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IHTFP Hack Gallery: Chronology
A gigantic Rubik's Cube appeared, scrambled, atop the Building 4 rooftop ziggurat.
[2025.05.03]
The entrance to President Kornbluth's office became the USS Kornbluth one day after her inauguration at MIT's 18th president.
[2023.05.01]
A giant Duck (stollen from Harvard) showed up in a 26-100 lecture
[2022.12.05]
Banners saying "Wakanda Forever" decorated the facade of Building 7
[2022.11.11]
There was a replica of the Eye of Sauron on top of Small Dome
[2022.10.13]
Door stoppers around campus protest MIT closedness stance.
[2022.09.08]
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of a hack featuring barber poles, hackers covered MIT campus in 70 barber poles, and invited the MIT community to participate in a scavenger hunt to find them all.
[2021.11.08]
MIT hackers topped the Great Dome with Captain America's shield in honor of the premier of Avengers: Endgame.
[2019.04.27]
Hackers honor their professor's imperative to always be prepared for chemistry
[2018.12.12]
Hackers fly a periodic table -- and then later a candy cane -- above Killian Court
[2018.12.02-2018.12.17]
Hackers greeted finals-takers with a banner bearing the text "Nothing's Impossible" and chocolates.
[2017.12.22]
A foam dinosaur was placed on top of Kresge Auditorium a few days before Halloween.
[2017.10.23]
On the 10th anniversary of the release of the video game Portal, GLaDOS appeared, descending in Lobby 7.
[2017.10.09]
Students both mourn the loss of and show solidarity for Senior House
[2017.06.18]
Hackers transform both the top and underside of the dome into a globe for Earth Day.
[2017.04.22]
Statues around campus wear pussy hats in celebration of International Women's Day
[2017.03.08]
Hackers honor the opening of the revival of Hack, Punt, Tool by paying tribute to a hack from the past
[2017.02.03]
Hackers welcome the class of 2020 with a banner over 77 Mass Ave.
[2016.09.07]
Hackers celebrate the 25 year mark from when Torvalds announced Linux
[2016.08.25]
Hackers point out Richard Cockburn Maclaurin's true "energy vision" by posting a painting of him using his super powered laser vision.
[2016.05.19]
Hackers celebrate the release of Captain America: Civil War.
[2016.05.08-2016.05.10]
Hackers deployed banners welcoming the prospective class of 2020
[2016.04.07]
Hackers honor recently deceased actor, Alan Rickman
[2016.01.18]
Commemorating the passing of singer-songwriter David Bowie, hackers strung a banner in front of Lobby 7 and added an auditory and visual tribute to Bowie's style and music inside.
[2016.01.12]
A projected French flag on the Great Dome, showing support for the people of Paris after the recent attack
[2015.11.14]
Great Scott! In honor of Back to the Future Day, Lobby 7 was decorated with various BTTF paraphernalia, while a time-traveling DeLorean was found crashed outside.
[2015.10.21]
A smaller version of Bexley Hall found its way to the top of the Little Dome, across the street from where the now-demolished dorm originally stood.
[2015.10.12]
Hackers hang their own digital clock in Lobby 7, in support of a Muslim high school freshman who was arrested after his clock project was labelled as a bomb.
[2015.09.18]
While trying to figure out how to get hacks onto the dome, hackers used a catapult to launch old hacks back towards the dome with varying degrees of success.
[2015.09.04]
Hackers illuminated the Great Dome in rainbow lights in honor of the Supreme Court ruling earlier that day legalizing same-sex marriage.
[2015.06.26]
Hackers don the new Media Lab building with a logo that can be seen only from above
[2015.06.01]
The famous fairy tale beanstalk and castle on the 66/68 Skybridge.
[2014.10.25]
Hackers deployed an extra "Thank You" banner during MIT's 2014 Excellence Awards ceremony.
[2014.02.25]
Hackers celebrate Thanksgivukkah by placing a celebratory banner and dreidel on Building 10.
[2013.12.03]
Hackers reconstructed a scene from the book Ender's Game in Lobby 7 and hung banners in front of Building 10.
[2013.11.03]
Hackers transformed the Alchemist into Walter White from Breaking Bad.
[2013.09.29]
An April Fools' Day banner welcoming back the former president of MIT
[2013.04.01]
Hackers place a medical mask on the Alchemist statue.
[2013.01.15]
Hackers decorate Lobby 7 in anticipation of the Mayan apocalypse.
[2012.12.17]
In honor of ROFLcon 2012, a /g/ appeared below the great dome
[2012.05.06]
Hackers turned MIT's Green Building into a giant game of Tetris.
[2012.04.20]
A Circus came to Lobby 7, complete with ring master, trapeze artist, high-wire, and more.
[2012.04.19]
A Portal 2 themed Newton's Cradle appeared underneath the skybridge connecting buildings 18 and 56.
[2012.04.18]
A Dalek (an arch-enemy cyborg from the TV series Doctor Who) appeared on top of a spire of the Stata Center.
[2012.04.17]
Hackers commemorated the
1000th xkcd comic strip by posting all
thousand comics around Lobby 7.
[2012.01.11]
On the morning of December 14, 2011 MIT green and grey army men took over MIT
[2011.12.14]
On November 1, 2011, hackers placed a banner in front of Building 7 on 77 Mass Ave to commemorate the end of the "November Rule", an MIT tradition that bans relationships between freshman and upperclassmen until the beginning of November.
[2011.11.11]
On November 05, 2011, Hackers placed a Guy Fawkes mask, and a banner on the inside of Lobby 7 commemorating the fifth of November.
[2011.11.05]
On October 6, 2011, hackers installed the apple logo on Maseeh's clock tower and hung the apple logo in lobby 7 in memory of Steve Jobs' death.
[2011.10.06]
On September 11, 2011, hackers installed lights on the Green building and hung a flag on the pillars of Building 10 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
[2011.09.11]
On September 06, 2011, hackers hung a 48-foot-long Nyan Cat with rainbow trail in Lobby 7.
[2011.09.06]
On September 3, 2011, Hackers placed a sign indicating a cheat code to get to the great dome.
[2011.09.03]
On March 9, 2011, hackers illuminated both lobby 7 and the big dome with purple lights and placed a purple ribbon above the entrance to 77 Mass. Ave.
[2011.03.09]
On February 03, 2011, hackers hung internal organs inside the Alchemist statue outside of the student center.
[2011.02.03]
In early January 2011, hackers placed wikipedia cleanup tags in many places around the Institute for wikipedia's 10th anniversary.
[2011.01.15]
On December 09,2010, hackers hung a very large cheese in 10-250, just in time for the final session of 18.02.
[2010.12.09]
Looks like these spiders' strings are theoretically used for more than webs
[2010.10.31]
Hackers install a TARDIS on building 7 for orientation/rush. Five days later, the TARDIS reappeared on the great dome. And then, it kept on appearing....
[2010.08.25]
For the last day of classes, hackers decorated the 6-120 lecture hall (home of the class 8.04 Quantum Physics) with various (often obscure) quantum physics-related jokes.
[2010.05.13]
For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge
(complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans)
upside-down on the Media Lab Arch the morning of 4/8/10.
[2010.04.08]
Hackers decorated parts of the Green Building for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first publication.
[2010.03.16]
In honor of the 80th anniversary of Pluto's discovery, hackers installed in Lobby 7
a (motorized) solar system mobile along with birthday-themed acoutrements on the pedestals
around the lobby.
[2010.02.18]
Satirizing MIT's newest major, Biological Engineering, hackers installed a display
case with models of engineered body parts. The hack appeared along the Infinite
Corridor on 2/7/10.
[2010.02.07-2010.02.10]
Hackers honor CERN
[2009.09.27]
Hackers note the similarity of the Great Dome construction to a musical staff
[2009.09.20]
Hackers placed a large statue of the Greek goddess Athena in Killian Court on the first day of final exams.
[2009.05.18]
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of humans setting foot on the moon, hackers
placed a 1/2 scale replica of the Apollo Lunar Module on the Great Dome.
[2009.05.17]
Hackers installed a solar-powered Boston MBTA-style subway car riding on the wall around MIT's Great Dome on 4/27/09
[2009.04.27]
On the morning of April 16th, various signs and items each
illustrating a play on words of the acronym "CPW" appeared
around campus. The signs identified the perpetrators as "Creative
People with Words".
[2009.04.16]
[2009.04.06]
Hackers turned the entire Massachusetts Avenue-facing 4th-floor side of
MIT's Stratton Student Center (Building W20) into a Cylon eye scanner from
the TV series Battlestar Galactica in honor of the season finale airing Friday, March 20.
