doodledee

It's been a lot less hectic at work recently. I think we caught-up and ran over the PM out here, so now some of us have idle time. So what do a bunch of geeks talk about when there's no code to sling? Well, after a good shouting match about the merits of McCain-Feingold, we turned to talking about paper airplanes.

Having the web at our fingertips, we naturally turned to the online community for some paper airplane tips. Much to my surprise, I discovered that there is a whole nerd subculture devoted to paper airplane construction and flying. There are web pages, books, articles, videos.and more. I suppose it's a lot healthier than other stuff that goes on in cyberspace, but it still seems borderline kooky. In any event, it was helpful today, as it taught us how to build a pretty wicked plane.

There is a Guinness World Record for the longest flight time. The record was broken recently, and even CNN covered it.