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  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  materials to make our engine out of, and a really nice drawing set. As you can ... important that you can communicate your ideas through drawing. So, in our ... at about 500 rpm, but we hope that we can use this class to make some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  little awesome. Anyway, I can't wait to head back this year. I hope it ... of IAP. I guess. I can't think of how to end this entry... well, I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  , when my mind's off finals. That way, I can focus totally on your ... profoundly effective movies I've ever seen. I highly recommend it. I can see ... she can't stand up straight. Cookie porn. Hope you weren't hungry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  and water. (Did you know that, thanks to 5.60, I can now model the ... March last year. But now it's a new winter and I can be excited again! 2 ... departments, like course 6, have special programs in which you can complete your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  , until you do, here are three things you can contemplate: DID YOU KNOW? 1. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... Professor Ellen Harris was speaking. You can read all about it on Mitra's blog

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  fete, with more Nobel laureates than you can shake a stick at in ... go to every conference they can get their hands on, so it wouldn ... you can, in fact, do just about anything with an MIT degree! PS -- It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by ... oscilloscope, it can detect, for example, whether a particle is an electron or a ... ,000 holes can cause the foil to fail. Laurie began her UROP last spring and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  until the group comes to a unanimous decision. If one can't be reached ... 're almost there. At the end of the day we count. I can't give you details (so ... can actually admit EA. The same thing happens every year. I tell you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  students participate because the schedule is flexible and you can really ... ie going to sleep the night before my birthday so I can wake up and say ... you can tell by the assortment of questions answered today. Just leave a

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... : What can I say? There are few topics as important as this. Meanwhile, in ... a place where everyone is brilliant? What's up with the bird flu? Can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  (like food trucks and coffee shops). You can read more about all of these ... receive 1/2 off of all meals in the house dining halls. You can read more of ... see when you walk in the door. But just in case you can't read, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  list.) Basically, if you only like neurons/systems/psychology, you can ... /systems/psychology. If you like all of it, you can dabble in everything. Have it your way ... things you can do with a course 9 degree. So that's that. Any other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  usually in such good condition that you can't even really tell what's wrong ... .60, 8.01 open-notes: everything in course 10, 7.06 Mitra said: "I can say ... 18.01. I can personally vouch for both parts of this statement, because

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  Wednesday already?!" I know, I know, it's all I can keep thinking about too ... . I have three tests this week. Three! I think we can all agree that ... 're hard. They just kind of suck. You can spend three hours the night before

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  kiddie pool of water and teach him that there's a platform he can swim to and climb on. Mice can swim, but they don't like to, so he learns pretty ... aren't like that. For some reason (and if you want the reasons, you can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  well as you can, it does not mean, "not winning") it is only because ... . It is not something you can fail at — there are no tests, no admissions ... "flow" state as often as you can.

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  (with some photos, too.) 1.A24: You CAN Get There From Here! This is a ... equivalent to "raising your hand"), students can follow along with the ... , or otherwise can waive it with Advanced Placement credit, a wide range

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  , because Marilee Jones has magical glasses that can see into people's souls ... while we watched the season 3 finale of The Amazing Race. As you can see ... , after meeting every undergrad at MIT, I decided that the entire nation can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  protocol? And you can't go to Thailand without seeing some of their ... ; Game Fair. As you can see from the second picture above, the line was ... Taiko Drum Master). As you can tell, I was intense about this game. At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  something that's being served, you can eat something else. Both Next and Simmons offer made-to-order stirfry, so you can "have it your way" without ... cases) have it delivered to our doors. One can also buy groceries on Tech

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005