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  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

      A fun problem, from my 10-year-old brother’s Russian math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female cats, and all three of…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  This week in blog entries posted by people who no longer go to MIT, and sometimes go to trivia together, and eat each other’s nachos: my name is Jess, and…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  like Black Diamond, who is based out of Salt Lake City a.k.a Park City UT

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  /classmates can answer them - a.k.a. a way to get instantaneous answers to questions

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

      If a 5-kg pumpkin is tossed through a snowstorm such that it reaches the peak of its trajectory one meter above the roof of the Green Building, which…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  who don't: the MIT class ring (a.k.a. Brass Rat) is not only one of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  Some of you may remember that a few months ago, Snively and I, as well as our good friend Garrett ’11, were working on something awesome. Well, we finished the…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  the MIT $100k Competition and being Slashdotted) - and winning the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  ). Y: Should I take 8.07 or 18.100B? K: Math! Y: I don't know if I want ... irrational numbers greater than Australia. Later that night- K: Math is the ... : By “potato”, I mean “theoretical,” and by “salad,” I mean “physics.” K

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  Cristen C. '10 Jess K. '10‚Ä® Keri G. '10 ‚Ä®Paul B. '11‚Ä® Chris S. '11‚Ä

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back to his room with him to see his hydraulic door. To this day he…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds. ANGELA MONSTER: Sure,…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  As Snively wrote, school’s out for the summer, but that certainly doesn’t mean that there’s less to do – in fact, I find my days are STILL packed, just in…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  From: rich Subject: LOST CAT Date: January 22, 2008 1:22:26 AM EST To: burton1 From: baxterthieves Subject: We have Baxter Date: January 23, 2008 1:51:44 AM EST To: rich Cc:…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending them in!) ALL MY EMAILS YESTERDAY (interspersed throughout random times of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  " MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition MIT Enterprise Forum Update

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  Campus Preview Weekend starts TOMORROW! Are you pumped? I know I am! If you’re not, well, to quote Phyo ’10, “GET PUMPED!” I didn’t get to go last year, so…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here – I really love comments and emails, as long as they in some way have to do with MIT. If you’re an ’11,…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Thermoregulatory Responses and Thermal Comfort in the Cold» (1994) Presented by M. K

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I haven't talked about any MIT alumni K-12 teachers. A number of my friends and acquaintances are teachers, and they are fantastic. One of these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005