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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  very far from school. Now I'm in the midst of a lot of school and am ... I stayed with were very flexible, in that they wouldn't tell me when ... doesn't necessarily match with my 'how much work can I fit into a day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  waste of time if they're all full! I'd much rather buy another road in ... I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  event called Splash, in which pretty much anyone can volunteer to teach a ... ’t mean that we can’t apply it in absurd, hilarious, or even impossible ... spent walking through one of new chapters in the book, which I won

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the ... service in high school marching band). I mean, it just never stops, does it ... program so far. I figure you can go look at pictures of the French Riviera

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  families during our time here in Germany, and I can't begin to say how ... promises can't shake off the sense that I've made some amazing friends and ... seriously considering schools in the U.S. for college; I have my fingers

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time ... thought of buying my own 8x10 view camera burst as soon as I looked up the ... IAP, I walked into the MIT Hobby Shop, design in hand, and absolutely no

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  experience, learning, and motivation they can give you in the space of ten or ... trapped within an image. You can see it in action on the Project Naptha ... Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  to be starring in a Picture of Dorian Gray play here on Broadway. I am ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an absolute blast from the fucking past. Can I open up by cursing? Is that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  game but I can’t join in. Less grading would still be nice, but I ... else I know from the class of 2022 are still here in Cambridge and on ... . And sometimes I walk by EC and can’t recognize any of the people sitting

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  ', can you let me in so I can place one in each mailbox?" They stared at me ... stormy. I was visiting Shuli in East Campus one night, and, afterwards ... petty games, Alan. I'm so above petty games, in fact, that in that evening

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  Carroll, Alice In Wonderland I’ve been re-re-re-re-rewriting this post ... -re-re-re-re-rewriting, but I had a weird conversation with my friend in which they mentioned that you can describe yourself in terms of probabilities. If my electrons

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  in this dormspam I sent out of desperation: I will pay $15 for an H2GO ... that exclusively does corporate swag, so if I wanted to buy one, I'd have to buy 500. I've also asked several hallmates to let me see if their

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  can cook up with whatever you currently have in your fridge.   ... same size can. Technology like this currently exists in the form of ... can't buy one right now as an individual because they're too busy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  Friday frenzy and buying new stuff, I decided to take a different approach ... places in Yosemite, and swapped some old gear I had for other people’s used ... volunteers who helped make the feast possible! ^I can't find my photos from

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the ... . Enjoy. I'm off to study for 7.05. In response to not-so-recent posts by ... none of the current bloggers live in ILGs, I'm appreciative of Keri

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  (which, again, you can read all about at http://brassrat2022.mit.edu/). I ... is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  item in your hands and say, I know how this was made, or so you can look ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Putz): "I'm working in the Media Lab's Tangible Media Group on a new ... 2, of Simmons): "I'm off to be a girl scout camp counselor in Plymouth ... Senior Haus): "I'm spending the summer UROPing on campus, working in a lab

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  , looking through my archives, I can see that we were in fact having 5 ... too much" in the words of a popular website --delicious chicken ... buying us tickets to a Clay Aiken concert on 8/28/05 --how I should take a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can participate in this year's World Economic Forum! Visit http ... individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" World leaders

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008