http://ebroder.net it's not slanted; it's the truth Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:19:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I know that I'm a horrible person for not updating at all in the past n months. I'm sorry. I know this also means there are things that have happened that people don't know about. I'm sorry. I plan to fix that soon. In the mean time, tonight makes ... http://ebroder.net/2007/03/17/snowy-italian/ So, here is a general catch-all entry for the past few weeks. Starting with the Ig Nobels. The Burton-Conner student government allocates money every year to an IFAF to try and encourage interfloor bonding. Floors are allowed to get together and do stuff, and the dorm will pay for it. The ... http://ebroder.net/2006/10/25/ig-nobels-and-new-york/ Nothing like extended holidays in honor of people who were total jerks. MIT gives us two days off. I guess their policy is one day off every month, and two off every two. Whatever it is, I'll take it. This week sucked for just about everyone on campus; most classes gave ... http://ebroder.net/2006/10/08/thanks-columbus/ ...your professor starts the class with, "'There are only two things that make students come to class: candy and sex.' We've already tried candy..." (This is for 6.042, by the way. I really love the lectures for this class.) http://ebroder.net/2006/09/26/you-know-its-bad-when/ A quick note: As many of you know, MIT has a not-so-secret love affair with acronyms, abbreviations, and numbers. As much fun as the code is, I understand that many of you may not speak MITese. To remedy this, those of you reading my blog on ebroder.net will notice that certain ... http://ebroder.net/2006/09/21/acronym-note/ So, it's been two weeks since that first day, and it seems only fair to provide an update on just what's going on: My score on the FEE required that I take a CI-HW class sometime in the first year. Unfortunately, some massive percentage of the freshman class received the same ... http://ebroder.net/2006/09/21/two-weeks-of-classes/ So, classes start today. My first class (7.012) is in an hour and 20 minutes, followed immediately by 3.091 and then 8.02. It's a fairly easy schedule; my goal is basically to knock out the GIRs this semester so I can focus on more interesting stuff next semester. The past week ... http://ebroder.net/2006/09/06/first-day-of-classes/ So, the last few days was Dorm Rush. The point of dorm rush is to make sure that freshmen find a dorm where they are happy. The truth of dorm rush is that freshmen spend the week exploring a little, but mostly enjoying the free food offered by almost every ... http://ebroder.net/2006/08/30/in-between-rushes/ So, this is a short and relatively uninteresting story, but it made me pretty happy. My server got in today (we had it shipped in hopes that it would make it in one piece---it did, fortunately), but I had to reconfigure it for the MIT network, and I didn't have ... http://ebroder.net/2006/08/24/nothing-like-free-stuff/ So, being bored a few nights ago,... Well, not bored, but more avoiding certain things I didn't want to do, I took photos for a brief photo tour of my suite/room. Of course, the prospect of photo editing tends to scare me away from doing any of it (I have tons ... http://ebroder.net/2006/08/24/b-c-tour/