Trying to fly

Wired News has an article about the Red Bull Flugtag event that I went to on Sunday. Basically, a bunch of brave (or crazy) people built homemade flying machines and attempted to fly them. In reality, the audience was just there to witness a bunch of strangely-shaped objects plunge into the Hudson River when they failed to stay in the air. But it was still kind of fun. I guess this isn't really about technology and maybe doesn't belong on my weblog, but at least it's a break from all the robot talk.