With the first weekend now upon us, us RSI folks have a brief respite to look back and reflect on the previous week, and tremble in fear and excitement for the next 5 weeks of research. It's worth talking specifically about the classes and lectures we have had so far, which as a whole have been (in … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
The First Week – Initial Reactions
So I've been at RSI for about 5 days now, and there's definitely lots of awesome things to talk about. I should probably start off with my initial reactions to arriving on the MIT campus and getting settled in. As a somewhat country Australian kid, the sheer prestige and atmosphere of Boston, and … [Read more...]
Arrival
So I'm writing this the morning after my arrival thanks to the beauty of jet-lag waking me up an hour early. I thought I'd write a quick update on how the journey itself was. The total flight time was about 22 hours, Sunshine Coast to Sydney, Sydney to LA and LA to Boston. The big one was … [Read more...]
Pre-RSI Thoughts
As I write this I have about 14 days to go till I leave for Boston. I still haven't bought my clothes and formal attire yet and my visa only just arrived, so it's all a bit rushed. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm excited and of course the obvious answer is "yes, definitely", but the honest answer is … [Read more...]