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Kick . . . Share this link:  http://kck.st/LIUjOb Greetings and salutations! If Im a good judge of time, and I like to think that I am, all yall prefrosh are starting your summer internships and getting excited to finally make it to campus in just three short months. Yay!!! Either that or youre gearing up and anxiously awaiting the release of the MIT Application at the end of summer.  I know during the summer leading up to MY freshman year I haunted these blogs and I expect many of you will do a fair amount of reading as well. Before I go too much farther, I suppose I should introduce myself. Its been forever since Ive blogged and many of you may not have heard of me. Hi. Im Snively, I graduated in 2011 (MechE) and have just completed my first year out in the real world. Thats right, electricity bills, rent, gas, insurance, and all that other boring stuff. You know whats not boring though? My job. My job is very much not boring and I think youll agree. I build interactive exhibits for museums AND design/build interactive walkthrough adventures.  The company I work for is called 5 Wits and the CEO is MIT alum Matt DuPlessie. Each year Matt gives back a little to MIT by being a lab instructor for 2.009 and I give back a bit by being a lab instructor for 2.00b (toy design). We also sometimes use the 5 Wits shop to help fabricate portions of projects for these classes. In addition to all this MIT/5 Wits collaboration we also host a group of MIT interns each January. This year we had five. See, heres me and them: Awwwwww. They were awesome and we helped introduce them to the design/brainstorm/prototype process So, why am I telling you all this? Why the sudden blog entry after a year of nothing? Well, 5 Wits is building a new show and we need YOUR help. Our shows take about $200k to build through to completion and were jumping on the Kickstarter bandwagon to see if we can raise some funds that way. This blog entry is a humble request for you to check out our Kickstarter page, watch the video, read the description, and decide whether youd like to contribute.  I make an appearance in the video at 3:03.  Its also a request to share the kickstarter link with EVERYBODY that you know.  The more eyes the better. There are a variety of award levels and most involve free tickets to the show. Itll definitely be finished while youre at MIT so youll be able to go check it out if it gets funded. As a special MIT Admissions bonus if you decide to help contribute, Id be more than happy to give you a behind the scenes tour when it opens AND, prior to that, Skype/Google hangout with you for 1/2 hour discussing admissions, MechE, or whatever youd like. Donate and you get thirty minutes of my time for your trouble. I hesitated a bit when considering posting this because its a bit spammy but when I considered the close ties we have with MIT, the interns we host each year, and the fact that 5 Wits is an awesome example of a place you can work after you graduate, I feel a bit less scummy about asking you to check out the Kickstarter. So, check it out! Also check out Bryans blog entry from years back when he visited one of 5 Witss shows. Remember, behind the scene tours and Skype dates await you! CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE KICKSTARTER PAGE!     Share this link:  http://kck.st/LIUjOb