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30 November 11
What I learned in Transport today. Thanks Bazant.

What I learned in Transport today. Thanks Bazant.

3 October 11
“ … And we get this nasty integral; but it turns out it’s not so nasty. Maybe we could perform integration by parts - massage it a little…
— Martin Z. Bazant, in “10.34: Analysis of Transport Phenomena” at MIT
17 September 11
elainc: Owls confirmed for creepiest birds ever. Just look at those bastards!!! If you fail to notice the fucker swallowing a rat like a champ then there’s the dude singing some satanic song or something and the other two fuckers synchronized to make you feel the creeps with their soulless dance of doom. AHAHAHAH Is there anything wrong with me if I still find owls awesome?

elainc:

Owls confirmed for creepiest birds ever. Just look at those bastards!!! If you fail to notice the fucker swallowing a rat like a champ then there’s the dude singing some satanic song or something and the other two fuckers synchronized to make you feel the creeps with their soulless dance of doom.

AHAHAHAH

Is there anything wrong with me if I still find owls awesome?

Reblogged: saygoe

13 August 11
How people in science see each other…

How people in science see each other…

10 August 11
fer1972: Dark by Eelus Are we human or are we dancer? Or are we monster? Shih Yang says I’m monster. Huzzah to not using proper articles with nouns.

fer1972:

Dark by Eelus

Are we human or are we dancer?

Or are we monster?

Shih Yang says I’m monster.

Huzzah to not using proper articles with nouns.

Reblogged: fer1972

4 August 11
becauseitmadeyousmile: L-R: Jim Morrison, Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Kiss, Chet Baker, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Prince, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, The Ramones, Andre3000, Pharell Williams, Brandon Flowers, Pete Doherty, The Beatles, Miles Davis. Woot! Brandon Flowers represent!

becauseitmadeyousmile:

L-R: Jim Morrison, Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Kiss, Chet Baker, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Prince, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, The Ramones, Andre3000, Pharell Williams, Brandon Flowers, Pete Doherty, The Beatles, Miles Davis.

Woot! Brandon Flowers represent!

Reblogged: thrillkillkitten

Posted: 8:08 AM
(via bubblezaur) The ones I do regularly: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (MORE THAN I SHOULD), 9 (tea), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 (love doing this), 20 (plenty), 21, 22 (love this), 23, 24 (woot ;)), 25, 27, 29, 30 (that’s why I got an iPhone), 31 (always), 32 (again, always).

(via bubblezaur)

The ones I do regularly:

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (MORE THAN I SHOULD), 9 (tea), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 (love doing this), 20 (plenty), 21, 22 (love this), 23, 24 (woot ;)), 25, 27, 29, 30 (that’s why I got an iPhone), 31 (always), 32 (again, always).

(Source: ilikebeingalone)

Reblogged: ilikebeingalone

1 August 11

A typical Taylor Swift song goes like this

“shes a slut shes a slut im beautiful and perfect i am a virgin and better than you for it so why doesnt he love me?im a fucking snowflake fairy so chaste so pure im better than her sob sob sob nag nag nag just say yes bby its a fucking love story tear drops on my guitar why dont you love me i am a white middle class girl and entitled to whatever i want regardless of how you feel and shes a white trash slut WAHHHHH teardrops on my guitar”

Reblogged for truth.

(Source: the-feminist-librarian)

Reblogged: napapaprika

25 July 11
How to get kicked out of grad school before you begin

What a douche.  But megalols.

23 July 11
This is the weirdest as papaya I have ever seen. Not to mention the most obscene.

This is the weirdest as papaya I have ever seen.

Not to mention the most obscene.

18 July 11
MIT salutes Harry Potter

This is yet another reason why MIT is my dream university.

15 July 11

pokémon & engineering

Just had a random thought.  What if they made a Pokémon game where the gym leaders were all different kinds of engineers? And they used different kind of Pokémon based on their field?

  • Civil Engineer: Rock (because they love rocks and they build with stone)
  • Software Engineer: Bug (because they kill bugs in computer programs)
  • Environmental Engineer: Grass (because they love trees)
  • Water Resources Engineer: Water (self-explanatory)
  • Aerospace Engineer: Flying (they would also use space-based Pokémon like Clefairy)
  • Mechanical Engineer: Steel (because they deal with machines)
  • Chemical Engineer: Poison (because they are capable of manufacturing chemicals that have adverse effects on people & the environment)
  • Electrical Engineer: Electric (self-explanatory)
  • Petroleum Engineer: Fire (because petrol burns)
  • Process Engineer: Psychic (because you need a good mind to plan processes)
  • Mining Engineer: Ground (because they dig shit up from the ground)
  • Nuclear Engineer: Dark (because nuclear power is evil…  No, not really.  It’s because it kind of fits :P)
  • Genetic Engineer: Dragon (because they can genetically engineer the perfect creature)
  • Nanoengineer: Ghost (because they can produce things that are so small that they’re invisible to the naked eye)
  • Thermal Engineer: Ice (because they can manipulate heat flow)

And the bad guys could be a group of lawyers.  They would use the (leftover) Fighting and Normal types (because lawyers love picking fights, verbally; and they’re not as awesome as engineers - they’re just normal :P).

Would be a pretty good game, I think.

28 June 11
“ And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it’s already happened.
— Douglas Coupland (via kari-shma)

(Source: kari-shma)

Reblogged: squarethecircle

27 June 11
“ Mississippi is a curious name for a state that possesses neither the source nor the mouth of the river for which it is named and indeed only owns one part of the bank. Missouri has more of the Mississippi River than Mississippi has - but then Missouri also has more of the Mississippi River than it has of the Missouri River, and yet we call it Missouri. Rhode Island is not only not an island, but is not named for anyone or anything called Rhode. Nevada is named for a chain of mountains that lies almost entirely in California. Wyoming is named for a forgotten poem, California for a mythical queen. Maine has no particular reason for being called that. Montana and Idaho are named for nothing at all.
— ‘Made In America’ - Bill Bryson, on the origins of American names
Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh