
Wanna ride in airplanes?
You're in Champaign - right?
Keep an eye on [link|http://www.freefall.com|http://www.freefall.com] for next year's schedule and lineup of airplanes. In past years they've had Ford trimotors, balloons, a constellation, a B-24, and even a 727. Its pretty near to you I think. I went a few years ago and jumped the jet. Quite a rush.
"I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone."
-- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003