Hobbies
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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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Woodworking - I like the tactile nature of it as a counterpoint to the abstract nature of programming. Especially turning, which has a very Zen like feel when you're watching the waste spiral off in a simultaneous act of creation and destruction. I also like spending time with my 4 kids (3 girls and 1 boy all 5 and under). I play board/strategy games (Race for the Galaxy, Puerto Rico, Power Grid, Cutthroat Caverns, Roborally, etc), RPGs, and every once in a while a racing game on a PS2 or PC.
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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
I pretend I still do all the things I used to do but no longer seem to get around to actually doing anymore. Examples: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic. Knitting, crocheting, drawing, practicing flute, martial arts flavor of the year, cooking, hiking, swimming, standing on my head, creating portals to alternate dimensions using duct tape and a pocket knife. In reality, I watch TV, movies, and YouTube; and play video games (currently Puzzle Pirates) and RPGs with my friends. As of this week, I can no longer put Dr. Who on my list, so maybe I should cross TV off as well. Would you believe I have talking to girls on my list? Yeah, me neither.
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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
I play with my cars (WRX & Neon SRT-4), which includes driving and working on them. I play 360/PS3/Wii and have started the free game Mabinogi. But probably what I do the most is watch anime.
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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
I've done some N scale about 10 years ago. The layout was okay, but my soldering job was sub-par and the tracks kept snapping on the curves and you can imagine the multitude of derailments that happened :doh:
"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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I play guitar and go to rock concerts. I have a Wii. I have two kids ( they often are attached with me and the Wii ).
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
I'm also a guitarist / bassist - I play a bit of everything, but most into prog (Yes, Dream Theater, Rush, Neal Morse/Spocks Beard, Glass Hammer, etc...) I was totally bummed when Yes had to cancel their tour this year! I also spend hours reading (mostly sci-fi and fantasy), and generally spending time with family - which mostly means my wife now: of 2 daughters (both over 18), one has moved out and the other is seldom around...
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I just had this vision of a geek version of "A town called Eureka" :~
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:laugh: When I mean totally geeking out a model train layout, I am talking about having a dispatcher's console where I can control the signals ( red, green, yellow, etc ), control switches, and more. I've seen it done and having a friend who is a dual degreed electrical engineer, he could help 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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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'm also a guitarist / bassist - I play a bit of everything, but most into prog (Yes, Dream Theater, Rush, Neal Morse/Spocks Beard, Glass Hammer, etc...) I was totally bummed when Yes had to cancel their tour this year! I also spend hours reading (mostly sci-fi and fantasy), and generally spending time with family - which mostly means my wife now: of 2 daughters (both over 18), one has moved out and the other is seldom around...
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Can you play the solo in "As I Am" (Dream Theater) yet? ;P I can play the bass to most of the songs...except the ones that require 6 strings. :((
I wish - John M. blows my doors off. Then again he practices more hours per day than I put in in front of the screen... I'm still working on LTE's 'When the Water Breaks' - Tony Levin blows me away, too; but for some reason I seem to be able to work my way through his stuff a bit easier. Maybe it's just that John has those 12 inch fingers, while mine are more like 1/2 inch (darn it - there's no smiley for jealous as all get-out :-D )
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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 wish - John M. blows my doors off. Then again he practices more hours per day than I put in in front of the screen... I'm still working on LTE's 'When the Water Breaks' - Tony Levin blows me away, too; but for some reason I seem to be able to work my way through his stuff a bit easier. Maybe it's just that John has those 12 inch fingers, while mine are more like 1/2 inch (darn it - there's no smiley for jealous as all get-out :-D )
Haha, yeah, felt the same about Myung having insanely long fingers when I started playing; mine are rather long but still have no clue how he can stretch his fingers like that :omg:. They do have quite an advantage with being able to practice so much...wish I could, I only get about 1-2 hours a day :sigh:. Right now I'm working more on music like Tool :cool:.
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Haha, yeah, felt the same about Myung having insanely long fingers when I started playing; mine are rather long but still have no clue how he can stretch his fingers like that :omg:. They do have quite an advantage with being able to practice so much...wish I could, I only get about 1-2 hours a day :sigh:. Right now I'm working more on music like Tool :cool:.
I enjoy Tool, but haven't learned any of their songs... for some reason, when it comes to the more dark music, I seem to like electronica better: Gary Numan, Depeche Mode's 'A Broken Frame' (the only album of theirs I like), Daft Punk, etc... although I still like Siouxie and Xmal - I guess I'm just a weird musical ecclectic iconoclast - the only stuff I really dislike is the stuff that gets radio play - the musical version of oatmeal (without cinnamon or sugar) - you know, SoftRock, most Country, and most HipHop! On a different note, I really wasn't exagerating by that much on the length of my fingers - my longest finger is less than 2 1/2 inches! I have a good sense of style, but blazing speed will never be 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.
“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
Code 'em by day... Build 'em, clock 'em & Fold 'em by night. :) http://folding.stanford.edu[^] http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21[^] I'm also a drummer and still play kit from time to time, with extensive time in between. ;)
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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 is word working? Some kind of spelling championship?
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
sorry "wood working"
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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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
I started out with a casual gaming hobby that has pretty much bloomed into a full blown collection (though not obsessive enough to pay hundreds of dollars for "classic" games... yet). Other than that, I read (sci-fi, fantasy, horror), listen to music, and collect some Anime (Japanese animation). :) Flynn
