Unsurprisingly, Hank turned out to have a million and one uses. When Guy Steele returned from vacation, he was startled to discvover that Hank had taken over his office, munching on Guy's bowl of mixed nuts. [4]
Around the same time, the security folks at Sun had changed the emergency phone number. Instead of informing everyone via email, as would be sensible in a major computer company that helped form the foundation of the Internet, they made up thousands of little laminated cards, which they distributed [5] to every single employee inside a plastic case made to look like a giant medicine capsule. Ken Arnold went through the building and collected each and every one of the pill capsules on the grounds that they had to be useful for something. That use became apparent the next week.
Throughout the summer, the researchers and interns at the various Boston area computer research labs[6] took turns visiting each other. The hosts would give talks and demos on the current research going on there. It was Sun's turn to host on a Thursday soon after the capsule delivery. The Speech group knew we had to include Hank in these activities, but adding the capsules was a last minute thought. As our guests arrived they were greeted by the sight of Hank face down in a bowl of pills, with a half empty beer. And that is the photo you see here.