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 == Bernie's brain backup for November 2007 ==
 
 == Bernie's brain backup for November 2007 ==
 

+=== Thu 22nd ===
+
+==== Thanksgiving ====
+
+My friend and colleague DjbClark invited me at his parents'
+house for thanksgiving.  It was a new, pleasing experience for me.
+
+My impression is that it is a family reunion very much like
+a second Christmas, but without the inconvenience of presents :-)
+
+http://www.bigoven.com/images/blog/tgiv/tradmenu.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+=== Sat 17th ===
+
+==== Yummy photos ====
+
+DaSnake uploaded some pictures of the places we visited together on Flickr:
+
+ * BostonCity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603205244949/
+ * NewYorkCity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603203628915/
+ * ChicagoCity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603198958510/
+ * OneLaptopPerChild: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603203191269/
+
+=== Wed 14th to Thu 15th ===
+
+==== Back to Boston ====
+
+I'm back in Boston with DaSnake.  He's been my guest for just one day.
+Then he had to be back in FNAL for the shifts.
+
+I really had urgent business at work, so I left my friend alone sightseeing Boston for the day.
+
+http://www.radisson.com/rad/images/hotels/MABOSTON/loc3_450.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+=== Mon 12th to Tue 13th ===
+
+==== Back to NYC ====
+
+Flought Went to NewYorkCity with DaSnake.  Finally got to visit the
+AmericanMuseumOfNaturalHistory.  Pretty impressive!
+
+http://www.iesny.org/images/OCEANLIFE.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+http://www.rdominis.net/newyork/dinasaur01.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+

 === Fri 9th to Sun 11th ===
 
 ==== An old friend ====
 
 === Fri 9th to Sun 11th ===
 
 ==== 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.
 


@@ -14,14 +67,30 @@ UsAirways plane to ChicagoOHare through Philadelphia.
 
 ==== Trip To Fermilab ====
 
 
 ==== Trip To Fermilab ====
 

-Refer to the [[http://www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/map/site.html | Fermilab map]]
+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
 My friend lives in a coed apartment in the Fermilab village, which is

-surrounded by buffalos and various other animals, little lakes and bike paths.
-Indeed very pretty.
+surrounded by several little lakes with gooses, buffalo and various other
+animals.  Indeed, a very pretty natural park.
+
+http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/94-0470-09.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+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
+
+//(stock photo)//

 
 

-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.
+ Q: ma cos'è tutta questa neve:è una cartolina? E tutti questi uccelli?
+
+ A: e' una foto presa a caso dagli archivi del FNAL :-)

 
 Then... WAH!  They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]!
 The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration
 
 Then... WAH!  They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]!
 The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration


@@ -31,6 +100,10 @@ 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.
 
 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
+
+//(stock photo)//
+

 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.
 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.


@@ -43,3 +116,17 @@ 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
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+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.