[2009.03.20]
To celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday, MIT hackers put a large red
banner with a Che Guevara-style image of Charles Darwin and the words
"Viva la Evolucion!" on the skybridge between buildings 18 and 56 on 2/11/09.
[2009.02.11]
On the morning of December 17th, a full-size bed appeared in
the lounge on the first floor of building 10, along with a sign
that said "Save Point -- You may rest your party here -- no
jumping." A teddy bear with eyepatch and pirate hat was asleep
in the bed.
[2008.12.17]
Fully functional open air toilet installed on building 37.
[2008.10.05]
Hackers put the NASA logo on the Dot for the 50th anniversary of NASA beginning operations.
[2008.10.01]
To protest an what was viewed as an overly restrictive hacking policy, hackers placed black cloth and violation notices on the hack exhibit in the stata center
[2008.09.29]
Road sign changed to read "Trapped in a sign factory, send help!"
[2008.07.24]
Silhouette of a bomber in lobby 7.
[2008.04.18]
Hackers place a UFO on stata for CPW.
[2008.04.13]
Hackers made boxes with chainsaws in them that said "in case of zombie attack, break glass."
[2008.04.10]
Hackers replaced the media test wall art film with the rickroll music video.
[2008.04.10]
Beach balls in lobby 7 spelling out the future of the class of 2012.
[2008.04.10]
Hackers put a garden in the csail stockroom for april fools day.
[2008.04.01]
D20 in Killian court to honor Gary Gygax, inventor of dungeons and dragons.
[2008.03.18]
Objects from the game "Super Smash Bros." appeared in Lobby 7 for the release of the game.
[2008.03.09]
Lambda mobile in lobby 7.
[2008.02.xx]
Candles on the small dome for Random's birthday.
[2008.02.29]
A stargate appears in E19
[2008.01.24]
Kites put up for ben franklin's birthday
[2008.01.17]
Hackers placed textbook covers on the christmas tree outside W20.
[2007.12.18]
Hack for the 6.001 last lecture
[2007.12.15]
On the morning of December 10th, hackers put up references to various board games around MIT. They included a cheese, mousetrap, and mouse from Mousetrap, the logo, cards, and dice from Cranium, the board from Scrabble, a giant chess set, a Settlers of Catan board, and Risk-themed MIT campus maps.
[2007.12.10]
Hackers placed Guy Fawkes / 'V' masks from the movie 'V for Vendetta' over the faces on
posters in the Infinite Corridor on the morning of November 5th. That evening, they stormed
the meeting of the Undergraduate Association Senate dressed all in black with similar 'V' masks
and fired party poppers into the air after a short speech.
[2007.11.5]
In recognition of the the Red Sox competing in the 2007 Baseball
World Series, hackers put a "GO SOX" banner above the New House
dormitory. The Green Building (54) also had its lights turned on
and off to spell "SOX" in a tradition known as "Greenspeak"
[2007.10.25]
For the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, hackers placed a beeping
model of the satellite in Lobby 10.
[2007.10.04]
During the night prior to the release of the heavily
advertised Halo 3 video game, John Harvard
was transformed to be a character from the game,
complete with helmet and gun.
[2007.09.24]
Shortly before the start of term the lighting on the
dome was given a purple hue.
[2007.09.02]
On the morning when the final Harry Potter book was being
delivered to the doorsteps of muggles, a Dark Mark appeared
above the Student Center.
[2007.07.21]
A broomstick parking area, complete with broomsticks, appeared
in the Stata Center in anticipation of the release of the
seventh Harry Potter novel.
[2007.07.20]
Taking advantage of the Great Dome's new LED lighting system,
patriotic hackers made the dome Red, White, and Blue for the
Fourth of July.
[2007.07.04]
The Great Dome was turned green to highlight the dome's
new environmentally friendly (green!) LED lighting system.
The new lighting system was turned on in a Dome Lighting ceremony
the day after commencement. This hack may still be up
if it hasn't been taken down yet...
[2007.06.20]
During the 2007 Commencement ceremony, five white panels dropped
down from the front of Killian Hall. They displayed the words
"I'll Have Thesis Finished
Pronto". The banners unfurled at the moment that
Dana Mead, the Chair of the MIT Corporation, took the podium.
[2007.06.08]
During a LSC lecture by the author of
the xkcd web comic,
ball-pit balls fell from the ceiling of the 10-250 lecture hall.
[2007.05.14]
A construction sign with scrolling messages was changed such that one of its messages read "This sign has been hacked."
[2007.04.20]
Three round windows in E25 were turned into a working traffic light.
[2007.04.15]
During CPW 2007, students in the Aero/Astro class "Unified
Engineering" placed large paper airplanes in Lobby 10 and Stata.
The planes appeared to be made out of huge Athena laser-printer
header pages.
[2007.04.13-2007.04.15]
Caltech students distributed a hack version of the MIT newspaper The Tech
around the MIT campus during CPW 2007.
[2007.04.13]
Hackers dropped a banner referencing the Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare from the facade of Building 10
[2007.04.13]
Hackers placed almost 100 yellow hand-cranks across campus
in the style of those that power the Media Lab's
"One Laptop Per Child" laptops. A large yellow
crank was placed on the side of the Media Lab itself.
Hackers were hoping that the hand-cranks could help MIT
save power as part of the MIT Energy Initiative.
[2007.02.18]
A protrusion from the Stata Center turned into Waldo from
Where's Waldo fame.
[2006.12.15]
For Chrismas 2006, a Christmas tree in the style of Frank Gehry
appeared in the Stata Center. The tree had strange angles and
was made of aluminum, cardboard, and other materials.
A sign below the tree claimed that it was part of an exhibit
of hacks that the MIT Museum was displaying in the Stata Center
at the time.
[2006.12.12-2007.02.xx]
To celebrate the launch of Nintendo's Wii game console, hacker
adorned the Great Dome with a "Triforce" from
The Legend of Zelda video games.
[2006.11.18]
During the Harvard-Yale game of 2006, hackers replaced the
"VE-RI-TAS" in the Harvard logos on the scoreboard with
"HU-GE-EGO".
[2006.11.18]
An "MIT Fire Department" truck appeared on the Great Dome.
[2006.09.11]
The Fleming Cannon from Caltech's Fleming Hovse was transported
to MIT by the Howe & Ser Moving Company, receiving
international media publicity. The cannon was subsequently
retrieved by members of Caltech's Fleming House. The cannon
appeared during MIT's Campus Preview Weekend and during the 20th
anniversary of Harvey Mudd's original heist of the cannon.
[2006.04.06-2006.04.10]
The skylight of 32-123 was adorned with a "Peace, Love, Linux" sign
made out of multi-colored condoms.
[2006.04.06]
An Winter Olympics medal inscribed with "Torino 2006" appeared on the dome two days after the closing ceremonies.
[2006.02.28]
The chrome "MIT" sign in front of the Stata
Center had a "V" and an "O" prefixed to it so that it would
spell "VOMIT".
[2006.02.09]
Shortly before the dollar bill mural in front of the Cashier's Office
in Building 10 was to be removed to make way for a new glass-fronted
student lounge, George Washington shed a tear on the dollar bill.
[2005.12.15]
The infinite corridor was turned into a level from mario brothers.
[2005.12.14]
During Campus Preview Weekend, a visiting weekend prospective
freshmen, one high school senior used the Great Dome as an
opportunity to "propose".
[2005.11.23]
On the night of the release of the movie Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire, Building 9 was turned into Building
9¾. Doors were relabelled to represent rooms
in Hogwarts, including bathrooms being relabelled as for "Witches"
and "Wizards".
[2005.11.17]
Harry's lightning-bolt scar appeared on the Great Dome for the release
of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth
book in the Harry Potter series.
[2005.07.16]
"MIT's Evolving Campus" signs changed to "MIT's revolving campus."
[2005.06.04]
The dollar bill outside the cashier's office was modified to have Susan Hockfield's face.
[2005.05.06]
Hackers turned the radome on building 54 into the friendly smiling planet from the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide books.
[2005.04.29]
During CPW 2005, a group of hackers from Caltech came to MIT to pull pranks around MIT's campus.
[2005.04.09]
Banner drops during the log's performance at CPW acapella concert.
[2005.04.09]
Banner mocking Larry Summers' comments on Women in Science at Harvard
[2005.03.xx]
Some students at the media lab and in CSAIL did a study on the effect of tinfoil hats on amplification/attenuation of radio frequencies.
[2005.02.17]
At the begining of the term that Ocean Engineering was incorporated into the Mechanical engineering department, hackers placed a sunken pirate ship and tombstones on kresge oval.
