bunny people
so i show up at intel on thursday afternoon. nice brilliant day and i'm ready to explore the hq of this famous chip maker. walk into building, robert noyce, ask the security guy to see the so-and-so who was taking me on a private tour of part of the facility.
i get picked up and we head to almost the other side of the campus on a little golf cart. all around i'm seeing signs: no photography allowed. i'm thinking: i came all this way from the southern tip of africa and i can't have evidence. and the disposable i got from walgreens was bright yellow and red - thanks kodak!
we get into this building, camera still on tow and i'm told that i'll be going into a very sanitised environment and hence i have to dress myself down and then dress myself up to make sure that i have no foriegn bodies on me. okay cool. before that, i have to use the bathroom then rinse my mouth - standard procedure. okay cool. in the bathroom they was this huge disk with chip-like sqaures on it on the wall. coast clear, picture number no. 1. wind camera. press flash button. click. head out, rinse my mouth then the fun starts. i had a locker to put all my stuff in it. goodbye cell phone, goodbye keys, goodbye camera - no, camera stays in pocket - just in case!
then the bunny suit comes on - wasn't that fun! from shoe covers to the hair net (yeah, black man, what hair?) and the hard gear the bits in between were fascinating. it almost felt like being on a tv set. except this was real. one last look at the mirror, yes... i was one of them... the bunny people!
then through this atrium which flushed us with bursts of air, i was in. huge huge room. full of bunny people. all shapes, all sizes. people, people everywhere in white bunny suits. very surreal. i was commandeered to this semi-quiet section where these huge disks - similar to the one in the bathroom. they were behind this giant window. this was the real deal. was informed that was about to be subdivided into small bits was would later become what we know as an intel microprocessor. i was re-educated to the whole idea of silicon being a semiconductor and just how the journey it takes just to construct a simple chip. more walk abouts. what i emjoyed the most was that i just blended in and wasn't conspicuous in my suit. i really was one of them
by the time we finished, i asked if it was possible for me to have the suit - fancy dress party boy was already seeing its future use. no. come through, a billion dollar company can't misplace a bunny suit! it was worth the try. i did manage some self photography when i was de-robing. must process those pics today!!! and when no-one was watching i took even more pics. what was there to lose - a stupid ten dollar camera with pictures i wasn't supposed to take anyway? i got some souvenirs and a polo shirt for my good behaviour.
overall i did a good learning experience which i will tell my children some day. maybe ebay has bunny suits on sale. let's check.
i get picked up and we head to almost the other side of the campus on a little golf cart. all around i'm seeing signs: no photography allowed. i'm thinking: i came all this way from the southern tip of africa and i can't have evidence. and the disposable i got from walgreens was bright yellow and red - thanks kodak!
we get into this building, camera still on tow and i'm told that i'll be going into a very sanitised environment and hence i have to dress myself down and then dress myself up to make sure that i have no foriegn bodies on me. okay cool. before that, i have to use the bathroom then rinse my mouth - standard procedure. okay cool. in the bathroom they was this huge disk with chip-like sqaures on it on the wall. coast clear, picture number no. 1. wind camera. press flash button. click. head out, rinse my mouth then the fun starts. i had a locker to put all my stuff in it. goodbye cell phone, goodbye keys, goodbye camera - no, camera stays in pocket - just in case!
then the bunny suit comes on - wasn't that fun! from shoe covers to the hair net (yeah, black man, what hair?) and the hard gear the bits in between were fascinating. it almost felt like being on a tv set. except this was real. one last look at the mirror, yes... i was one of them... the bunny people!
then through this atrium which flushed us with bursts of air, i was in. huge huge room. full of bunny people. all shapes, all sizes. people, people everywhere in white bunny suits. very surreal. i was commandeered to this semi-quiet section where these huge disks - similar to the one in the bathroom. they were behind this giant window. this was the real deal. was informed that was about to be subdivided into small bits was would later become what we know as an intel microprocessor. i was re-educated to the whole idea of silicon being a semiconductor and just how the journey it takes just to construct a simple chip. more walk abouts. what i emjoyed the most was that i just blended in and wasn't conspicuous in my suit. i really was one of them
by the time we finished, i asked if it was possible for me to have the suit - fancy dress party boy was already seeing its future use. no. come through, a billion dollar company can't misplace a bunny suit! it was worth the try. i did manage some self photography when i was de-robing. must process those pics today!!! and when no-one was watching i took even more pics. what was there to lose - a stupid ten dollar camera with pictures i wasn't supposed to take anyway? i got some souvenirs and a polo shirt for my good behaviour.
overall i did a good learning experience which i will tell my children some day. maybe ebay has bunny suits on sale. let's check.
you're just one big kid! i could hear the excited giggles all the way over here. I bet you did some bunny hops in that outfit somewhere along the line...!
Posted by
Unknown |
10:28 pm, May 15, 2006
chom, i want that intel bunny suit with red eyes for recreational purposes. perfect gear for emaphathini. i'm calling them again tomorrow before i leave.
Posted by
mpenseli |
11:20 pm, May 15, 2006