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6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit
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Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.
will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless hospital gown thinking, "eh, I'll breathe again in an hour or so. Inhaling is ... 'LL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN." It hasn't worked so far - Thursday was the day -
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You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can
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Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.
you an e-mail, or (more commonly) write on your Facebook wall, and the ... Halloween is awesome, for a bajillion reasons. Reason 1 of 1 bajillion: It's my birthday. Reason 2 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and creativity