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  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  most famously, as Matt once blogged, in the case of Tony Stark '87 ... Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of Jony Ive's breathless product launches, complete with pictures of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  years of my career. Well, this reporter’s got the inside scoop, having ... me a through the molasses stereotype of a 9-to-5 desk job. I’ve blended ... : Rush out of the ridiculously muggy apartment. For reasons unknown to me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  the anatomically correct shape of a heart. We <3 her too.  Natasha B. hails from McMinnville, Oregon, near the ancestral lands of ... A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2012. We received

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  part of me understands that the extent to which other people are put ... concern is probably the main evolutionary advantage of empathy - when you ... of the important points here is that there is a difference between

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  post i’ll briefly summarize a few of my favorite readings from the class ... content before teaching it, please take all of the following findings with ... . this time, the study participants worked through a series of cognitive

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  's running! He's running! He's running with the perspicacity of a lizard!" Catch you on the flip side of a p-set and 6.003 test! ... DID YOU KNOW? The youngest known meteor impact crater in the world is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  office by checking out the concert by the Chorallaries. Hundreds of people ... ago] A few of the numbers they've done tonight: White Flag (Dido ... combination of Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) and (I Just) Died in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the ... ! I also did a lot of hair dyeing over the past few days, here are some ... about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  you weren't one of those students whom we admitted, I wish you the best ... applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed on their application. The emails will be sent at 5 PM Eastern

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  part of the Internet - though culturally close and easily accessible via ... ; now, 9 days later, it has filtered through the rest of the Internet back ... conclusion that November 5th is unquestionably the best of birthdays. What

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  sorts of goings-on beforehand on the 3rd floor of building 35. What's on the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... all of the new tools. We spent about 45 minutes cutting leather, opening

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  couldn't be the case. I just had no sense of what college-level maths ... this comedy special, Matt Parker talks about the concept of 4-dimensional ... at the corner of the room you are in, and see how many walls it takes

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  Okay, I haven't blogged all week... the last week of term here is ... entire week was dominated by the preparation of, implementation of, and ... program consisting only of works that were orignally commissioned for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  the halfway point of the camp and we were all sad about it being halfway ... of my friends this surreal video about studying math because the ... memories of high school one night i had a breakdown at 2 in the morning in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  should you should click the final "submit" button of your online ... all of the application pieces that have been submitted. Also, please ... the comments of this entry. On Thursday, I'll be going through the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  /Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is ... that just seemed like gross misuse of the Internet.) This is about how I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  from the calendar. Fall still feels like the start of the school year ... the spiritual opposite of summer - instead of escaping, it's about ... famous series of papers collectively called the "lambda papers" since they

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short ... are under pressure. These kinds of situations are what makes the Guild

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  Screening: "The Name of the Disease" with introduction by Filmmakers Abhijit V ... documentary "The Name of the Disease" explores the voices of patients, shamans, doctors, and varied health officials in some of the poorest parts of rural

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  ."]sunny[/annotation] fields of North Kapaʻa on the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi! Caleb, what the ... the people he cared about as we danced through the second half of our ... location of, but it's not the one in Central), we found WWOOF: World

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026