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+The story continues at DecemberBlog
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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.
 


@@ -21,6 +76,8 @@ animals.  Indeed, a very pretty natural park.
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/94-0470-09.jpg
 
 
 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
 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


@@ -31,6 +88,12 @@ and Mazinger's atomic base.
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/99-0005-04.jpg
 
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/99-0005-04.jpg
 

+//(stock photo)//
+
+ 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
 that produces protons for the MainInjector.  It was like entering an old
 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


@@ -41,6 +104,8 @@ this long corridor next to me.
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/93-0073.jpg
 
 
 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.


@@ -53,3 +118,17 @@ 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.