[2005.01.31]
Parodies of the MIT "No Trespassing" stickers were found on doors around campus.
[2004.12.20]
A tropical escape appeared in building 10 during finals week.
[2004.12.12]
Bronzed items were placed in the lecture hall Mags Harris was lecturing in.
[2004.11.11]
The great dome was turned into a giant baseball for the final two days of the world series.
[2004.10.29]
A large "GO SOX" banner was placed on the river side of MacGreggor
[2004.10.27]
Greenspeak which read "SOX"
[2004.10.21]
An MBTA sign and and a banner reading "Infrared Line, Entrance to All Trains" appeared at Simmons hall.
[2004.09.30]
A Banner about MIT appeared at Harvard's orientation.
[2004.09.17]
The "Vannevar Shrubbery Room" appeared to replace an alcove that was the former entrance to the "Vannevar Bush Room"
[2004.09.15]
A donkey banner appeared on the great dome for the 2004
DNC. There were three tail banners hanging below which said
"Kerry," "Clark," and "Dean."
[2004.07.26]
Drop banner in lobby 7 during finals week is used for marriage proposal.
[2004.05.20]
For the dedication, a modified property office sticker was
placed on the stata center.
[2004.05.07]
On the dedication day of the Gates building in the Stata Center,
the internet kiosks in the lobby were hacked to boot linux.
[2004.05.07]
A banner mocking Harvard was remote-deployed during a CPW
question and answer session.
[2004.04.16]
Self-description of infamous metal sculpture attached in
camouflaged fashion.
[2004.03.03]
Hackers added an addendum to warning cards sent out by IS&T
about a security vulnerability in windows, and handed them out
at a talk on campus given by Bill Gates.
[2004.02.26]
Shortly after the administration instituted a policy that no
flags may be hung from dorms, a banner reading "I Hate The Flag
Policy" appeared above Briggs field, suspended between Simmons and
MacGregor.
[2004.02.17]
On the first day of classes spring term 2004, a replica of
Spaceman Spiff's ship (from Calvin and Hobbes) appeared on the
small dome. Spaceman Spiff was hanging inside of Lobby 7.
[2004.02.03]
Wright Flyer on the great dome celebrates the 100th anniversary of controlled powered flight.
[2003.12.17]
Hackers placed a pirate flag and banner on the great dome.
[2003.10.25]
Hackers made a fake issue of Counterpoint
[2003.09.xx]
A rocket launched during the freshman picture dropped flyers over the crowd.
[2003.08.26]
A line of monitors follow their leader across Lobby 7
[2003.06.20]
When the keypads on athena clusters were moved to the doorhandles, hackers filled the resulting holes in the walls with art.
[2003.05.xx]
A heart with "MOM" inside it appeared on the great dome for Mother's Day.
[2003.05.11]
Hundreds of gnomes of all shapes and sizes invaded the w20 cluster.
[2003.04.23]
A grid of balloons spelling IHTFP floated below the lobby 7 skylight.
[2003.04.11]
An anti-harvard banner was released at CPW opening ceremonies
and was later placed in an MIT museum display.
[2003.04.10]
Five four-foot alphabet blocks appeared in Lobby 7 adorned with letters spelling "IHTFP", "NR", "ABC", and various numerical symbols.
[2003.04.06]
2550 Post-It notes appeared on the List Center Media Test Wall in the likeness of Trogdor the Burninator
[2003.04.01]
Hackers hung a banner proclaiming "Welcome to the Academy!!!" from the side of the Student Center in response to some statements by the deans.
[2003.02.19]
The "MIT Black Morbid Fling Together" was a satirical Valentine's Day matchup service which attempted to pair people for casual sex instead of real relationships.
[2003.02.14]
Robots staged a Robot Rights protest prior to the 6.270 competition.
[2003.01.30]
Corresponding with the release of the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the "Eye of Sauron" appeared in the Lobby 7 skylight.
[2002.12.18]
UMOC entries on the pedestals in lobby 7.
[2002.11.13]
5 students from MIT constructed a crop cirlce for the discovery channel.
[2002.10.10]
T.F. Peterson put in Library of Congress author database, despite not existing.
[2002.09.09]
A banner was hung between the towers of the new Simmons Hall dorm, proclaiming it "Waffle House".
[2002.09.04]
Banner dropped from the ceiling during an 18.03 lecture asking for a classes response to a unit impulse of fish.
[2002.05.10]
Hackers made a hack issue of Tech Talk that looked so similar to the real thing that many students did not notice it was a hack.
[2002.04.17]
Three mutually perpendicular coordinate axes appeared hanging above lobby 7, with the faces of Chuck Vest, Larry Bacow, and Marilee Jones drawn on the arrows.
[2002.03.10]
On the morning of class Registration Day for the Spring 2002, a "stained glass" "Wheel of Tuition" appeared in the newly renovated Lobby 7 skylight. Alas, the spinner-wheel was stopped on "Aid Denied".
[2002.02.04]
Paper dolls appeared in a ring in the Lobby 7 skylight, right as renovations of the skylight were completing.
[2002.01.09]
A "gold" ring with Elvish script appeared on the Great Dome, in anticipation of the first Lord of the Rings movie.
[2001.12.17]
giant American flag hanging in front of the Dome
[2001.09.17]
A funeral procession, complete with tombstone, was held to commemorate the final Rush.
[2001.08.25]
During the last Rush, the text "So Long and Thanks For All The Frosh" was added beneath the great dome.
[2001.08.25]
Hackers made a hack issue of the Tech
[2001.05.23]
Weight on dome causing crack
[2001.05.22]
Magic Pi Ball predicting "outlook hazy"
[2001.05.21]
Tech dinghy in the Chapel Moat
[2001.05.17]
Banner in memory of Douglas Adams
[2001.05.17]
Hackers place mock excavation of 2001 style monolith in lobby 7.
[2001.03.23]
Hackers ditribute a hack issue of the tech.
[2000.12.13]
Squanch image appears in rock garden in newly re-landscaped 2-4-6 courtyard
[2000.12.03-2001.03.xx]
Hackers drop stuffed beavers over crowd at harvard-yale football game onto the crowd below.
[2000.11.18]
Hackers distributed hack issue of Boston Globe.
[2000.05.11]
Sign on temporary aero-astro trailers during construction.
[2000.05.10]
Students distributed a fake edition of Tech Talk, MIT's official newspaper.
[1999.12.01]
Spider Web in Lobby 7 with black widow spider
[1999.10.31]
Flag and replica of NeilArmstrong on top of the little dome
[1999.07.20]
Just a couple
of days before the summer 1999 openning of Phantom Menace,
MIT's great dome is transformed into the likeness of R2-D2.
[1999.05.17]
Students distributed The TEX, a periodical which simultaneously lampooned MIT fraternities and the student newspaper The Tech.
[1999.05.17]
Fake elevator added to rubble of building 20.
[1999.04.06]
Students distributed Counterputz, a periodical which lampooned the collaborative MIT-Wellesley discussion magazine Counterpoint.
[1998.12.??]
Elevators in W20 started announce the floors with short phrases.
[1998.09.??]
Hackers transform 66 point into bow of "Techtanic" playing on the Titanic movie populatiry.
[1998.09.12]
Students distributed The TIT Observer, a periodical which lampooned an alternative MIT newspaper The MIT Observer.
[1998.05.19]
Hackers changed the MIT Home Page to claim that Disney was buying MIT.
[1998.04.01]
MIT Deactivated Property sticker placed on Building 20 shortly before its demolition.
[1998.03.27]
Parody of vegetarian "Great American Meat-Out" performed by students in a booth in Lobby 10.
[1998.03.20]
Hackers hung a large paper airplane in Lobby 7 for the AIAA IAP Paper Airplane Contest
[1998.01.21]
Mural of Wile E. Coyote smashing into a painted tunnel appears over a "new" wall which appeared during the addition of the Rotch library blocking what had been a popular access path between Building 9 and Lobby 7.
[1998.01.15]
"Geese Crossing" sign changed to "Geeks Crossing"
[1997.xx.xx]
Just in time for Halloween, four large gargoyles appeared inside of Lobby 7.
[1997.10.31]
Students distributed The TeX Files, a periodical which lampooned the MIT's student-run newspaper The Tech.
[1997.10.31]
Hackers place monolith at freshman class picture, dress as monkeys, and dance around.
[1997.08.22]
Banner and signs about the implications of the Infinite Corridor
[1997.05.12]
Students distributed The Absolut Tech, a periodical which lampooned the MIT's student-run newspaper The Tech.
[1997.04.17]
A banner was placed on the window of the Fishbowl cluster which read "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
[1997.03.17]
Hackers made it look like Student Services broke the glass in the fishbowl and killed all the "fish".
