Search

Search Results

• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired completely by one of the YouTubers I watch regularly, Emily Diana Ruth. She creates an annual video series called “Letters…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this afternoon. This is the…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  Wonderful Internet Friends! There are literally (literally!) a dozen blog posts I wish I could write for you right now but I can’t, at least not for at least another…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I’M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing British things like drinking tea, spelling humor ‘humour,’ and hiding indoors from the rain. One of the…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston from lying down on my bed in…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  So course 5 (Chemistry) is doing something cool. Last January, filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  Some of you that frequent the blogs may remember that last year around finals time, MIT had an invasion… Well as I walked to lab last week, I noticed something…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used auto parts store. It doesn’t get much foot traffic anymore – what business they…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the photos from the speech competition, it’s clear that we were fully invested in our stories. The…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  . [Although I'm using this in reference to life at MIT, recognizing small victories isn't something that just applies to MIT, but to life in general ... the future. There's no need to be too stressed. 3. Remember that a life

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  couldn't see in the first picture: Yup. Story of my life. A partial story, actually, as these iCal representations of my life don't take into ... ~And~ - Figuring out what I'm doing with my life. As off-topic as it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  One of the things I truly love about MIT is that you never know when you’ll learn, stumble-upon and/or be run over by something new. While waiting in line for…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn’t let a visit from the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor pass without geeking out. I love airplanes, but the Osprey is by far the…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  in the blanks. And my history classes cheered me up. :) BUT LIFE IS GOOD. LIFE IS ALWAYS GOOD. :D GOOD LUCK WITH PI DAY! ^_______^V

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4 International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a few theories as to why we elbowed our…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you’re feeling the stress. We’re feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection process…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today’s edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the article mentioned, were…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren’t that tech savvy (like me), here’s the wikipedia…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don’t remember or are new here (or don’t care about what I have to say all that much – there, I covered everyone!), I’m spending…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a huge decision, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009