Quote of the Day: "Snively loves the Internet. Too much. Seriously…that kid is just weird sometimes. He gets the most disproportionate enjoyment out of the most random, absurd, completely mind-numbing oddities that can be found in the tubes"
Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the_internet_is_weird/]
SIPB
Source : [https://sipb.mit.edu]
MIT Software and Tools
Source : [https://sipb-projectdb.scripts.mit.edu]
Source : [https://apps.mit.edu]
Source : [https://groups.mit.edu]
Source : [https://mycard.mit.edu]
Source : [https://mit.quickbase.com]
Loaner Technology
Loaner iPad
Loaner Laptop
(Laptop Stickers)
Did you know? All MIT Rooms and Dorms had a phone number associated with it as a part of Dormline, the old MIT dormitory telephone system. It was usurped by 5ess. Collect and third-number calls will not be accepted at this number.
Sim Cards
https://iso.mit.edu/how_to_guide/obtain-a-us-cell-phone/
Source : [https://www.campussims.com]
MIT Kerbs Grant Free Access to the Following Sites
· Elsevier
MIT Specific Sites & Hosting
Old Gizmos
Source : [https://webathena.mit.edu]
Source : [https://athena.dialup.mit.edu]
Source : [https://barnowl.mit.edu]
Source : [https://zmobile.mit.edu]
Source : [https://stoa.mit.edu]
Source : [https://em2.mit.edu]
Source : [https://em6.mit.edu]
Source : [https://debathena.mit.edu]
Source : [https://mit-satori.github.io]
Source : [https://mastodon.mit.edu]
Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/midmay_update/]
Reading Break
General
Source : [https://ist.mit.edu]
Hosting
Source : [https://scripts.mit.edu]
Source : [https://drupalcloud.mit.edu]
Recent Changes to Site Hosting
Safety
Be Warry of Scams (Phishing, Internships, Remote Jobs)
Phishing
Because MIT is a world-renowned institution there are an innumerable amount of people who will invoke its name and community to get (but not you ofc)
But truthfully this is quite common at various institutions
https://www.bu.edu/police/2021/09/16/boston-university-community-fraud-alert/
Sometimes there would be Official Police Reports for these crimes
They Usually Target International Student Communities
But sometimes these emails can be more targeted, the funniest one happened my first year I would get emails to my MIT account saying they have a recording of me masturbating on camera and demand bitcoin
Less bizarre variants include:
· Charity
· remote UROPs
· inheritance
· debt collection
but I cannot emphasize enough to get a good password manager or even just have it in a physical notebook. You will lose important apps
Even Recently Student Organizations cant always secure an account back.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37297823
fizz is sus, and the fact they threatened to take legal action against people who found security vulnerabilities in good-faith (L moment)"
Security Programs
Source : [https://web-cert.mit.edu]
Source : [https://mit.zoom.us]
Source : [https://trust.mit.edu]
Spooky
Source : [https://masswebcams.com]
Computing
Now You're Playing with Power
Source : [https://supercloud.mit.edu]
Source : [https://xvm.mit.edu]
Source : [https://idss.mit.edu]
Source : [https://computing.mit.edu]
Source : [https://orcd.mit.edu]
Source : [https://tig.csail.mit.edu]
Source : [https://vdi.mit.edu]
Mailing Lists
Emailing Culture at MIT
How to make a Mailing List
Source : [https://listmaker.mit.edu]
What do the settings mean? (short)
Mailing lists I think are funny/cool/useful
floridaboi@exchange.mit.edu
floridaman@mit.edu
Not-Faraz
https://lbgtq.mit.edu/stay-connected
estonian-communist-party@mit.edu
Did you Know? Up until 2011 MIT had its own website for reading and replying to emails and It looked like this
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/email/
What is Dormspam?
What is it good for?
What are the Rules
Explain why
How to Sign-Up for Dormspam
even if youre not in a dorm
Go to any of the following, and add yourself
https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/string
choice = [bc-talk@mit.edu, ec-discuss@mit.edu, frat-chat@mit.edu, macgregor@mit.edu, maseeh-talk@mit.edu, mccormick-announce@mit.edu, nh-forum@mit.edu, new-vassar-forum@mit.edu, next-forum@mit.edu, random-hall-talk@mit.edu, sponge-talk@mit.edu]
Did You Know? Originally the "color for bc-talk" was meant for people to write what color underwear they were currently wearing. Made Data .
Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/dining/]
Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/an_explanation/]
How to Filter Dormspam
https://how-to-dormspam.mit.edu/filter
Also shoutout to how-to-dormspam for having a nice website with even better instructions!
Dormspam Sorting Sites
Developed by useful for just viewing dormspam, and tagged but a slightly more comprehensive is
useful searching and filtering for specific events and can even subscribe to specific events happening tomorrow.
We welcome feedback and suggestions. Feel free to reach out at dormsoup@mit.edu
Dealing with Spam
Thrifthouse
Mastodon
MIT Notion
MIT Kahoot