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  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

    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....

    “Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support

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    stephen hazel
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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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    • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

      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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      stephen hazel
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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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      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

        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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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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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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        • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

          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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          S Brozius
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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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          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

            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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            Vikram A Punathambekar
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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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            • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

              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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              jagiil
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              Playing guitar, gym, video games, movies, and always listing to music....... programming can be a hobby 2 right?? :laugh:

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              • S Stan Shannon

                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.

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                Vikram A Punathambekar
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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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                • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                  I once read they came from New Zealand. Wikipedia isn't always right.

                  “Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support

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                  killabyte
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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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                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                    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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                    BadKarma
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                    I like reading books, watch documentaries, PC-games, chess, browse through "code project"

                    Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

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                    • P Paul Conrad

                      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 :-\

                      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                      Sebastian Schneider
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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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                      • C Christian Graus

                        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.

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                        Hiro_Protagonist_
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                        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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                        • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                          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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                          JDL EPM
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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[^]

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                          • T Thunderbox666

                            Only a kit one, but even that was pretty cool... Where do you get info/resources?

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                            Paul Watson
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                            The Make website and blog[^] is pretty good I think.

                            regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                            Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

                            At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                            • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                              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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                              MCEdwards
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                              Just a few: Kung Fu Power Kiting Climbing Walking Gym Motorbiking I find that I need to do something active to balance out the long hours of sitting at a computer. After about 8 hours at a computer my face looks like this X|

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                              • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                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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                                Ed Poore
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                                Shooting (mainly clay pigeon but also vermin & rough on the farm) Rebuilding my Land Rover Duke of Edinburgh Reading Electronics / Robotics "Fun" programming, as in stuff I want to do The odd computer game

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                                • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                  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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                                  susad
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                                  After work I'm riding my motorbike, playing beachvolleyball with friends (in summer only ;)) or just sitting around in pubs trying to solve the problems of the world with the help of some pints of ale :-D Many years ago a played E-guitar in a heavy metal band, but we were not very successful. Currently I'm planning a 3-week-travel through south-east-europe via motorbike. Maybe I will arrive Bulgaria at the Black Sea :rolleyes:

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                                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                    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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                                    Oshtri Deka
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                                    Playing games, soccer (when I manage to form a team), some coding, documentaries, internet, listening music (few years ago I used to play too), occasional hiking... I think that's it.

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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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                                      Marijus Sugajevas
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                                      About 75-98% of all programmers I know, spend their free time with more work or something, that keeps fingers busy: Console games(Wii/PS/Arcade), Instruments(Guitar/flute), Gadgets(fixing stuff, creating stuff). The reason for that: It's a good practice for fingers and usually pleasant for others. Myself: (GameCube/PS2/PC) Gaming, Playing Guitar, Photo and 3D Rendering.. but usually - solving other people problems with IT (additional money income ;) ). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't see much difference between piano player and programmer: they both requires precision and speed of fingers. Oh.. yea.. one difference: programmer can listen to different music, while piano player, only to what he plays himself. :rolleyes:

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                                      • P Paul Conrad

                                        As a kid, my dad and I were really into model railroading, and I have been trying to get back into it. I have toyed with the idea of having computer control signals, etc, and really geek it out :-\

                                        "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                                        Lost User
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                                        I just had this vision of a geek version of "A town called Eureka" :~

                                        Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                                        • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                          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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                                          green2go
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                                          What do people here like to do when they are away from work? Hmm . . . when i'm not working over time :sigh: & not coding for fun, and not fixing friends or friends of friends devices, I train for my ATPL (Transport Pilots License), play the wii, hike & bike, oh and having a few cold beers! :)

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