Something I've been thinking about recently...
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Matthew Page wrote:
If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
Making sawdust.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
Damn I miss that, I have not made sawdust for years. I used the make all sorts of things, mostly with pine, I miss not having a workshop.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I write code. I am sad to say it's my hobby and my profession. I am completely talentless when it comes to pretty much everything else. I like fishing, but don't get much time for it and am pretty poor at catching fish.
hammerstein05 wrote:
I am sad to say it's my hobby and my profession
You're not the only one, I envy those with musical talent as I am completely bereft of any ability to product musical sounds.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I can't see how the one opposites the other?
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
Sorry... There wasn't an 'or' in there... What I was asking is if there was more benefits to martial arts than just being stronger/faster/tougher as well as the confidence that you can hold your own if someone gets rough...
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
Splitting wood. 2 iron wedges, a splitting mall and an axe. Good exercise, and heats the house.
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Splitting wood. 2 iron wedges, a splitting mall and an axe. Good exercise, and heats the house.
Reminds me of most of the first 30 years of my life. Well at least the 80s and 90s.
John
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
My artistic outlet is wood working[^]. I do believe it helps with the programming, in that I apply my analytical and mathematical talents to three dimensional projects, whilst also releasing a lot of frustration with a hammer ;P
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
I used to draw and paint. Used to that is before the recent tumor hit. I miss that a lot. I write more now. I guess I have substituted prose for pencil lead. I am no poet, and I know it :) but putting words down on paper is pretty fulfilling recently. It's really like writing code when you think about it. Nothing more than good design, proper use of syntax and a few gallons of creativity.
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Do you think the martial arts improves life more than just being in better shape/stronger and being able to go Chuck Norris on someone if they try to jump you?
Probably, in that any vigorous, regular activity gives one more energy throughout the day. And the discipline helps with mental focus. It's also a great way to blow off stress, if you have that kind of job. :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
Drawing, painting, photography, writing. I always thought I'd be an artist... then I discovered that I have much more talent for writing software. (If you don't like my code, you really don't want to see my drawings. :~ ) P.S. I am not musically inclined.
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
My hobbies are bodybuilding, powerlifting, olfactory stuff (fragrance spray, incense, scented candles, perfume oils, etc.,).
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
Painting and playing the guitar, and the artistic outlet keeps me sane.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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I made a couple built in bookcases for our house... Need a couple nice standalone cases... I'll just add that to the end of the list of projects for after the house is completed... I may get to it before I die... (The list is very long...) Are you going to use a plan to build the cedar hope chest or 'wing it'?
Matthew Page wrote:
Are you going to use a plan to build the cedar hope chest or 'wing it'?
It depends on if I can find a picture of what I want.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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DavidCrow wrote:
Right now I'm adding a room to our garage. I've done everything except texture the walls. I just don't trust myself enough.
If you're unsure of your skills the garage is the perfect place to test them. The impact from a botched job is far lower than anywhere else in the house.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Dan Neely wrote:
If you're unsure of your skills the garage is the perfect place to test them.
I'm not building a garage. The garage was "finished" several years ago into a large play room. I'm simply walling off a corner for a bedroom.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
Like many software engineers I play a musical instrument (two actually - guitar and piano). /ravi
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My artistic outlet is wood working[^]. I do believe it helps with the programming, in that I apply my analytical and mathematical talents to three dimensional projects, whilst also releasing a lot of frustration with a hammer ;P
Very impressive, Maurizio! :cool: /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
I like carving with a dremel. I have carved several chess pieces that look pretty good. It's to go along with the chess board I made in a college framming class. I would say that playing chess helps keep my mind open towards finding solutions. I also carved a wood chain with no breaks in the wood. That was pretty fun to do.
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
I think it helps a lot to have an outside activity completly different than programming. At the end of work day I'm pretty burned out. The last thing I want to do is look at another computer when I get home. For me I like to work on my old hot rod, a 1933 Ford Pickup. What I enjoy is working with the vintage technology and seeing how the old engineers figured out the problems without computers.
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
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I think guitar is easier than piano, especially the basics.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
An old adage about playing guitar is that it's easy to play badly, hard to play well.
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I'm not trying to start a flamewar about whether coding is art, architecture or construction. I'm curious about your hobbies... How many of you coders have 'artistic' hobbies such as painting, drawing, carving, composing, writing etc... Do you think that the 'artistic' outlet helps you in your day job? If you don't mind sharing, what are your hobbies?
Hmm. I'm primarily too interested in too many things. I can sort-of play the violin, I dabble in writing short stories, I build ugly but useful items from wood and now have a forge for building ugly but useful iron items. I'm also playing around with smelting brass. My most loved hobby is, a.t.m. playing with Arduino. Love it.