Hobbies
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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" :~
Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.
: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
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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.
El Corazon wrote:
slang terms not withstanding
Not slang, pop-culture reference from the teen comedy film American Pie[^] One of the funniest lines in the movie (if you like that kind of humour - & I sometimes do :-D ), delivered by Alyson Hannigan[^], makes reference to a flute.
T-Mac-Oz
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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 practice Kendo. Also, I just started making my own beer. First batch was pretty good.
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El Corazon wrote:
slang terms not withstanding
Not slang, pop-culture reference from the teen comedy film American Pie[^] One of the funniest lines in the movie (if you like that kind of humour - & I sometimes do :-D ), delivered by Alyson Hannigan[^], makes reference to a flute.
T-Mac-Oz
ahhh, I know the slang, never saw the movie. Heard of it, saw the commercials, that is about it.
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ahhh, I know the slang, never saw the movie. Heard of it, saw the commercials, that is about it.
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I must be getting old :sigh: , didn't know it was slang until I googled it. That was probably what was originally meant, but hey, there's multiple jokes in it if your kid sister's not around!
T-Mac-Oz
I know a female artist that can play a quad flute... now that brings up scary images if you didn't know it was a musical instrument.
