Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Summer has come and past, but I’m stuck in the frigging airport for 6 hours because of a thin line of rain.

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Evan Erickson

(Written on my phone’s notepad while stuck at the stupid airport)

 

Lightning crashes, my flight is delayed:

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My Penultimatum

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Evan Erickson

My commute to work is very straightforward. Walk to the nearest subway station. Get on the subway train at said station. Ride said train to the first transfer station. Use said transfer station to move from the aforementioned train to a new train. Ride said train until I get to my final stop.

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Stairs: A Comprehensive Guide

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Evan Erickson

Have you ever faced a series of flat surfaces regularly offset from each other in a horizontal and vertical displacement?

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Relationship Struggles

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Evan Erickson

Things started all fine and dandy at the start of the internship. Carrying it out of my mentor's car, placing it into my new office, plugging in USB cables, setting up a square wave, it was the start of something special.

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Fermenting Fomenting Convictions

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Evan Erickson

I've had a lot of time to think over this long weekend. With this long weekend, I've been able to formulate my words about a subject I  feel strongly about. Celsius is stupid. Let me first back up and say something slightly less controversial. Celsius is stupid for everyday use.

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Pains, Trains, and the Entire Spiel

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Evan Erickson

My time in this internship may be cut short because I seem to have broken the cardinal rule of Washington, DC: showing my knees on a weekday commute. My clothing is very practical. If it is cold, I wear long-sleeved clothes. If it is hot, I wear shorts.

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Gray (Week Four)

Monday, June 24, 2024

Reidyn Wingate

 

Since I’m writing this from America’s capital, we will be spelling it with an “A”, not an “E”. Sorry Brits, around here we call it

Gray.

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That's it, I'm out of ideas, we're closed

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Evan Erickson

Much of life boils down to making decisions. Pay ten cents to get new shopping bags or risk catastrophe by reusing bags? Cookies or ice cream bars?

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A Playful Summer (Week Three)

Monday, June 17, 2024

Reidyn Wingate

A couple weeks ago, Muji said something funny while the interns were fooling around in the office: “APS must stand for ‘A Playful Summer’”.

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A Quick™ and Easy™ Recipe™ for Dinner™!!

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Evan Erickson

It was a dark and humid night, the last of my pork carnitas was used up in one final batch of tacos. I was faced with a dilemma, what to eat tomorrow. That's when I remembered this Quick™ and Easy™ Recipe™ that I will get to right now.
 

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