[1997.02.10]
hackers put a large block of cheese (representing the Green Bay Packers) on the great dome after the superbowl.
[1997.01.27]
X in window of E40 where the bridge to the Tagn center was to go
[1996.xx.xx]
Hackers placed a plaque near the Little Sail describing another sculpture made of air.
[1996.??.??]
Santa delivers coal to Walker Memorial for John Harvard.
[1996.12.xx]
A booth, proclaimed "The Sink" by a sign, appeared across from "The Source" in the student center first floor lobby.
[1996.12.10]
Hack newsletter parodies Institvte.
[1996.11.23]
Hackers turned an empty display case into a compact dorm room.
[1996.10.31]
Hackers hung a lit jack-o-lantern from the Lobby 7 skylight.
[1996.10.30]
MIT's Great Dome is adorned to look like a propeller
beanie, complete with a to scale propeller that would actually
spin (1996).
[1996.09.27]
Hackers placed a sign that alternately flashed the words "foo" and "bar" on Walker for the July 4 crowds.
[1996.07.04]
Hackers distributed "Buzzword Bingo" cards for use during Vice President Al Gore's graduation speech.
[1996.06.07]
Two separate groups of hackers created anti-Windows banners for Microsoft CEO Bill Gates's visit.
[1996.05.29]
Hackers hung simley faces on the Big Sail and the Little Sail
[1996.05.21]
Hackers placed a piano on the Great Dome.
[1996.05.21]
Hackers added a cow and a scarecrow to a wheat field art project in Lobby 7.
[1996.05.06]
Hackers dressed Johnny up to look like the Unabomber
[1996.04.08]
Hackers placed a shower stall with instructions for use in the Student Center Athena cluster
[1996.04.01]
Students distributed Tich Tolk, a periodical which lampooned the MIT's Tech Talk.
[1996.03.11]
Hackers replaced the Athena "No Trespassing" signs with "You must be this smart to use Athena" signs.
[1996.01.13]
Hackers placed a Mickey Mouse clock in Walker Dining Hall.
[1995.11.21]
Hackers covered Transparent Horizon with balloons
[1995.10.18]
Signs at the Kendall T station were hacked.
[1995.10.10]
Three of the "scrubbing bubbles" (from the Dow Bathroom Cleaner ad) appeared on the North Wall of the Media Lab.
[1995.10.10]
When MIT poured a new sidewalk in Killian Court, a Beaver gnawing down a Harvard goalpost, found its way into the sidewalk.
[1995.09.15]
hackers made hack posters advertising the MIT card as a Big Brother/SPODSA project
[1995.09.05]
MCMXVI changed to IHTFP on Great Dome in days prior to graduation.
[1995.06.05]
Large Jolt can hung from Lobby 7 Skylight to celebrate end-of-term caffine binges.
[1995.05.21]
Hack issue of the Tech.
[1995.04.27]
"Kiss Me, I'm an Engineer" banner hung in lobby 7 for valentine's day.
[1995.02.14]
Hackers created the Biohazard Cafe in Lobby 10, with samples available of experimental "food."
[1995.02.06]
MIT Card activated bathroom stall installed on bathroom I.M. Pei. building which looks like an inside-out bathroom
[1994.27.01]
Hackers declared ``Happy Vector Day'' and decorated with random signs.
[1994.12.13]
A hack Nightline Poster debunks that myth that Cat's can't call Nightline.
[1994.11.2x]
Dome made to resemble a large pumpkin for Halloween.
[1994.10.31]
Hackers placed a smiley face in the lobby 7 skylight shortly before Halloween 1994.
[1994.10.30]
Posters labelling various mundane things as MicroSoft products appeard around campus.
[1994.10.29]
Hackers added labels and banners to the "official" dedication which proclaimed the new building to be "Jurassic Research Labs"
[1994.10.07]
Jurassic Park logo placed in center of lobby 7 skylight.
[1994.09.06]
Fake housing letters assigning frosh to amusing places
[1994.08.30]
While a speaker addressed the frosh, a balloon decorated to look like a soccer ball and lettered with MIT and IHTFP inflated behind his back.
[1994.08.26]
MTG's Assassins bulletin board was converted to advertise Twinkies instead.
[1994.08.26]
Hackers changed the inscription on the inside of Lobby 7
from "Established for advancement and development of science and
its application to industry arts agriculture and commerce" to
"Established for advancement and development of science and its
application to industry arts entertainment and hacking".
[1994.08.25-1994.08.30]
Hackers placed a convincing replica of a campus police cruiser on the Great dome.
[1994.05.09]
Students distributed Tich Tolk, a periodical which lampooned the MIT's Tech Talk.
[1994.05.02]
Windows on IAP bulletin board was made to screen save
[1994.04.18-1994.04.30]
Erectd Beer Shrine in Lobby 7.
[1994.04.14]
Hack posters advertised one of the more private advantages of using a computer in the privacy of one's own dorm room.
[1994.02.??]
Hackers candy-stripped the two cental pillars at 77 Mass. Ave.
[1993.12.18-1993-12.19]
Menora placed on little dome.
[1993.12.09-1993.12.16]
Witch's Hat placed on little dome
[1993.10.29-1993.11.01]
RSI students declared their presence on campus using the Lobby 7 Skylight as the declaration media.
[1993.08.??]
Cannibals at MIT give new meaning to the term Freshmen Dinners
[1993.08.26]
To accompany the Boston Pops' July 4th, 1993 concert and fireworks
display, hackers turned the top of MIT's tallest building into the
world's largest sound (VU) meter.
[1993.07.04]
Large Winnie-the-Pooh appeared in Lobby 7 to congratulate graduates.
[1993.05.28]
Small dome made up to resemble a pressure cooker.
[1993.05.13]
Tombstone for former Dean Tewhey appears in Kresge Oval
[1993.05.08]
Hackers renamed the 100+ workstations in the Student Center cluster after the chemical elements.
[1993.04.01]
One-dollar bill mural on cashier's office replaced with a $10K bill
[1993.03.03-1993.03.19]
Greenspeak says IAP 183
[1993.01.??]
Hacking Series Committee calendar spoofs LSC calendar with scheduled hacks instead of movies
[1993.01.28]
Physical Plant decorated the orange building tarp on the MIT Press bookstore to look like a large pumpkin for Halloween.
[1992.10.??]
For Halloween, Lobby Seven was turned into an elaborate cathedral.
[1992.10.30-1992.11.02]
Students ran an on campus campaign for 18.02 lecturer Hartley Rogers as an alternative to Perot and Clinton.
[1992.10.27-1992.11.02]
Students hung a swing from the skylight in Lobby 7.
[1992.10.01]
Students placed a banner in Lobby 7 which read ``GAME OVER INSERT 94260 QUARTER TO CONTINUE''
[1992.05.11]
Students prepared an additional handout for an introductory computer science course.
[1992.05.07]
Department of Alchemy advertises an open house with a mailing and LSC slides
[1992.04.11]
Students dropped a 12' (30'?) long mock anchor off of the point of building 66, a building which resembles the bow of a large boat.
[1992.03.??]
Students take remote control of Chalkboard in 10-250
[1992.03.06]
A banner on lobby 7 greated officials arriving at MIT for Bush's industrial summit.
[1992.02.12]
Drinking fountain was turned into a fire-hydrant which students could actually drink from
[1991.12.09]
In a scene straight out of Brazil, SPODSA operative abducted a frosh from the hack talk, sealed her in a body bag, and carried her away for her crimes.
[1991.10.??]
On the hour, music prevaded lobby 7 -- at the same time, a large spider web had taken up residence in lobby 7.
[1991.10.31]
The dedication placard on the XXX building was modified so that the building's proper name coincided with the building's numeric name.
[1991.10.04]
At the reception for President Vest's Inaguration, a banner from proclaimed MIT the U of M at Cambridge
[1991.05.10]
As an Inaguration day welcoming, hackers setup a putt-putt course in the new President's front lawn.
[1991.05.10]
Brian Leibowitz's voice was shifted upward while he was giving his traditional talk on MIT Hacks.
[1991.04.??]
Hackers drop 1994 superballs on the class of 1994 while they were lining up for their Freshman picture.
[1990.??.??]
"Monks" marched across campus chanting and handing out flyers for "Our Lady of the All-Night Tool".
[1990.12.17]
Hackers decorated the little dome with presents and Christmas Lights spelling out MIT.
[1990.12.03]
MIT Hackers placed a cast on John Harvard after Harvard took a serious beating in the Harvard-Yale game.
[1990.11.18]
A rocket shot from zero yard line deployed a banner with the letters 'MIT' on both sides.
