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  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  . But how to attach the netting to the floor? The short answer is staple ... (since last year.) All of the furniture has been moved to the edges of the room or outside to the fort that is beginning to be built. The floor has

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  . We were en route to Mathcamp 2004 (which was held in Colby College, ME), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  brainstorming: First, we design how this calculator is going to work, Then ... expression similar to how it’s evaluated in the TRAILING state.   STATE 7 ... talk about how we are appending to the numbers. In case fk (or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  hellfire on about how you should never ever use Wikipedia as an academic ... ’re me, [annotation note="not that you need quiz bowl experience to enjoy ... group dedicated to this site[/caption] I should probably use Wikipedia as

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  cricket? 5. How can we best improve our nation's economy? 6. Why bother to ... English language... and I'm so dedicated to you, gentle reader, that I would indeed write a posthumous entry if I had to. This is the number one song

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  .S. locations. Do book collectors travel regularly to those? How big is their ... ) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the ... books from as early as the 1400s to as recent as the 1980s, but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  had to try "Duff." Seriously, it's from The Simpsons, how can you not ... Newsweek "How to Get Into College" magazine is now on shelves, and features various MIT goodies all over the place, a testament to how awesome this

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the ... also had to complete a series of unfortunate events that would show how ... synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... just sitting there, trying to ignore the incessant Beach Boys music they ... back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  wasn't the most effective method to find how close each color was, so I ... Student Center, and we need to be working.  I’m currently working on an ... about the class in my next blog, to be posted this week, but this is what

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  borrowed it, and how long I spent listening to it. And so… after forty ... ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs ... out the other while walking to class, while eating, while doing chores

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  approximately $40 because those body pillows had to be purchased. Unfortunately ... semester. Here’s how that happened. 1. Mangos and Oranges Last summer, three ... , about a mile from MIT. It was a convenient 8-10 minute walk to get

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  9 to 5 gig down to a skill. Wake up, go to work, code, go for lunch ... days, table tennis on others, code some more, come back to my hotel room ... to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  semester to create an outfit out of––you guessed it––trash. From collecting vintage curtains from their grandparents in Poland to repurposing old ... , so if that doesn’t tell you how trendy of an event this was, I don

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I hadn't considered how to get them over my butt. Awkward. I sat ... (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday ... original story, so I decided to write a post with both stories and hold off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the ... passion I'm glad I've been afforded the opportunity to develop at MIT, it ... fall off beneath the plane is exhilarating to me. It makes me feel free

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  night doing it because it's due tomorrow. Although I have to admit I think I've drawn enough Lewis structures to satisfy me for awhile. When I ... had actually gone back to senior house to pick something up about twenty

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  to each entry how they allocate suites -- some entries have primarily ... As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers are planning to cover their own dorms within the next z days!), I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  amazing fact. (You may hazard a guess as to how many times I've heard the ... This entry is a double cheat -- I was trying to think of something to ... other day on CC. I really was paying attention to the game, but my feet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  material fine but I do feel like I need to figure out how to synthesize my ... this leads and how to apply it to broader situations than a colloid ... mornings, any inch of skin exposed to the air goes numb in minutes. But this

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025