http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog With a name like that, what did you expect? Fri, 22 May 2009 12:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know what's delicious? Beef. You know what else is delicious? Cookies. Applying the linearity o the delicious operator, Beef cookies must also be delicious. Of course, being scientists, we had to empirically verify this conclusion. And so last week fischerl, pweaver, and I decided to make some delicious beef cookies Crumbling cookies, ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=125 http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=121 It's a well-known fact that Random Hall throws an insanely awesome CPW.  Just ask any of us. What kinds of things do we have slated for you this year?  To start with, we've got more liquid nitrogen ice cream than your body has room for, plus truffles-making and BEEF.  We've got ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=120 One of the services that Random Hall has always boasted is the laundry server. While other dorms may outsource their work laundryview.com to check the status of their laundry, the laundry server is entirely run by the laundry chairs and the computer chairs. As with any software, laundry server has several ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=118 Through the miracles of thermodynamics, or perhaps some incorrect arithmetic in his pset (but that doesn't seem likely now, does it?) shawest just discovered that it takes 104 hours to cook a hamburger. Since he felt the need to share this with everyone around, I feel the need to ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=117 Random Hall has this wonderful thing called the Alice and Wonderland basement, lovingly referred to as AIW. It has a projector, a screen on the wall, couches, and various media equipment. Unfortunately, the receiver is out of service at the moment, which means that the nice Bose speakers are similarly ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=116 You are most cordially invited for tea and sweets on this, the 29th day of March in celebration of Spring to relax before classes, at 242 Random Hall, at a late and undetermined hour. Appropriate attire is applauded but not required. Utterly inappropriate attire is just fine. Please do bring along your dolls in frilly dresses and your stuffed animals. Because ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=105 So the other day I decided it would be a good idea to walk into a very crowded Black Hole kitchen carrying a plastic nerf gun. Well, see, this alone wouldn't be terribly exciting except that almost everyone on Black Hole owns some sort of toy firearm. Some ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=96 Greetings, freshman, and welcome to MIT. I see you're looking at Random Hall as a possible place to live. While Random is not for everyone, it's certainly a place that I enjoy very much. If you have the time, I'd like to take you on a visual ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=95 One of the activities many Random Hall residents enjoy is the construction of, and experimentation with, various kinds of electronics. I recently completed an electronics project which is posted on my door (Room 244), so come check it out during Rush. I've posted some photos and a writeup at http://arc-reactor.net/projects/potterclock ... http://random-hall.mit.edu/blog/?p=94