[1990.11.17]
Music played in Lobby 7 on the hour, including the Smurf theme song.
[1990.11.15]
Welcoming incoming president Charles Vest, hackers made
his office "disappear" by hiding the entrance behind a
bulletin board for his first day on the job..
[1990.10.15]
Hackers abduct the Harvard Yard Plate and leave it with the MIT President.
[1990.09.27]
Students place an 8' long, clear slide rule in Student Center atrium as an alternative to the proposed hairball art sculpture.
[1990.04.29]
On Monday of the final week of classes, the Athena Owl was replaced by a grumpy fuzzball logo.
[1989.12.11]
The Enterprise visits lobby 7 at the same time Shatner comes to give an LSC lecture.
[1989.10.24]
The order of the colors on the Noland Wall squares was permuted.
[1989.09.11]
The batman symbol appeared in the Lobby 7 Skylight on the day Frosh first arrive on campus.
[1989.08.30]
An overhanging sculpture by the Media lab was made up to look like an empty toilet paper roll holder.
[1989.05.09]
Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People: The MIT Gallery of Hacks
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This is the comprehensive listing of all of the hacks in the IHTFP Hack Gallery, presented in reverse chronological order.
2025
2024
2023
2022
- Cramming for 19.101 Finals
- Harvard Duck Heist
- Wakanda Forever!
- Eye of Sauron on top of Small Dome
- Openness Hack
- KEEP MIT OPEN, KEEP MIT WEIRD
- Wordle is IHTFP
- Twosday Hack
2021
2019
2018
- 3.091 Periodic Table
- A Periodic Table and a Candy Cane
- Office Chair
- Ivy League Champions
- Lobby 7 Disco Ball
2017
- Nothing's Impossible Banner in Walker
- CSAIL Sail
- Foam Dinosaur on Kresge
- GLaDOS in Lobby 7
- Senior House Tombstone
- Earth Day
- 21 in 7
- Pussy Hats for Women's Day
- Relay For Life
- Traffic Tribute
- Elevator Buttons
2016
- Mars Rover by Kresge
- Buckyball in 10-250
- MacGhosts
- Infinite Fortune
- 2020 Vision Chart
- 25 Years of Linux
- Maclaurin's energy vision
- Planes Over North Court
- Captain America
- Moving Day Beaver
- CPW Banners Unfurled
- ExSPONGEd
- Drone Invasion
- Random's 12th Birthday
- SpaceX
- Alan Rickman Memorial
- Tribute to David Bowie
2015
- Pinatas in Lobby 7
- Celebrating Pixar
- French Flag Projected on Great Dome
- Fallout 4
- Enemies of the Heir
- Infinite Zoo
- Hack to the Future
- New Bexley
- #IStandWithAhmed Clock
- Hackapult
- Tau on the Cow
- MIT Pride
- Media Lab Logo
- Jurassic World
- Pi in the Sky
- Pirate Bay Flag
- Snowhenge
2014
- Castle on a Cloud
- Phoebe Wang Memorial
- Rainbow 77
- Collier's Cranes
- Caltech Admissions Tube
- Excellence Awards
- Olympic Rings Over Briggs
2013
- Thanksgivukkah Dreidel on Building 10
- The Enemy's Gate is Down
- Breaking Bad Alchemist
- Freddie on Kresge
- Sean Collier Memorial
- Welcome Back Hockfield
- Medical Mask on the Alchemist
- Pacman and Blinky on the Great Dome
2012
- Mayan's "Final Week" tribute in Lobby 7
- /g/
- Tetris on the Green Building
- Circus in Lobby 7
- Portal Themed Newton's Cradle
- Dalek on the Stata Center
- Random's 11th Birthday
- Arrow Through the Ray Dome
- 1000 xkcd Comics in Lobby 7
2011
- Invasion MIT
- November Rule
- V for Vendetta
- Apple Logo in Memory of Steve Jobs
- 10th Anniversary of 9/11
- Nyan Cat in Lobby 7
- Cheat Code to the Dome
- Relay For Life
- Alchemist's Internal Organs
- Wikipedia 10th Anniversary
2010
- 18.02 Last Day of Classes
- Giant Spider
- TARDIS on building 7, great dome, and beyond
- 6-120 Quantum Physics Last Day of Classes
- Upside-Down Lounge appears near the Media Lab
- Galileo 400th Anniversary
- Pluto's Birthday in Lobby 7
- Engineered Body Parts Display
2009
- Black Hole
- Music Notes
- Statue of the goddess Athena in Killian Court
- Apollo Lunar Module on the Great Dome
- Solar Powered Subway Car on the Great Dome
- "Creative People with Words" items appear around campus
- Watchmen Banner in Lobby 7
- Cylon Eye and Ship on W20 for Battlestar Galactica Finale
- Banner for Charles Darwin's Birthday
2008
- Bed with teddy bear appears in building 10 lounge
- Epiphany Toilet on Building 37
- NASA Logo on the Dot
- Violation Notices on Hacks
- Trapped in a sign factory, send help!
- Do not hack.
- DTYD Bomber in lobby 7
- UFO crashes into Stata
- In Case of Zombie Attack, Break Glass
- Media Test Wall Rickroll
- I Will Hate This F***ing Place
- Garden in CSAIL for April 1st
- D20 in Killian Court
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Lobby 7
- Memorial to Sir Arthur Peckington
- Random Hall celebrates its birthday
- Stargate in E19
- Ben Franklin's Birthday
2007
- W20 Christmas Tree
- 6.001 Last Lecture
- Larger-than-life board games around campus
- V for Vendetta / Guy Fawkes Day at MIT
- "GO SOX" banner on New House
- Sputnik in Lobby 10
- John Harvard plays Halo3
- Purple Dome
- Dark Mark from Harry Potter over Student Center
- Broomstick Parking for Harry Potter
- Red, White, and Blue Dome for Fourth of July
- Great Dome goes Green
- I'll Have Thesis Finished Pronto at 2007 Commencement
- Playpen balls fall at xkcd lecture
- This sign has been hacked
- Working traffic light in windows of building E25
- Large paper airplanes in Lobby 10 and Stata
- Parody of The Tech distributed by Caltech students
- Mooninite Is Not a Bomb Banner
- Yellow cranks around campus
2006
- Where's Waldo? He's on the Stata Center...
- Gehry Christmas Tree in Stata Center
- Legend of Zelda "Triforce" on Great Dome
- "Huge Ego" at Harvard-Yale game
- Huge food replicas in front of Student Center
- Fire Truck on the Great Dome
- Batman symbol on great dome
- Caltech's Fleming Cannon transported to MIT by Howe & Ser Moving Company
- Peace, Love, and Linux Penguins in Condoms
- Torino 2006 Olympic Medal on the Dome
- "MIT" sign in front of Stata Center changed to read "VOMIT"
2005
- Swing set on Stata building sculpture
- Teardrop on dollar bill mural
- Mario Brothers in Infinite Corridor
- Optional instead of title with surrounding text to use to link to the entry. Title used if this isn't present.
- Building 9 turned into Building 9¾ for Harry Potter movie release
- Harry Potter's Scar on the Dome
- Revolving Campus
- Time Travellers Convention
- Banner in Killian for President Hockfield inauguration
- Dollar bill gets President Hockfield's face
- Radome on 54 and building 10 decorated for Hitchhiker's Guide Movie
- Caltech vs. MIT
- Banner drops at acapella concert during CPW
- Banner mocking Larry Summers' comments on Women in Science at Harvard
- Study on the effect of tinfoil hats on blocking mind control satellites
- Sunken pirate ship and tombstones honor demise of Course 13 (Ocean Engineering)
2004
- Amusing No Trespassing signs around campus
- Tropical Escape
- Bronzed Toolage
- Redsox logo on great dome
- Go Sox!
