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  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  timelapse component of the video kind of failed, too. It turns out that when you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry ... laptop from exploding overheating while it was processing videos for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Epic Split Feat. Tim Beaver (Live Test 6.28) with apologies to jcvd, enya...everyone, really.

  

  A few months ago Volvo released an ad called The Epic Split in which Jean-Claude Van Damme did a split between two trucks as they drove side-by-side backwards into the sunset. It was an epic split, but, in our estimation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring of advice from a wide variety of students and alumni and brings up a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  it's not just me) are staying up way too late to finish projects and do ... be really great and that it was going to be out in theaters sometime ... in Lobby 7, and it was incredible. Photos taken by Hairuo G. '17

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  others from over the years that I think are worth perusing, too (though it ... ... I will admit this may not qualify as a "real" post as it is essentially a post of other posts, but I hope it provides some good perspective

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  What do MIT students do on a Saturday night? Well, if it's the ... the Green Building (fun fact #1: it's the tallest building in Cambridge ... Building, because it is full of grad students and grad students do not sleep

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  posted earlier this year, MIT is just another place. It is an awesome place, but it is not awesome because of some immanent force radiating from ... special. It's awesome because of the people here. The corollary of this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  it. It's pretty cool!! Except hard to do :( So understandably, there ... this pset, so it is unnecessarily demanding to finish the pset by this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  actual official LEGO design, we'd rip it apart and build something new and ... taking it again next January. It's sort of a shortened version of 2.007- a ... presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  can't do it all here at MIT. So take advantage of opportunities that ... connection-- 'brotherhood' he called it-- that he felt with his fellow ... committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  stopped me, apologetically informing me that it was a male-only group. After ... , I had to dig up a piece I’d played years before and relearn it ... ’t really know, I might as well go all out and do it multiple times

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  Like Bellamy’s young hero, I too am back in Boston. Except its been ... yearbook), and flipping through the pages from as far back at 1918, it was ... : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  community. I've been sitting in on meetings, just for fun, and it's been a ... hopefully we'll get someone to cover it for ARTalk. SIMMONS ARTS INFUSION: I ... condominium. However, it can get a little...sterile at times. Some people like

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  , I know - it's ok, I have no shame :P). Just letting you know that I ... exciting picture of what you're doing this summer! You don't have to be in it, although it would definitely be preferred. :) (ie. don't be like me and send

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  remind you that I am getting a degree in June. It is my final term here, I ... Sciences from MIT. I can see the light. I CAN SEE IT. IT IS SO SO CLOSE. Of ... experimental performance art pieces. It's the king of all weird cartoons

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the ... the admissions process ourselves. We don't forget what it's like to be that worried about your future. Some of us are dealing with it again

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  TGIF! After a long week comes...a FEAST!

  

  Sorry for being MIA you guys! I've had a tough couple of weeks, but I'm back! Thursday night/Friday morning was filled with intense tooling, but it was well worth Friday's deliciousness. My friends and I normally go

  • by Celena C. '12
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  naked velocity. It's dark and the asphalt is a gooey chocolatey blur ... claims that the design is still in progress, but it's already beautiful in the same way that Gmail was beautiful when it was unveiled. Glowing blue

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  it okay if I come by and exchange them? Even if I don't have the ... ? ME: Nope. WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: ... ME: You said it was okay earlier! WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Hnnh. ME: I was kidding! It was a joke! I brought it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008