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• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  convenient options are Peet's at Bosworth's, Starbucks at Steam, and Green ... made me need coffee.

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  fuel, of course, but Aunt Jen got to it first and made some stock instead ... appetizing. Unless, of course, you believe the twelfth or so verse of "We Are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  inexcusable and all of us are beside ourselves in embarassment and frustration ... be angry with us. I know that it was insulting and made an already

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor-filled college admissions discussion sites; this one made me laugh out loud: I ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  Last week, Professor Han made an exciting announcement during 6 ... videos were generated for free, so I didn't expect them to be that good in ... next time though, if you're offering me a free GPU as a prize.)

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  minutes and answer questions if there are any." We swarmed to the stage ... looked around the crowd, and my hand went up first. He made eye contact and ... 's what I remember. Neil: "So, Carl Sagan made some mistakes..." (CARL

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students are working ... are blogging from Assam, India. The students of D-Lab’s Cycle Ventures class are working with the Rickshaw Bank, a project of the Center for

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  unless you are deferred from EA to RA. This form will not be made available ... found more and more young people who are aware of MIT, and who sincerely want to be a part of our community. They are attracted to the innovative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  impatient now but also more relaxed and free. Instead of agonizing over every ... ) made all the paints act more opaquely. With this palette, I had to be ... is fine if these are not very affordable. I used a cheap, kid

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is ... that the best solutions/products/designs are those that are butt ... feel like anyone could do them. Those are the hard ones. This I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your ... resources. The primary component is the shop area- but nearby are also several ... was the setup for a lab where we analyzed the gas velocity profile of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  -OE[/embed]   Blue Team- Talon Blue made a knife that automatically retracts ... Rio[/embed]   Purple Team- Lilac We made a breastfeeding aid that allows ... ]https://youtu.be/oFvKylxTZbE[/embed]     Orange Team- Vesta Orange made an awesome vest that

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  recruitment is essentially the process where potential new members (PNMs) come ... made up of the most interesting, humble, and kind people I've ever met ... they'd already made up their mind and passed their judgment. And it made

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  10:00AM bottle of soylent on the go for breakfast.   12:59PM free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT ... professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  (formerly 2.70, now 2.007), 6.270 robots are totally autonomous, so once a round begins, there is no human intervention (in 2.007 the machines are ... concepts and applications that are related to various MIT classes (e.g. 6

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  objects attached to them. Here are the things on and around my desk and also ... these were from home. Now most of them are more recent. Bottom left: A ... Max made me when he was tiny. Most of the colors have rubbed off. A

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  reasons that are probably irrelevant to this blog. I. Change We Can Believe ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to ... I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  blank, quizzical stare, as my aunt silently thinks to herself, What are ... -up question - “So what are you doing for this IAP?” - a little later.) But ... faculty are, after all, famous for their innovation. So when you give 4

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  !). As it turns out, my office isn't very far away from where I live. Being ... job site in Needham, where I catch one of three trains between the hours ... Pike. In a world where attention seems split and starved, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life ... with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023