So I'm at MIT. I arrived yesterday and am now chilling in my room because I decided to be anti-social and leave DEECS (my freshman pre-orientation program) early in order to finish organizing my room and also get some violin practicing in (hopefully). However, I haven't gotten around to doing either right now. Instead, I'm sipping orange juice, ( Read more... )

I should be packing, but I discovered that the Freshman Advising Folder is up, so woohoo, because I found out what my HASS-D/CI class is (in other words, what my non-science or math class is), and here is my projected schedule for next term, in MIT lingo:

18.022/18.023 - In other words, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus. 18.02 is the standard ( Read more... )

I don't get computer abnormalities. They frustrate me, especially since this computer is so new. Before, what looked like a dead pixel showed up on my computer screen, except it was white, so I guess that would've been technically called a "hot pixel." Then I turned off the screen via putting the computer on standby, and the pixel turned to the ( Read more... )

Are you pro-ana or pro-mia? I should hope not. Both terms sound harmless, even cute, at first notice since both "Ana" and "Mia" are girl names. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these terms (as I was until yesterday), pro-ana refers to loosely to those who support anorexia as a lifestyle choice, and pro-mia refers to the same but for bulimia ( Read more... )

While digging through last weekend's Newsday for the comics section, I saw a large featured article about raw foods, mainly about the advent of gourmet raw food that have sprung up along with fancy raw food restaurants. Advocates of raw foodism claim that it is a healthier lifestyle and is something of a devolution back to how humans should eat-- ( Read more... )

While in Europe this summer, I never got bitten once and never had to use bug spray. I wonder why that was the case. Maybe the bugs just didn't bite where I visited. Or maybe they simply just didn't exist. There must be some scientific explanation ( Read more... )

As my shiny, new laptop undergoes a Rescue and Recovery operation to back up my files, I find myself once again exasperated by the troubles it's giving me ( Read more... )

I've been pretty lazy this summer. I just loaf around home most of the time doing nothing that requires much brainpower, such as listening to old PotterCast episodes. One PotterCast episode had an Extendable Ears interview with none other than the folks from EA Games who were responsible for creating the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ( Read more... )

Item 1: Bugs suck
This and this should be testament enough.

Item 2: Buggy the Clown brings back One Piece memories
It's quite a fun manga series, except I haven't been reading manga in general lately, except for the Shonen Jump subscriptions that come monthly in the mail, a subscription which I won't renew. Sad isn't it?

Item 3: Volkswagen New ( Read more... )

Edit: I think the New York Times would have done well to listen to this PSA. They managed to obtain a copy of the book before they were supposed to, and posted a review of it... days before the real release! The review gives away many major spoilers, according to MuggleNet.com. To Harry Potter fans, this action by the New York Times seems very ( Read more... )