With the preliminaries of logging into Athena taken care of, we can move on to Zephyr itself. Note: if you are unsure of how to log into Athena, refer back to part one for an introduction. Zephyr Zephyr is Athena’s messaging system. Conventional wisdom says that Zephyr is difficult to explain – it’s better experienced, [...]
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Athena is the distributed computer system used at MIT. It began in 1983 as a joint venture between MIT, IBM, and DEC. It shaped the development of desktop computers and is still used extensively at MIT and several other universities. On campus, Athena can easily be accessed at Athena terminals, located in Athena clusters and [...]
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When I turned in my picks for pre-Orientation programs, advising seminars, and dorms last Friday, I considered posting it all here. However, I realized that it would be far more considerate to wait for the results and then post it all in one easily digested entry. Well, no, I’m actually just way behind on blogging, [...]
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I just got my first bounce flash, the Nikon SB-400, and I’m in love. This makes me rethink flash altogether. I hope to get this out in the field later today, but for now, I just took a picture of junk sitting on my desk. No color correction – this is resized straight out of [...]
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Before I get to that, I applied for my Freshman Advising Seminars (FAS) today. 3.A04 Modern Blacksmithing and Physical Metallurgy. This is my favorite. It discusses historical metalworking through modern-day machining and has a strong hands-on focus, including doing castings and forgings. 2.A35 Biomimetic Principles and Design. Also a strong choice, this seminar examines how [...]
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This past weekend (not this weekend – I’m behind on my blogging) was the first (virtual) sitting of MIT’s Freshman Essay Evaluation (FEE). I, always a clever guy, took the test this session, the same weekend as my high school graduation and half a dozen graduation parties. The pinnacle of my tooling was certainly outlining [...]
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