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  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We ... —visually simple yet mentally rigorous. There’s immediate satisfaction. The goal is ... different. There’s so many types of puzzles, ranging in shape, color, and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  SoOoOoOOooooo it’s the most wonderful time of the year: IAP! That ... ? That’s fantastic! I can relax, travel, take some classes, get an ... . There’s so much to do over IAP, so many offerings, and that’s really cool

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  say that. I own that.  There’s a lot I could say here, but I’ve been ... two things. it’s like a venn diagram: (excuse the dark photos. I'm on ... your life and sigh? That’s a pretty unfortunate almost-circle. Maybe let’s

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  it's easy to let our dear old friend imposter syndrome kick in ... . Now, in fall of my senior year (gah that's still scary to write down ... would have normally left untouched during other semesters. It's really

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  James Lovell. From Wikipedia, here is Anders’s and Borman’s conversation as Anders took the photo: Specimens 6966, 796F75, and 68617665: That’s ... the Empire’s mass produced star fighters. Specimen 696E

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  said. “My mommy loves me.” Then I watched an episode of America’s Next Top Model and felt better. America’s Next Top Model makes everything ... , “you’ve always been a little crazy. It’s only recently that you’ve become

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to find poetry under calculus mit museum and constrained writing

  

  It’s October–which means it’s been almost two years since my first ... people’s finger movements to detect Parkinson’s disease), a pink chicken, a ... the MIT Museum area (there’s a great cafe next to it!) to do my problem

  • by Joy X. '29
  • October 2, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  and what you want to eat for the next 4+ years. For some, it’s as simple as picking which dining hall you want to go to. For others, it’s a ... , because in the end, food is great. I like food, you like food. So let’s get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything ... grave (in sheer delight, not ghostly rage). There’s also a piano on the ... games (which I think at the time meant the 2-D Snake game on my cousin’s

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  mind. But now it’s gone and I love tetris!  A movie (“Tetris”) also came out last year about the making of tetris and it’s so great. It’s about the insane story of how Tetris was made, and the Creator Alexey Pajitnov’s

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  heavily invested during soccer matches; it’s a fact. I can barely stay still ... it’s over. Observations (of the World Cup): One of the best parts ... get the internship (Elle Woods: like it’s hard?) and excel and change

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  Wish I could explain it better --- Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish It’s ... . It’s nice that the commuter rail exists for getting to suburbs outside ... off of my bike for this part, so it’s easy to just not get back on

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

    I have a conversation with my Anxiety. This year I learned that it’s much more helpful to ask Anxiety why it’s acting up instead of ignoring ... or not, you can actually learn a thing or two by asking it what’s up

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  . The way that MIT’s academic calendar works is that the Fall semester is ... Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind ... didn’t really get accepted anywhere. But that’s fine, because there are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  project. Let’s break down this question into a few topics. First, what does ... of the Sahara for this reason—that’s maybe one of very few places that ... we don’t have to worry about water for crop irrigation. But, there’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  .   Learning About D9s D9 is a shorthand for “Divine Nine'', a casual ... at her church who were. She started to learn more about D9s in middle ... decide whether or not they’d like to live in a fraternity. It’s also a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  by the Class of 2021's struggles to adjust to the Institute. This post ... something to offer and something to learn—it’s how every class year gets built ... services such as S^3 or MIT Mental Health. You matter. You are not taking up

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that are winter-naive (like myself), there’s hope. And for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a flurry of many things, but second most importantly, it’s been a flurry of ... from home. Aka, it’s finally time to post my (extremely belated

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  for iap. that’s independent activities period, which is exactly what it ... awash with students bustling to and fro. floorpi feels like it’s a little ... tuesdays thursdays 11 to 3. there’s a waltz class on monday evenings at 7

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020