Hobbies
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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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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 :)
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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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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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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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A teeny bit of woodworking, a ton of piano practice, and more programming (my midi sequencer) Oh yeah, and trying to get my son off his butt (and me off mine) - a little hiking and such :) http://shazware.com/piano/rig.html[^]
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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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Gym workouts, Badminton, Chess, and Computer games. Too little time for me these days to do any of those things. :(
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Microsoft MVP - Visual C++[^]
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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 play saxophone, some games (Wii, XBox 1, PC) and currently am going to try out saxophone repairs... I've gotten an old soprano-saxophone which had been in it's case for 2 decades, which needs some work done... (complete overhaul) Oh yeah, read books (mostly while commuting), and also going to give musical arranging/composing a go in the very near future...
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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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Listening to music, reading, and hanging out on CP.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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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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I used to enjoy photograpy, building models, word wood working and gardening. Now, I just hang out in the soapbox. :~
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What is word working? Some kind of spelling championship?
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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I once read they came from New Zealand. Wikipedia isn't always right.
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I come from New Zealand and i can tell you we dont condone such emo-indie bands down here ;) the following are bands that NZ can be proud of hope u enjoy :-\ http://www.salmonelladub.com/[^] http://www.shihad.com/[^] http://www.shapeshifter.co.nz/[^]
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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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That's really cool. Mostly had been HO scale, been thinking about O scale now, and maybe G scale in the yard. My dad-in-law is a part of the Northeast Ohio Steamers and the 1-inch gauge they use looks really cool. Only if I had more yard :-\
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I have an N scale, which I got for my 9th or 10th birthday. I'll probably have to clean the engines up to get them going again. I have around 20 meters of rails, I think, but some are broken (I was PLAYING with it as a kid), so I'll probably get around 10 meters. Well, I am actually thinking about selling it. But I'll have to repair the engines first, I guess.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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I've not heard of them, I am in to heavy metal and hard rock.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
I play also guitar - electric and classical, have children (3 daughters) and do kungfu. There is a lot beside programming :-) @Christian: This is for sure the best orientation for e-guitar. What are your favorite guitar players? cheers Hiro
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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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Scottish Country Dancing: demonstrating it at festivals has taken me from home in England ;) to Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic and even Mongolia! It's great for exercising the mind (learning the formations) as well as the body and is great FUN! See: this[^]