- Red Sox Greenspeak
- Infrared Line at Simmons Hall
- MIT Banner at Harvard Orientation
- Vannevar Shrubbery Room at the entrance to 10-105
- DNC Donkey Banner
- Marriage Proposal Drop Banner in Lobby 7
- Property Office Sticker on Stata
- Linux running on internet kiosks in Gates Building
- Anti-Harvard banner at PreFrosh Convocation
- Transparent Horizons describes itself in East Campus style
- Security vulnerability warnings at Gates talk
- I Hate The Flag Policy
- Spaceman Spiff Crashes into the Small Dome
2003
- Wright Flyer on the Great Dome celebrates 100 years of flight
- Pirate flag and banner on great dome
- Hack issue of MIT/WEllesley student magazine Counterpoint
- SPODSA New Student Registration
- Rocket disperses flyers over Freshman Picture
- Domes in Mirror
- Make Way for Cruftlings
- Cluster keypad artwork
- Mom on the Dome for Mother's Day
- Hundreds of gnomes invaded the Student Center Athena cluster
- IHTFP balloon grid in Lobby 7
- Anti-harvard banner at CPW
- Alphabet Blocks in Lobby 7
- Post-It picture on List Center Media Test Wall
- Welcome to the Academy banner hung from Student Center
- The MIT Black Morbid Fling Together parodied of Valentine's Day matchup services
- Robots staged a Robot Rights protest prior to the 6.270 competition
2002
- Eye of Sauron in Lobby 7 skylight
- UMOC entries in Lobby 7
- Crop Cirlces show on Discovery Channel
- "Institute Historian, T.F. Peterson" in Library of Congress database
- Waffle House banner on Simmons Hall
- Eigenfish in 18.03
- Tech Talk (hack issue)
- Axes of Evil in Lobby 7
- Wheel of Tuition in Lobby 7 skylight
- Paper dolls in Lobby 7 skylight
2001
- Gamma Alpha Gamma fraternity during Rush
- NMR magnet converted to R2D2 in Lobby 10
- "Hole of the Week" sign on Mass. Ave. construction
- Hackers in biohazard suits search W20
- The One Ring appears around the Great Dome
- American flag hanging from Building 10
- Funeral Procession Held For Rush
- So Long and Thanks For All the Frosh added beneath the great dome
- Parachuting beavers at Commencement
- Techstasy hack issue of student run newspaper The Tech
- Weight on Great Dome
- Magic Pi Ball on Building 54
- Tech dinghy in Chapel moat
- Banner in memory of Douglas Adams
- Monolith Excavation in Lobby 7
- [real] Snowman on small dome
2000
- Green, three-eyed Toy Story aliens invade a vending machine
- W20 Elevator chanting
- The Toke hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
- Squanch in 2-4-6
- Hackers drop beavers at Harvard-Yale Game
- Chess Board in Lobby 7
- Maze in Lobby 7
- The Boston Glob hack issue of local newspaper
- Aero-Astro Estates
- No Hack for April 1st
1999
- Hack issue of official newspaper Tech Talk
- Spider Web in Lobby 7
- Freshman Tracking Devices
- Neil Armstrong/Moon Landing
- Great Droid
- The TEX fraternity-themed hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
- Elevator to hidden sub-basement in Building 20 rubble
- Internet Cleaning
- Television on the wall of the Infinite Corridor
1998
- Lobby 7 skylight: ALL HAIL PASS/FAIL
- Jolt bottles dedicated to ``MIT professors who necessitate extreme caffeination''
- Counterputz hack issue of MIT-Wellesley student magazine Counterpoint
- Welcome MIT Debtors (banner)
- Talking Elevator in W20
- Techtanic transformation of Building 66
- Orange Ribbons in support of ILTFP
- Housing 2001 banners and flyer
- Extra Thanks to Physical Plant
- The TIT Observer (hack issue of The MIT Observer)
- The TIT Observer hack issue of student-run newspaper The MIT Observer
- Aramark Monopoly in W20
- MIT Zodiac outside Student Services Center
- MIT web page changed to claim that Disney was buying MIT.
- Deactivated sticker on Building 20
- Greenspeak: Oscar[tm] for Good Will Hunting
- Great American Meat-In
- Paper airplane in Lobby 7
- Wile E. Coyote smashes into Rotch Library Wall
1997
- Geeks Crossing sign on Memorial Drive
- People's Republic of Cambridge signs
- Gargoyles in Lobby 7
- The TeX Files hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
- Monolith on Killian Court during Freshman Picture
- Implications of infinity equaling 47.2 rods
- The Absolut Tech hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
- "So long, and thanks for all the fish" banner in the Fishbowl cluster
- Dead Fishbowl
- Cheese on the Great Dome
1996
- Place Bridge Here (E40)
- Great Wind
- Door on Building 66
- Disco Ball in Lobby 7
- Santa Delivers Coal for John Harvard in Walker Memorial
- The Sink Appears Opposite The Source
- Institoot, hack issue of Institvte
- Scrolling LED hacked for NASA launch
- Housing2000
- Bring Out Your Dead
- Lit Jack-O-Lantern Hanging in Lobby 7
- The Great Beanie
- Foo Bar on July 4th
- Al Gore Buzzword Bingo for Graduation
- Banners for Gates' Visit
- Smiley Faces on the Big Sail and the Little Sail
- Piano on the Great Dome
- Hackers Augment Wheat Field Art in Lobby 7
- John Harvard -- Unabomber Suspect
- Shower Stall in Student Center Athena Cluster
- Tich Tolk hack issue of the Tech Talk
- "You must be at least this smart to use Athena workstations." signs on Athena clusters
1995
- Mickey Mouse Clock in Walker
- Balloons on Transparent Horizon
- Hacked Signs at Kendall T station
- Scrubbing Bubbles on Media Lab
- Bronze Beaver in Killian Court Sidewalk
- "MIT Card Coming Soon" Posters
- MCMXVI changed to IHTFP on Great Dome
- Jolt can in Lobby 7
- The Wreck hack issue of The Tech
- "Kiss Me, I'm an Engineer" banner for Valentines Day
- Biohazard Cafe
1994
- "Big Brother Inside" stickers on card readers
- Pei Toilet on the Media Lab
- Do Not Open until Christmas 2014 on Building 14 Handicap Entrance
- Vector Day
- Nightline Meets Mr. Peterson
- "Sport Death" protest hack
- Great Dome Pumpkin [reprise]
- Smile in Lobby 7 Skylight (reprise)
- "MicroSoft" posters
- Jurassic Research Laboratories at Building 68 Dedication
- Jurassic Park logo in Lobby 7 Skylight
- Housing Assignments Letters
- Balloon at Freshman Picnic
- MTG Assassins poster changed to "Twinkies"
- Changed Inscription in Lobby 7
- CP Car on the Great Dome
- Tich Tolk hack issue of Tech Talk
- IAP Screensaver
- Beer Shrine in Lobby 7
- "Resnet: Because you can't Masturbate in the Clusters" posters in Athena clusters
1993
- Bathroom Athena Cluster
- Candy Cane Pillars at 77 Mass. Ave.
- Menorah on the Small Dome
- Witch's Hat on the Small Dome
- RSI in Lobby 7 Skylight
- Cannibals at MIT
- VU Meter on the Green Building
- Pooh
- Contents Vnder Pressvre on the Small Dome
- Tombstone for Dean James Tewhey
- Chemical Elements Athena Cluster in the Student Center
- $10,000 Bill Mural at the Cashier's Office
- Greenspeak: IAP 183
- Hacking Series Committee Calendar
1992
- Pumpkin on MIT Press building
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool in Lobby 7
- Hartley Rogers, Jr. for President
- Swing in Lobby 7
- GAME OVER
- 6.001 Spellbook
- Department of Alchemy Recruiting
- Anchors Away! (reprise)
- 10-250 Chalkboard Gremlins Strike Again
- Nerds for a Better America banner for Pres. George Bush's visit
1991
- Fire Hose Drinking Fountain
- SPODSA Invades Hack Talk
- Music and Spiders for Halloween
- Edwin Phortey plaque at the Muckley Building (E40) dedication
- University of Michigan Banner for Pres. Charles Vest's Inauguration
- Putt-Putt Golf Course on the Lawn of the President's House
- Sound System Pitch Shift during "Hacks" Lecture
1990
- 1994 Superballs
- Our Lady of the All-Night Tool
- Christmas Lights and Presents on the Small Dome
- Cast on John Harvard
- Harvard-Yale End Zone Banner
- Smurfs in Lobby 7
- Disappearing President's Office
- Harvard Yard Plate
- Slide Rule and the Student Center Hairball
1989
- Grumpy Fuzzball meets Athena
- U.S.S. Enterprise in Lobby 7 for William Shatner's Visit
- Rotated Colored Squares on Media Lab Wall
- Batman Symbol in Lobby 7 Skylight
- "Push Core for New Roll" Banner on Media Lab Sculpture
Hacks during 2025
2025 Rubik's Cube
[2025.05.03]
Hacks during 2024
Hacks during 2023
2023 USS Kornbluth
[2023.05.01]
Hacks during 2022
2022 Harvard Duck Heist
[2022.12.05]
