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  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  embellished with a QR code. Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code ... . Awesome.] As a freshmen, I feel that it's my personal responsibility to take advantage of every opportunity to get a full MIT experience. So

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  few weeks ago, and dedicated a few hours to laying out everything and ... motivated my desire to be productive faded within a matter of days. i thought ... and do the things i never got a chance to do before or at MIT, but

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  mechanical engineering, I made a point to have a more relaxing IAP while still ... back now, so that's great! Though I have to work a little more on ... SIGGRAPH only comes once a year, so the time leading up to it is quite hectic

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  being a second semester senior. I don’t quite know what to do with myself ... bored easily. Details to follow. I am also TAing a class, but that time ... about this class, but I am starting to realize it is because it is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like ... a chance to hear what she had to say about her experiences at MIT ... Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  and as my time as a blogger comes close to an end, I'm hoping I can get through a big chunk of my ever-growing list of blog posts to write. Today, I ... four years than to take a look at something that's been with me through

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who ... This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  ! This summer, I've come to realize my love for a certain being that has ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a cappella and guitar. I listen to different music depending on how I feel a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  that are happening to you, but how are you?" I didn't have a good answer ... time to find myself. I've felt a certain kind of pressure to do something ... , like talking to a brick wall. It's been strange operating myself in this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  ; *         *        *   I used to think of decision-making as a complicated optimization ... they had time to talk. That person became a mentor to him, encouraged him ... down to a reasonable set, then pick one and run with it. I picked grad

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  objects and places around me. I need your help: I'm striving to create a ... There was a great article in the Tech earlier this week about startup culture at MIT. MIT has a lot of students who are creative, self

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make it better. when i’m having a good day, i buy myself a coffee to ... a year and a half ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  entrusted us to level set and record using a massive set of equipment ... hall dedicated to meat. I also think I have a food addiction; I just want ... Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... enthusiasts but applying them to a specific social and environmental goal," he ... , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  into the kitchen to enjoy a free dinner. Remarking on the quality of the ... .01, he expressed a desire to visit Trader Joe's, a local grocery store ... warm homemade dinners. A late-evening meal at Random Hall tonight was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  a patch to the source code, to generate a kernel module which, when ... This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really ... automatically patching a Linux kernel without reboots. Jeff Arnold '07, MEng '08

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  curling up with a cup of tea, I sometimes like to just sit around and ... like GEL, you’ll do reflections a lot, and it might take a while to ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  day and managed to snag a hamburger before the residents began to notice ... sat down and talked to a Philosophy major for an hour and a half before I realized that he had to work on a P-set due that night) and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  wanted to talk to me as a homeschooler. At some point, the organizer got ... friends later forced him to go to law school. And there were a couple of MIT ... to groovy concerts with! When you were a prospective frosh, were there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005