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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central ... the entire length of MIT's main buildings.  And a few days a year, the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  ://www.fontanka.ru/2012/07/04/070/ - it’s in English, which a bunch of the reporters ... ). One of the reporters, Andrei, told me (in Russian), “congratulations on your debut!” There appears to be some sort of argument of

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... the Eastern edge of the campus) hosts a legendary Loading Dock Sale ... with minor damage, or out-of-print. But these factors are no deterrents

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new ... , cleaning out closets of last year’s coats and donating them, filing paperwork, going through old emails and cleaning up all of my computer desktops. And

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  work of Félix González-Torres stands at the intersection of ... , courtesy of BAK You are invited to take a page from a stack of blank paper ... identity lends itself to a political identity: the idea of a blank passport

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the ... yourself healthy. Take this advice from a hypocrite. At the end of freshman year, I somehow managed to come down with a strain of the flu that left

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  National Science Foundation released a ton of statistics as part of their "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of lists, but one of them ranked the top 20 metropolitan areas in the United

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  many, this is the end of an era that started with the release of the ... celebrated the series a number of times in the way we celebrate: with hacks ... of Harry Potter-related hacks, courtesy of hacks.mit.edu. Harry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  Yes, I'll admit that when I first wrote "Pi(e)", I thought of π times ... thought I'd put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references ... 's Today's Big Thing: And, of course, the Pi Song: And actually, if you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  finished processing all of the application materials submitted for early ... next week. That means that most of you who have a missing document will ... action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First ... this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES ... especially because I have an uncanny ability to use parts of names (or

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of ... things through her. Things like hacks :) It was a matter of some dismay to ... find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot of sweat trying to get over this ridiculous cold-flu-thing - let's just ... of time for blagging. Good thing they got Sniv to cover it as well. But

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  pictures of my friends. (Hi, Sam.) What made this different from all the ... of my friends and everything around me is that hundreds of other people ... timelines of multiple people's photos at once. Over 120 people have

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... -around mayhem of everybody waxing poetic about their life experiences hoping someone out there is reading, learning something, or just caring out of the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  . Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This code of ethics is: # Be subtle. Don't leave evidence that you were there ... saying when it will be returned. # Brute force is the last resort of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  When I was a freshman, an upperclassman friend of mine described MIT ... of the easiest. MIT's 27 fraternities stand alongside the dorms as a ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  much in the way of good professional sports teams - it's mostly the ... passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games (my dad's from Chicago, so most of them were Cubs or White Sox), maybe

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to check out relating to this mission. First, there's a new episode of Zig ... -efficient cars, as well as a look at MIT's Friday-after-Thanksgiving tradition of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift ... as the theme for the Class of 2000 through the Class of 2005: The ... year out of MIT: Another $10. Second year:$10 + $10 = $20. Third year

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006