Katy Dickinson

Fixing up the Sun Prank Museum

On August 03, 2006, I wrote about Sun's unofficial April Fool's Day Prank Museum near the lobby of Menlo Park building 17. This week, my husband repaired one of the prank artifacts which had become damaged. So, here are current pictures of the small but historic collection. Plus, some news stories and links about Sun's prank history.

Sun Prank Museum Photos

John Repairing 2003 Big Webtone Switch

Poster 2007 Black Box Prank

1990 Scott's Arrow 1996 Cup

2008 Concrete Hardened Thumper

1996 Coffee Station 2007 Black Box Signs

1993 Sharkstation Marty Hess' SunPuck

2008 MySQL dolphin prank

2008 Mardi Gras Have You Seen This Ham? Prank

1990 All the Wood Behind 1 Arrow Photo of Scott in His Office

News and Links on Sun Pranks

• Do I Still Have a Job? Friday Mar 28, 2008 entry on Jonathan's Blog
• April 1: When Sun Microsystems has fun By Rochelle Garner and Connie Guglielmo Bloomberg News, April 1, 2008, International Herald Tribune
• Sun prank takes potshots at CEO proclivities April 4, 2007 10:09 AM PDT, Posted by Stephen Shankland, c/net News.com NewsBlog
• April Fool's Pranks At Sun I Have Been Involved With Apr 01, 2007 on Dave Edstrom's Catalyst - Edstrom Photons-Electrons blog
• Sun Microsystems Celebrates 25th Anniversary - Sun Pranks From the Past 2005
• EMOTIONS AND STAKES RUN HIGH AT FORMULA SUN ONE GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP SANTA CLARA, CA -- March 30, 2001, Sun Press Release

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson

Posted at 02:05PM Jul 18, 2008 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  | 

Cat or Bear?

My young nephew Daniel has a debate going with his father, my brother Pete. Daniel's favorite toy is "Purpley", a stuffed animal. The controversy is over whether this stuffy is a bear or a cat? From the front, Purpley seems to be a bear but on the back, he has a very cat-like tail. Daniel was very interested in seeing photos on this blog and agreed to pose with Purpley for photos to put this important family matter to a vote.

What do you think? Is Purpley a bear or a cat? Comments are welcome.

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson

Posted at 12:18PM Jul 18, 2008 by katysblog in Home & Family  |  Comments[7]