Hobbies
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There's a line there, but I'm letting it slide under the kid sister rule...
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slang terms not withstanding... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_flute[^] I play a double flute, two flutes in one, one flute is a single note compliment to the other flute which is pentatonic in scale. You can play one, or both simultaneously. I have about a dozen others now, but that is my favorite as it was made just for me.
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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Actually, I AM writing a novel. And I tinker with my arcade machine (MAME) and Pinball (Dr. Who) Play with the PS3 occasionally (when the boy lets me) and DS Lite (ditto) Develop software for myself, friends, fun and profit (little) Play Half Life 2 DeathMatch online (REALLY BADLY) And look after the animals (2 x dog, 3x Alpacas, 1 x fish) And browse the job sites looking for a job with less hours for more pay.
Take a chill pill, Daddy-o .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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I used to enjoy photograpy, building models, word wood working and gardening. Now, I just hang out in the soapbox. :~
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
modified on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 4:31 PM
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I once read they came from New Zealand. Wikipedia isn't always right.
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Well, also your source could have been worng. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/yeahyeahyeahs[^] Maybe what you read was a typo, a Z instead Y...
Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela Die deutsche Sprache sollte sanft und ehrfurchtsvoll zu den toten Sprachen abgelegt werden, denn nur die Toten haben die Zeit, diese Sprache zu lernen. - Mark Twain
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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I remodel homes and enjoy the outdoors...fishing, camping, outdoor concerts, etc.. Mike
Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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Independent123 wrote:
What do people here like to do when they are away from work?
Lift weights, mow, and make sawdust.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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Play acoustic guitar, go to the gym and play basketball, play men's softball, go bike riding with my son, do some fun programming with my pet projects.
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
“Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
“Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support
Independent123 wrote:
What do people here like to do when they are away from work?
Martial Arts, Gardening(Fruits&Vegetables), Hiking/Camping, and Carpentry.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long
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slang terms not withstanding... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_flute[^] I play a double flute, two flutes in one, one flute is a single note compliment to the other flute which is pentatonic in scale. You can play one, or both simultaneously. I have about a dozen others now, but that is my favorite as it was made just for me.
Yes, I was aware that you played an actual instrument... So how did you come to have one made for you? Did you go and get one hand made, or it was a gift? A custom?
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I used to enjoy photograpy, building models, word wood working and gardening. Now, I just hang out in the soapbox. :~
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
modified on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 4:31 PM
Chrisssssssssssss!! Stan's slipped his chain and turned up in the lounge!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Aikido takes up most of my hobby time (to the extent that I'm having a dojo built into my new house :) ), other than that, reading, computer gaming, playing piano...
Kyudos wrote:
having a dojo built into my new house
Nice... I have one of those... we are thinking about building a larger one outside...
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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I used to bring work home, i've learned my lesson now come 4:00 i'm out of the office, and the work will stay there until the morning :) Now I go home and work on a project with my girl friend (shes a mechanical engineer) building a robot
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Yes, I was aware that you played an actual instrument... So how did you come to have one made for you? Did you go and get one hand made, or it was a gift? A custom?
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_Damian S_ wrote:
So how did you come to have one made for you? Did you go and get one hand made, or it was a gift? A custom?
A custom one, the wolf on the flute is hand-made and it is hand-painted, but I know almost no one who hand makes flutes completely at least the bore hole is machined, and most are lathed after that with hand-made details later. Anyhow this flute I was saving for, but didn't know what I wanted. I was talking with the artist, I had already bought three of his commercial flutes. He was discussing possibilities and I went to sleep, had a dream about a white wolf, he made the flute to match the dream after I told him. Worked out well, and my white wolf flute is still my favorite.
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_Damian S_ wrote:
So how did you come to have one made for you? Did you go and get one hand made, or it was a gift? A custom?
A custom one, the wolf on the flute is hand-made and it is hand-painted, but I know almost no one who hand makes flutes completely at least the bore hole is machined, and most are lathed after that with hand-made details later. Anyhow this flute I was saving for, but didn't know what I wanted. I was talking with the artist, I had already bought three of his commercial flutes. He was discussing possibilities and I went to sleep, had a dream about a white wolf, he made the flute to match the dream after I told him. Worked out well, and my white wolf flute is still my favorite.
That's a cool story... thanks for sharing!
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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Since i program for fun, and not for a profession, i program.
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
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Working with my dogs -- obedience, field trials (mostly tracking) and showing... I had one male some years ago that grew up next to the keyboard... but he never got the hang of assembly...:-). I also spends/wastes some time on other people and their dogs. And there's also one pet project -- A program for dog clubs that handles all the stuff around obedience, field trials, rescue dogs contests -- that have been around for 10+ years now:) Cheers /Jonas
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Working with my dogs -- obedience, field trials (mostly tracking) and showing... I had one male some years ago that grew up next to the keyboard... but he never got the hang of assembly...:-). I also spends/wastes some time on other people and their dogs. And there's also one pet project -- A program for dog clubs that handles all the stuff around obedience, field trials, rescue dogs contests -- that have been around for 10+ years now:) Cheers /Jonas
Jonas Hammarberg wrote:
A program for dog clubs
would be, by definition, a
Jonas Hammarberg wrote:
pet project
:laugh:
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What do people here like to do when they are away from work? I like working with my hands, enjoying gadgetry, and traveling.
“Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support
Hobbies: -collecting INOKATSU -Road Biking -Mountain Biking -Scuba diving -reading books and listening to music! -pushing myself to get involve in community charity affairs :)
"for true knowledge only comes thru understanding ones own questions ... if you dont do that then all you want is someone to do your homework for you and you will learn nothing (and go on to become a vb programmer and suffer the scorn and ridicule of us for all eternity etc etc)" - l a u r e n "You can't have great software without a great team, and most software teams behave like dysfunctional families." - Jim McCarthy TheCardinal CTC-RDG
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Mostly from the web. I put together quite a list of bookmarks from years of searching for information and parts. There's also a fun magazine called Robot http://www.botmag.com[^] And don't forget the venerable Nuts and Volts magazine: http://www.nutsvolts.com[^] If you're looking for something specific, maybe I can help you out. Feel free to email me any time....
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I just started getting nuts&volts - thought my son might be interested - NOPE :( But i am. Just subscribed to robot magazine - thanks for that :)
