From: bernie Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:41:15 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Edit page NovemberBlog X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=099df8cf3c42d1891f66fa32203705db24ba8b56;p=wiki.git Edit page NovemberBlog --- diff --git a/NovemberBlog b/NovemberBlog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c29e78f --- /dev/null +++ b/NovemberBlog @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +== Bernie's brain backup for November 2007 == + +=== Fri 9th to Sun 11th === + +==== An old friend ==== + +One dayh my old friend DaSnake showed up on IRC and told me he's +was an intern at FermiLab National Accelerator, near ChicagoCity. +I told him I was at OneLaptopPerChild, in CambridgeCity. + +So we decided we were "close enough" to visit each other's workplace +and do some tourism together. So, on Friday morning, I took a cheap +UsAirways plane to ChicagoOHare through Philadelphia. + +==== Trip To Fermilab ==== + +Refer to the [[http://www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/map/site.html | Fermilab map]] +My friend lives in a coed apartment in the Fermilab "village", surrounded by + +On Saturday, I took a guided site tour, starting from the museum. They +have lots of real-scale models of the accelerator parts and really working +equipment such as scintillators and Geiger's counters. + +Then... WAH! They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]! + +The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration +that produces protons for the MainInjector. It was like entering an old +science fiction movie! + +FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world: + + * http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/tevatron/ + * http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/fermipics.html + * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevatron + +To beat this place, next time I shall visit the NCC-1701A!