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The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion
first day of classes, and the first meeting of CMS.614/21W.791 Network ... with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... so saw the Class of 2020 arrive on campus for their orientation, of -
Blog / Events
MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!
The results of the 2015 Putnam Competition were recently released ... of Mark Sellke '18, Bobby Shen '17, and David Yang '17. The Putnam ... of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof -
Blog / MIT Life
Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment
seriously. In an ideal world, I'll post one of these videos every Sunday night and then continue blogging regularly once every couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up this schedule (hooray for end-of -
Blog / MIT Life
What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More
- Subreddit The concept is simple, users ask the question "What if x piece of ... a few of my favorite questions. "How would modern American football ... by the United Front and the Taliban regime continued to conquer all of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]
going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show My Little Pony. That makes me solidly a member of that group of fans called ... , etc.) of the My Little Pony show or franchise. They typically do not -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs
This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I -
Blog / Academics & Research
Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences
snowstorm of the season in Boston, and an expected ice storm in DC (who ever heard of an ice storm?!?—we don’t have that kind of thing in the West), that was supposed to bring a quarter inch of ice. But I made it here -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Admitted in Early Action.
Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2017! This is what you look like right now: Go ahead and introduce yourselves :) -
Blog / Athletics
(K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics
As some of you may know I am a big Patriots fan. Yesterday the Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all ... inconsistent on both sides of the ball. Earlier this season, when the Patriots -
Blog / Academics & Research
They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school
weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home ... , touring, eating lots. There in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province, I ... traditional streets of Chengdu... are not statues! ;P Moving on... the real -
Blog / MIT Life
Inventional YoYo what the what
be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of ... , who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo-er. The man has serious skills with a yoyo. He's already got plenty of -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.
for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the ... . Last night, by special invitation, the Academy met at the house of President Quincy to mark the anniversary of his birthday, on which he entered -
Blog / How to Human
We All Need A Little Encouragement
From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT's Student Center -
Blog / Research & Work Abroad
A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!
Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning ... last week to a small rural area of India called Anaikatti. Since then, I ... beauty of this place is reason enough to be here – but the actual purpose -
Blog / MIT Life
Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.
“Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it. Where I live, we got 2 feet of snow overnight. The blizzard crippled ... ’s okay - lot’s of physical activity planned forIAP; stay tuned. ANYWAYS -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…
feel bad about it (actually, a lot of people my age do that...) 3. You ... laughing because he was laughing!") 4. You get to tell these kinds of stories ... who get flattened and gets travel to a bunch of different places via -
Blog / Athletics
Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT
alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up ... it any other way. The home of MIT rowing is the Pierce Boathouse ... think of the boathouse as kind of a second home. It’s where half my -
Blog / Academics & Research
Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…
their talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Nancy Kanwisher received her Bachelor Of Science in Course 7 (Biology) from MIT in ... from MIT, in 1986. Since 1997, she has been a member of the Brain & -
Blog / Events
Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.
'm not. It has been a while since I uploaded a video, I have a lot of ... the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis