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the Colbert Bump MIT's Riley Crane talks DARPA Challenge on ''The Colbert Report''

  

  Remember when MIT beat out teams from around the world to be the first to find all 10 hidden red balloons in DARPA's balloon challenge? Well Dr. Riley Crane, the team leader, was interviewed on "The Colbert

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  IAP, but this break I really wanted to just chill out. Just wanted to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is impossible!” and back again. But true to my procrastinatorial roots, I can ... . -- 1 AM on a Friday night, I decided to break out my art supplies and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  't quite sure what to expect. The show, Truth Values, billed itself as "one ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... venue. (Photo by CST) The Central Square Theater, home to two theater

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  , there's no time for puzzlemaking in MIT usually). Then, I returned to ... and more Cantonese words, haha - I have resolved to start learning ... language to know in the States, due to the amount of Cantonese immigrants

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  Ok, this is cool. Schmiedl was invited up to film the hack removal team actually removing the Apollo Lunar Lander from the great dome. This ... . Thanks Schmiedl, let me know how to get invitations like this!

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see ... , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  /funny/interesting/amusing/cool/awesome. Here are a few ideas to stir the imagination: What are your ideas? What would you like to see?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  -before" craziness today, I thought I'd take a little break to relax and write a shameless plug for the event I'm running! You all should definitely come to ... to the online CPW schedule entry There are going to be 8 really

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I suggest converting to Firefox.] [EDIT RELOADED: Manually fixed. My ... *, I suggest hauling your personal belongings over to the South Station

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for ... big, in fact, that the following email was sent out to the MIT community from Chancellor Clay last week: Dear MIT Community, In response to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  and away from windows ready to answer your questions with the new and ... , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... problem as its posed to us: A wheel of diameter R, consisting of a thin

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  It seems as though the more work one has, the more time one finds to ... to be evil. Why? Here's what it looks like. Problem 1/ a -- s Problem ... 're reading it correctly, A through S. 19 parts! In addition to the other parts

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  on the Internet did MIT hide all of its goodies? I'd like to shed light ... need to put it on the internet I head to our special MIT Admissions login ... livejournal, MovableType is designed to fit into a webpage that already exists

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  Yesterday, I wrote to facilities complaining about the noise from the ... alley, they appeared to be drilling holes into the pavement and covering ... my window. Said it was coming down anyhow and didn't want anyone to get

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  'm senior now heading off to math grad school next fall). I really appreciate ... what subject you are studying. I went through Course 18, to study the ... of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0 (To be done before you come): Figure out the big questions that you have ... , faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008