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 ==== An old friend ====
 
 
 ==== An old friend ====
 

-One dayh my old friend DaSnake showed up on IRC and told me he's
+A few days ago, my old friend DaSnake appeared 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.
 
 was an intern at FermiLab National Accelerator, near ChicagoCity.
 I told him I was at OneLaptopPerChild, in CambridgeCity.
 


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 ==== Trip To Fermilab ====
 
 
 ==== 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
+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, which is
+surrounded by several little lakes with gooses, buffalo and various other
+animals.  Indeed, a very pretty natural park.

 
 

-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.
+http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/94-0470-09.jpg

 
 

-Then... WAH!  They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]!
+On Saturday, I took a bike and rode on the bike path to the main
+laboratory buildings.  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 we visited the Wilson Hall, a 16 floors building shaped like Goldrake's
+and Mazinger's atomic base.
+
+http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/99-0005-04.jpg

 
 

+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
 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!
+science fiction movie.  You know, like Frankenstein or Buck Rogers: with giant
+Tesla generators, panels with flashing lights and indicators...Buck Rogers
+The continuous buzz reminded us that the proton beam was shooting through
+this long corridor next to me.
+
+http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/93-0073.jpg
+
+Finally, we visited the MainControlRoom, from which they run the whole thing.
+The room looks like the bridge of an old starship, surrounded by monitors,
+with a bigger chair in the middle for the captain.
+

 
 FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world:
 
 
 FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world:
 


@@ -34,3 +53,15 @@ FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world:
  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevatron
 
 To beat this place, next time I shall visit the NCC-1701A!
  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevatron
 
 To beat this place, next time I shall visit the NCC-1701A!

+
+
+==== Chicago By Night ====
+
+Yesterday we went to ChicagoCity's downtown.  Wow... I was told the skyline was really
+magnificent, but the real thing exceeded all my expectations.
+
+http://allthingsgo.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/images-chicago-2005-chicago-by-night-2-700x700.jpg
+
+We walked around a little, then went up the
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Center | John Hancock Center]],
+the third tallest skyscraper, for a breathtaking view of the whole city by night.