It’s already Wednesday, which feels strange for some reason. I suppose it’s because the week is passing quickly, even though I am a bit slow at the office. I cleared my plate for the week in Korea, so now I have to ramp back up again.

Not much to report this week. Our internet has been out at home, so that’s a bit annoying. I want to post some pictures to Flickr—from Seoul (taken with my old camera) and from the Red Bull Flugtag (taken with the New Hotness)—but it’s too much of a pain to do it from the office. Hopefully, we’ll be back online tonight.

Ah, yes, Flugtag. This is the big event you’ve seen in Red Bull commercials where people build big manpowered flying machines and launch them into a harbour or river or wherever. Red Bull gives you wings, you know. It was their first such event in Australia.

Phil and I stayed for about half of it—I got home from the airport at about 9.30am on Sunday, then immediately showered and he and I headed out for the event. (This is after not sleeping on Friday night and getting two hours of sleep on the overnight flight from Seoul.)

I have to say that I was impressed with the whole operation. It was just so well done. The branding was brilliant, and they had thought of everything (with the possible exception of having a Red Bull-and-vodka bar, or Jäger bombs, but it was a family event). The launch ramp, situated in Farm Cove, had a great view of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge for the cameras. The judges were on a party boat moored just off the launch zone. They had floating jumbotrons everywhere so people could see the instant replays.

Some spectacular flops. Probably the coolest thing is that you get 30 seconds to do a little skit before you launch your craft, and you can have music, etc. I really think we would have killed if we had been involved. We ordered an entry kit back in October (it came with four free cans of Red Bull, natch), but someone misplaced it a few weeks later, so we couldn’t enter. Bummer.

But we’re so entering next year.

Anyway, I’ll hopefully post some pictures tonight.