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  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  ....very soon..." One of many lessons I've learned is that waiting for things to ... 're inching closer to our biggest and greatest deployments (which some of you ... 's insane. Equal in insanity magnitude is I became a blogger in 2008, which

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  rolling waves of panic I had on the flight back to Boston). Thinking about ... of the future into a terrifying one. 2 So I try to pick apart what is ... around on-campus before rushing back to my dorm in the midst of a panic

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  on my list of worries, which have suddenly expanded dramatically to ... about. I'm working two jobs over the summer, one of which is to help to ... is in the first place—is it the continuity of dorm culture, or is it to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  fine, however, is missing out on a lot of defining experiences because ... afraid of (or excited by) the co-ed bathrooms. The thrill is over in about 2 seconds. Wednesday is the middle of the week; therefore on

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  [annotation note="which is dumb. I'm trying to be better ... usually a lot of what is needed to succeed is based on what other people ... penned articles titled ‘Homeless to Harvard’ or some variation of that

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  function of the seasonings you chose, so this is going to depend on how you ... 's no better way to avoid over or under-doing anything than by just doing ... yogurt based sauce, which is spiced based on the seasonings chosen before

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  inside of them for the posts to sit on. [caption id="attachment_104146 ... our margin of error and chose to proceed with starting work on the ... I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  to remember which one is yours. An indiscreet dot in purple permanent ... The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... terminal and the Apple GUI depending on what I need to do. I also like the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  bid to the D3 NCAA tournament, which is the national tournament. We ... completely, landed on the side of my foot, and limped away while trying to play ... from 5 to 7 pm is spent out on a turf field. Nearly every Wednesday is a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  president of your dorm as a junior. This is a beautiful thing, and not one to ... and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... order.) 1. The students This one is a no-brainer. Thanks to the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  -quality drawing.[/caption] Entrance. The door is on the east wall of the room. To ... poster] away." It is taped on a piece of wood in the shape of a town, which ... , which is mine. Two of them are references to the musicals Legally Blonde

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  lay in wait. After a chorus of "joyeux anniversaire", which ended on a ... pumpkin in my life, which is part of why the pumpkins that emerge at French ... Halloween is awesome, for a bajillion reasons. Reason 1 of 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

   Massachusetts Avenue is on west campus, everything to the east of Ames Street is on east ... campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... , which is 1, the first floor. A floor number of 0 is the basement. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  to “better manage” people in workplaces or worse, while hiring people ... enneagram results, which I found hard to graph meaningfully. The zodiac is ... old and cranky to have a comment on any of these things but numerology

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so ... a source of comfort to a drag. or when, last friday, i had dinner with ... one. one of my coworkers, john, lives on a boat. last sunday, father

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  . Just to give a sense of how crazy and loud it was, here is a video of the ... Written by Danny The Brass Rat is one of MIT’s most iconic symbols ... made it halfway through MIT, which is no small feat! Ring Premiere is

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects ... to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about ... timelapse video of the sunset, thoughts on being in a creative slump, an

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  is a Putzen. Two or more people who live on Putz are also Putzen ... free stuff culture. Offices or people who are getting rid of things will ... the Before Times. We got a U-haul to get all of our stuff back from EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  little bit of time every day to have to yourself—the unsatisfying answer is ... into MIT. but i think the trick is to define what the "life" part of ... simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And ... an idea of what to expect. Boston is a city, and it can be a little dangerous. On average people are a bit more direct here, which I think is what

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010