2022 Wakanda Forever!
[2022.11.11]
[2022.10.13]
[2022.09.08]
Hacks during 2021
[2021.11.08]
Hacks during 2019
[2019.04.27]
Hacks during 2018
2018 3.091 Periodic Table
[2018.12.12]
[2018.12.02-2018.12.17]
Hacks during 2017
[2017.12.22]
[2017.10.23]
2017 GLaDOS in Lobby 7
[2017.10.09]
[2017.06.18]
2017 Earth Day
[2017.04.22]
[2017.03.08]
2017 Traffic Tribute
[2017.02.03]
Hacks during 2016
2016 2020 Vision Chart
[2016.09.07]
2016 25 Years of Linux
[2016.08.25]
[2016.05.19]
2016 Captain America
[2016.05.08-2016.05.10]
2016 CPW Banners Unfurled
[2016.04.07]
[2016.01.18]
[2016.01.12]
Hacks during 2015
[2015.11.14]
2015 Hack to the Future
[2015.10.21]
2015 New Bexley
[2015.10.12]
[2015.09.18]
2015 Hackapult
[2015.09.04]
2015 MIT Pride
[2015.06.26]
2015 Media Lab Logo
[2015.06.01]
Hacks during 2014
2014 Castle on a Cloud
[2014.10.25]
2014 Excellence Awards
[2014.02.25]
Hacks during 2013
[2013.12.03]
[2013.11.03]
[2013.09.29]
[2013.04.01]
[2013.01.15]
Hacks during 2012
[2012.12.17]
2012 /g/
[2012.05.06]
[2012.04.20]
2012
Circus in Lobby 7
[2012.04.19]
[2012.04.18]
[2012.04.17]
2012
1000 xkcd Comics in Lobby 7
[2012.01.11]
Hacks during 2011
2011 Invasion MIT
[2011.12.14]
2011 November Rule
[2011.11.11]
2011 V for Vendetta
[2011.11.05]
[2011.10.06]
[2011.09.11]
2011 Nyan Cat in Lobby 7
[2011.09.06]
[2011.09.03]
2011 Relay For Life
[2011.03.09]
[2011.02.03]
[2011.01.15]
Hacks during 2010
[2010.12.09]
2010 Giant Spider
[2010.10.31]
2010
TARDIS on building 7, great dome, and beyond
[2010.08.25]
[2010.05.13]
[2010.04.08]
[2010.03.16]
[2010.02.18]
[2010.02.07-2010.02.10]
Hacks during 2009
2009 Black Hole
[2009.09.27]
2009 Music Notes
[2009.09.20]
2009
Statue of the goddess Athena in Killian Court
[2009.05.18]
[2009.05.17]
[2009.04.27]
[2009.04.16]
[2009.04.06]
[2009.03.20]
[2009.02.11]
Hacks during 2008
[2008.12.17]
[2008.10.05]
2008 NASA Logo on the Dot
[2008.10.01]
[2008.09.29]
[2008.07.24]
[2008.04.18]
[2008.04.13]
[2008.04.10]
[2008.04.10]
[2008.04.10]
[2008.04.01]
2008 D20 in Killian Court
[2008.03.18]
[2008.03.09]
[2008.02.xx]
[2008.02.29]
2008 Stargate in E19
[2008.01.24]
[2008.01.17]
Hacks during 2007
2007 W20 Christmas Tree
[2007.12.18]
2007 6.001 Last Lecture
[2007.12.15]
2007
Larger-than-life board games around campus
[2007.12.10]
[2007.11.5]
2007 "GO SOX" banner on New House
[2007.10.25]
2007 Sputnik in Lobby 10
[2007.10.04]
[2007.09.24]
2007 Purple Dome
[2007.09.02]
[2007.07.21]
2007
Broomstick Parking for Harry Potter
[2007.07.20]
2007
Red, White, and Blue Dome for Fourth of July
[2007.07.04]
[2007.06.20]
2007
I'll Have Thesis Finished Pronto at 2007 Commencement
[2007.06.08]
[2007.05.14]
[2007.04.20]
[2007.04.15]
[2007.04.13-2007.04.15]
[2007.04.13]
[2007.04.13]
[2007.02.18]
Hacks during 2006
2006
Where's Waldo? He's on the Stata Center...
[2006.12.15]
[2006.12.12-2007.02.xx]
2006
Legend of Zelda "Triforce" on Great Dome
[2006.11.18]
[2006.11.18]
2006 Huge food replicas in front of Student Center
[2006.11.09]
[2006.09.11]
[2006.04.06-2006.04.10]
2006
Peace, Love, and Linux Penguins in Condoms
[2006.04.06]
2006
Torino 2006 Olympic Medal on the Dome
[2006.02.28]
[2006.02.09]
Hacks during 2005
2005 Swing set on Stata building sculpture
[2005.xx.xx]
[2005.12.15]
[2005.12.14]
2005
Optional instead of title with surrounding text
to use to link to the entry. Title used
if this isn't present.
[2005.11.23]
2005
Building 9 turned into Building 9¾
for Harry Potter movie release
[2005.11.17]
[2005.07.16]
2005 Revolving Campus
[2005.06.04]
2005 Time Travellers Convention
[2005.05.07]
2005 Banner in Killian for President Hockfield inauguration
[2005.05.06]
[2005.05.06]
[2005.04.29]
2005 Caltech vs. MIT
[2005.04.09]
[2005.04.09]
[2005.03.xx]
[2005.02.17]
2005
Sunken pirate ship and tombstones honor demise of Course 13 (Ocean Engineering)
[2005.01.31]
Hacks during 2004
[2004.12.20]
2004 Tropical Escape
[2004.12.12]
2004 Bronzed Toolage
[2004.11.11]
[2004.10.29]
2004 Go Sox!
[2004.10.27]
2004 Red Sox Greenspeak
[2004.10.21]
2004
Infrared Line at Simmons Hall
[2004.09.30]
[2004.09.17]
2004 Vannevar Shrubbery Room at the entrance to 10-105
[2004.09.15]
2004 DNC Donkey Banner
[2004.07.26]
[2004.05.20]
[2004.05.07]
[2004.05.07]
[2004.04.16]
2004
Transparent Horizons describes itself in East
Campus style
[2004.03.03]
[2004.02.26]
[2004.02.17]
2004
Spaceman Spiff Crashes into the Small Dome
[2004.02.03]
Hacks during 2003
2003 Wright Flyer on the Great Dome celebrates 100 years of flight
[2003.12.17]
[2003.10.25]
[2003.09.xx]
[2003.08.26]
[2003.06.20]
[2003.05.xx]
2003 Mom on the Dome for Mother's Day
[2003.05.11]
2003 Hundreds of gnomes invaded the Student Center Athena cluster
[2003.04.23]
2003 IHTFP balloon grid in Lobby 7
[2003.04.11]
2003
Anti-harvard banner at CPW
[2003.04.10]
2003 Alphabet Blocks in Lobby 7
[2003.04.06]
[2003.04.01]
2003 Welcome to the Academy banner hung from Student Center
[2003.02.19]
2003 The MIT Black Morbid Fling Together parodied of Valentine's Day matchup services
[2003.02.14]
2003 Robots staged a Robot Rights protest prior to the 6.270 competition
[2003.01.30]
Hacks during 2002
2002 Eye of Sauron in Lobby 7 skylight
[2002.12.18]
[2002.11.13]
[2002.10.10]
[2002.09.09]
2002 Waffle House banner on Simmons Hall
[2002.09.04]
2002 Eigenfish in 18.03
[2002.05.10]
[2002.04.17]
2002 Axes of Evil in Lobby 7
[2002.03.10]
2002 Wheel of Tuition in Lobby 7 skylight
[2002.02.04]
[2002.01.09]
Hacks during 2001
2001 Gamma Alpha Gamma fraternity during Rush
[2001.??.??]
2001 NMR magnet converted to R2D2 in Lobby 10
[2001.??.??]
2001 "Hole of the Week" sign on Mass. Ave. construction
[2001.??.??]
2001 Hackers in biohazard suits search W20
[2001.??.??]
2001 The One Ring appears around the Great Dome
[2001.12.17]
[2001.09.17]
[2001.08.25]
2001 So Long and Thanks For All the Frosh added beneath the great dome
[2001.08.25]
2001 Parachuting beavers at Commencement
[2001.06.08]
[2001.05.23]
2001
Weight on Great Dome
[2001.05.22]
[2001.05.21]
[2001.05.17]
[2001.05.17]
[2001.03.23]
2001 [real] Snowman on small dome
[2001.03.08]
Hacks during 2000
2000 Green, three-eyed Toy Story aliens invade a vending machine
[2000.xx.xx]
2000 W20 Elevator chanting
[2000.12.xx]
[2000.12.13]
2000
Squanch in 2-4-6
[2000.12.03-2001.03.xx]
[2000.11.18]
2000 Chess Board in Lobby 7
[2000.10.xx]
2000 Maze in Lobby 7
[2000.09.xx]
[2000.05.11]
2000
Aero-Astro Estates
[2000.05.10]
[2000.04.01]
Hacks during 1999
1999 Hack issue of official newspaper Tech Talk
[1999.12.01]
[1999.10.31]
1999 Freshman Tracking Devices
[1999.09.xx]
[1999.07.20]
1999
Great Droid
[1999.05.17]
1999 The TEX fraternity-themed hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
[1999.05.17]
[1999.04.06]
1999 Internet Cleaning
[1999.04.01]
1999 Television on the wall of the Infinite Corridor
[1999.01.06]
Hacks during 1998
1998 Lobby 7 skylight: ALL HAIL PASS/FAIL
[1998.??.??]
