X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2007%2FNovemberBlog;fp=blog%2F2007%2FNovemberBlog;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=c8eebfb535778af5ebadd905bdd396827156ba5f;hb=93c70a2e9b211662033c967a1178a0eb7968822b;hpb=20332db49d81018287a68bce389d75c6088e7207 diff --git a/blog/2007/NovemberBlog b/blog/2007/NovemberBlog deleted file mode 100644 index c8eebfb..0000000 --- a/blog/2007/NovemberBlog +++ /dev/null @@ -1,134 +0,0 @@ -The story continues at DecemberBlog - -== 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 ==== - -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. - -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, which is -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)// - - 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 -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 - -//(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. - - -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! - - -==== 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.