Chapters

ATHENA

 

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

https://atlas-status.mit.edu/

 

{ 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://stanforddaily.com/2022/11/01/opinion-fizz-previously-compromised-its-users-privacy-it-may-do-so-again/

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 [MM1] 

 

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

attractive@mit.edu

salt@mit.edu

reuse@mit.edu

gsx@mit.edu[MM2] 

Not-Faraz[MM3] 

https://lbgtq.mit.edu/stay-connected

wgs-students-bounces@mit.edu

memes@mit.edu

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?

 

A keyboard attached to a wall

Description automatically generated

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

Making folders in outlook

Making rules in outlook

Also shoutout to how-to-dormspam for having a nice website with even better instructions!

 

Dormspam Sorting Sites

https://dormdigest.mit.edu/

Developed by useful for just viewing dormspam, and tagged but a slightly more comprehensive is

https://dormsoup.mit.edu/

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


Reading Break

 

 

 

Dealing with Spam

A cartoon character with text below

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

 

 


 

MIT Apps & Alternatives[MM4] 

Thrifthouse

Mastodon

MIT Notion

https://discord.gg/zQNjbQvKks

MIT Kahoot

https://fuiz.us/


 

 


 [MM1]What to add.

 [MM2]Add more later

 [MM3]Shameless plug

 [MM4]Try to find more