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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  sources for the colour." Ryokai is critical of typical painting programmes ... leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  -register for fall classes at the end of spring term, and pre-registration is open ... violently ill the night before. I don't know how or why it happened, but for ... advised that 9.12 is a limited enrollment class and the class was full on 7

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  , that is." "According to NACE's Job Outlook 2005 survey, eight of the top ... communication skills are key to long-term career success. 'Being the best scientist or engineer might make you the head of the department,' she says

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  re-used the meat for the next day's meal as well: Yum. music MIT is ... ="currently, the question is 'what is to be done?'"]a new question each week for ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  its roots are. For quadratic polynomials, the only interesting case is where you can swap the two roots, which is a very simple symmetry. For ... like math. The story I hear too often is that they loved math up to a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  of the story here is that no one is a shoo-in for MIT, but the opposite ... statistics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for ... framing problem, which was developed quite early, is the 'lives saved, lives

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  one or this one? Craig: The symbol on the left is not a letter, sir ... Palace. My house is called Ducksberry. And (finally getting to the point ... is that it's a play on the town Duxbury. Anyway, this is a long way to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  A random highlight of some holidays is getting emailed the latest ... for Easter 2006: When Jen was an undergrad she wrote comics for The ... Jennifer's Comics. Jen is also a fantastic baker -- if you want to drool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the ... to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer '10] For the final art blog of the school year, I ... from MIT and Wellesley, as well as faculty from the Center for Advanced ... members showed up to bring to the table both their ideas for what Cracked

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  final qualifying segment for the 2016 U.S. National Championships in mid ... hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... comfortable ride to Hartford. I start looking through the 18.02 pset that is due

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  need numbers. For music. The number of beats in a song is regulated by ... different “names” in our respective languages for our numbers…all around the ... number which is also placed on a map by the degrees of longitude and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  don't sleep, and perhaps that Chris M. is pretty smooth with the ladies ... friends, is IAP. IAP stands for Independent Activities Period, but it may ... be as good.) The point is, IAP is great, you get a chance to explore

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  , crispy leaves ripe for the leaping, apple picking, cinnamon and nutmeg ... pie I found on the internet for all you visual learners out there. Two ... guess is pretty hard to do if you don’t have any actual leaves. Even the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  is the first hit for that (as you correctly point out) incorrect ... name tags. The Secret Santa is responsible for writing a poem describing who the gift is for. The poem is read aloud and everyone has to guess

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1 ... molecules and processes. The picture below is what the board looked like last ... know is that this process is facilitated by the formation of a mesh made

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  lives the game is over. There's a highscore system so that you can compete ... panel, a printed circuit board (PCB) is attached which controls both the ... essence, the entire rock wall is an interactive game console. We got to see

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia link embedded above...) More importantly, however, let's discuss "The ... ...for a little trip down memory lane. What inspired this sudden

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is ... actually recognized it). Here's the passage: "This is not a land for gods ... shat by a raven. It is the body of a fallen father, whose bones are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006