Hi folks,
As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but
I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for this entry was pretty cheap... but it worked, you pervert.
Here are some of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple
So Development Lab (D-Lab), one of my classes this term, announced who is going on which trip this January. I got my first choice country, and will be spending Independent Activities Period (IAP) in Zambia!
We
Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!!
Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3)
3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship Contest
4:00-4:30 pm- Stock Engine Race
4:30-4:45 pm- Modified Engine Race
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Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I
listed are for the information session, to be followed by a tour, unless otherwise noted. Generally plan that a session/tour combo will last 2 to 2 ... & August additional tours offered prior to Info Session at 9am and 1
It snowed on Saturday. Here's what I woke up to on Sunday.
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And here
A cat ran on my keyboard
So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well.
Acronyms I forgot:
UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at
Congratulations to the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight. They found the Mystery Hunt Coin at 8:28 PM tonight. They're a great team of MIT alums; lots of really smart people. They actually won the hunt 2
With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some of us you already know through the blogs and other means. Some of the
The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge that combines battle strategy, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the
everywhere, without ever having to focus.
Marshall McLuhan
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for more ... intriguing: data sonification of wikipedia edits - by the world according to