1998 Jolt bottles dedicated to ``MIT professors who necessitate extreme caffeination''
[1998.??.??]
1998 Counterputz hack issue of MIT-Wellesley student magazine Counterpoint
[1998.12.??]
1998 Welcome MIT Debtors (banner)
[1998.10.17]
[1998.09.??]
[1998.09.12]
1998 Orange Ribbons in support of ILTFP
[1998.08.xx]
1998 Housing 2001 banners and flyer
[1998.08.26]
1998 Extra Thanks to Physical Plant
[1998.05.xx]
1998 The TIT Observer (hack issue of The MIT Observer)
[1998.05.19]
1998 The TIT Observer hack issue of student-run newspaper The MIT Observer
[1998.05.19]
[1998.05.18]
1998 MIT Zodiac outside Student Services Center
[1998.04.xx]
1998 MIT web page changed to claim that Disney was buying MIT.
[1998.04.01]
[1998.03.27]
[1998.03.24]
1998 Great American Meat-In
[1998.03.20]
1998 Paper airplane in Lobby 7
[1998.01.21]
[1998.01.15]
Hacks during 1997
1997 Geeks Crossing sign on Memorial Drive
[1997.xx.xx]
1997 People's Republic of Cambridge signs
[1997.??.??]
1997 Gargoyles in Lobby 7
[1997.10.31]
1997 The TeX Files hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
[1997.10.31]
[1997.08.22]
1997 Implications of infinity equaling 47.2 rods
[1997.05.12]
1997 The Absolut Tech hack issue of student-run newspaper The Tech
[1997.04.17]
1997 "So long, and thanks for all the fish" banner in the Fishbowl cluster
[1997.03.17]
1997
Dead Fishbowl
[1997.02.10]
1997 Cheese on the Great Dome
[1997.01.27]
Hacks during 1996
[1996.xx.xx]
1996
Great Wind
[1996.??.??]
1996 Door on Building 66
[1996.??.??]
1996 Disco Ball in Lobby 7
[1996.??.??]
[1996.12.xx]
1996 The Sink Appears Opposite The Source
[1996.12.10]
[1996.11.23]
1996 Scrolling LED hacked for NASA launch
[1996.11.04]
1996
Housing2000
[1996.10.31]
1996
Bring Out Your Dead
[1996.10.31]
1996 Lit Jack-O-Lantern Hanging in Lobby 7
[1996.10.30]
1996
The Great Beanie
[1996.09.27]
1996 Foo Bar on July 4th
[1996.07.04]
1996 Al Gore Buzzword Bingo for Graduation
[1996.06.07]
[1996.05.29]
1996 Smiley Faces on the Big Sail and the Little Sail
[1996.05.21]
[1996.05.21]
1996 Hackers Augment Wheat Field Art in Lobby 7
[1996.05.06]
[1996.04.08]
1996 Shower Stall in Student Center Athena Cluster
[1996.04.01]
1996 Tich Tolk hack issue of the Tech Talk
[1996.03.11]
1996 "You must be at least this smart to use Athena workstations." signs on Athena clusters
[1996.01.13]
Hacks during 1995
1995 Mickey Mouse Clock in Walker
[1995.11.21]
[1995.10.18]
1995 Hacked Signs at Kendall T station
[1995.10.10]
1995 Scrubbing Bubbles on Media Lab
[1995.10.10]
[1995.09.15]
[1995.09.05]
1995 MCMXVI changed to IHTFP on Great Dome
[1995.06.05]
1995 Jolt can in Lobby 7
[1995.05.21]
1995 The Wreck hack issue of The Tech
[1995.04.27]
1995 "Kiss Me, I'm an Engineer" banner for Valentines Day
[1995.02.14]
1995
Biohazard Cafe
[1995.02.06]
Hacks during 1994
1994 "Big Brother Inside" stickers on card readers
[1994.??.??]
1994 Pei Toilet on the Media Lab
[1994.27.01]
1994 Do Not Open until Christmas 2014 on Building 14 Handicap Entrance
[1994.12.xx]
1994
Vector Day
[1994.12.13]
[1994.11.2x]
1994 "Sport Death" protest hack
[1994.11.16]
[1994.10.31]
1994 Smile in Lobby 7 Skylight (reprise)
[1994.10.30]
1994
"MicroSoft" posters
[1994.10.29]
1994 Jurassic Research Laboratories at Building 68 Dedication
[1994.10.07]
1994 Jurassic Park logo in Lobby 7 Skylight
[1994.09.06]
[1994.08.30]
1994 Balloon at Freshman Picnic
[1994.08.26]
[1994.08.26]
1994 Changed Inscription in Lobby 7
[1994.08.25-1994.08.30]
1994 CP Car on the Great Dome
[1994.05.09]
1994 Tich Tolk hack issue of Tech Talk
[1994.05.02]
1994
IAP Screensaver
[1994.04.18-1994.04.30]
1994 Beer Shrine in Lobby 7
[1994.04.14]
1994 "Resnet: Because you can't Masturbate in the Clusters" posters in Athena clusters
[1994.02.??]
Hacks during 1993
[1993.??.??]
1993 Candy Cane Pillars at 77 Mass. Ave.
[1993.12.18-1993-12.19]
1993 Menorah on the Small Dome
[1993.12.09-1993.12.16]
1993 Witch's Hat on the Small Dome
[1993.10.29-1993.11.01]
1993 RSI in Lobby 7 Skylight
[1993.08.??]
1993
Cannibals at MIT
[1993.08.26]
1993 VU Meter on the Green Building
[1993.07.04]
1993
Pooh
[1993.05.28]
1993 Contents Vnder Pressvre on the Small Dome
[1993.05.13]
[1993.05.08]
1993 Chemical Elements Athena Cluster in the Student Center
[1993.04.01]
1993 $10,000 Bill Mural at the Cashier's Office
[1993.03.03-1993.03.19]
1993
Greenspeak: IAP 183
[1993.01.??]
[1993.01.28]
Hacks during 1992
[1992.10.??]
1992 Cathedral of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool in Lobby 7
[1992.10.30-1992.11.02]
[1992.10.27-1992.11.02]
1992 Swing in Lobby 7
[1992.10.01]
1992
GAME OVER
[1992.05.11]
1992
6.001 Spellbook
[1992.05.07]
[1992.04.11]
[1992.03.??]
1992 10-250 Chalkboard Gremlins Strike Again
[1992.03.06]
1992 Nerds for a Better America banner for Pres. George Bush's visit
[1992.02.12]
Hacks during 1991
[1991.12.09]
[1991.10.??]
1991 Music and Spiders for Halloween
[1991.10.31]
1991 Edwin Phortey plaque at the Muckley Building (E40) dedication
[1991.10.04]
1991 University of Michigan Banner for Pres. Charles Vest's Inauguration
[1991.05.10]
1991 Putt-Putt Golf Course on the Lawn of the President's House
[1991.05.10]
1991 Sound System Pitch Shift during "Hacks" Lecture
[1991.04.??]
Hacks during 1990
1990
1994 Superballs
[1990.??.??]
[1990.12.17]
1990 Christmas Lights and Presents on the Small Dome
[1990.12.03]
1990
Cast on John Harvard
[1990.11.18]
[1990.11.17]
1990 Smurfs in Lobby 7
[1990.11.15]
[1990.10.15]
1990
Harvard Yard Plate
[1990.09.27]
[1990.04.29]
Hacks during 1989
[1989.12.11]
1989 U.S.S. Enterprise in Lobby 7 for William Shatner's Visit
[1989.10.24]
1989 Rotated Colored Squares on Media Lab Wall
[1989.09.11]
1989 Batman Symbol in Lobby 7 Skylight
[1989.08.30]
1989 "Push Core for New Roll" Banner on Media Lab Sculpture
[1989.05.09]
Many hacks prior to 1990 are listed in The Journal of the Institute for Hacks, TomFoolery, and Pranks at MIT.
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