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Interests/hobbies
Posted: 16 Dec 2011, 18:00
by spillerrec
A quote form the Job/Colleges topic:[quote=gloomyandy]I'd say you can make your hobby your job, but you had better be really, really sure that you have a very deep interest in it, or as others have said you may find that you lose interest. Oh and it's also good to have something to get you away from a computer screen![/quote]So which interests/hobbies other than Lego do you guys have?
My main reason for playing with Lego: Mechanics
Other interests:
- Storage, organization and communication of data in software systems.
Other hobbies:
- Anime, Visual Novels
- Designing software systems (and if they are interesting enough, code them)
- Music, playing the piano (however I couldn't get piano with my when I moved, so it is on hold until I can afford a digital one...)
I love to do stuff which combine several of my hobbies if I can. Common combinations:
- Anime and software systems
- Lego and software
- Anime and music
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 16 Dec 2011, 21:41
by dimasterooo
here are mine:
- Web design - HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Diabolo (or Chinese Yoyo)
- BMX (Admittedly, I'm not good at it; it's fun though)
- Print Design (Mostly for my old school, but also for some local events)
- Reading (Fiction mostly; things like Harry Potter, Eragon (reading the new one right now), gone, and most of Dan Brown's books
Yup that's pretty much it
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 17 Dec 2011, 02:15
by bungeshea
- Web design - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, blogging
- Programming - NXC, C++, NXT-G
- Reading
- LEGO
- Robotics - not so much hardware/electronics, more the programming
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 17 Dec 2011, 21:59
by muntoo
- Reading
- Chess
- Math
- Music (Classical, Metal, Rock)
- Classical
- Metal (Metallica, Iron Maiden, recently Dream Theater, etc)
- Rock
- Programming (C++; will learn some gamedev)
- Art
- See my deviantART profile (I am going to add a bunch of even more awesome images within the holidays)
- "Doodling" (Or rather, making extremely realistic, dark, depressing images)
- Calligraphy
- Photography
- Writing
To everyone who hasn't done so, go check out
Little Brother by the Boing Boing dude, Cory Doctorow. Hackers unite! As a gift, you can give someone the
free ebook under the CC-license. (Stingy, maybe, but it's the thought that counts!)
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 18 Dec 2011, 00:25
by bullestock
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 18 Dec 2011, 04:28
by muntoo
bullestock wrote:We can't, it's private.
I didn't realize that it was only available to my 'friends' on Goodreads for <18. I've fixed the problem by uh... adjusting... uh... you know.
I think it used to work a few months ago.
I hate COPPA. They want to restrict the entire Internet to 21+. (Long term goal.)
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 18 Dec 2011, 04:54
by dimasterooo
I know it's really annoying.. take G+ for example (though that's google). I'd really like to be on there, but I don't see them lowering their minimum age anytime soon (but I hope I'm wrong)
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 18 Dec 2011, 08:18
by mightor
Most of my non-work activities are Mindstorms related but there are a few things I do outside of that:
- Read, mostly Sci-Fi
- isten to music, mostly electronic stuff, trance, old school techno
- Program for the Android platform
- C# programming
- Chat with friends on Skype
- Walk my dogs
- Watch TV shows and movies
Things I do that are LEGO-related:
- Programming my drivers
- Run my blog
- Give workshops
- Give demos at events
- Secret MCP stuff
- Hardware (sensor) testing
- Software testing (mostly ROBOTC)
- Keep some of you young whippersnappers in line on the forums.
- Xander
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 18 Dec 2011, 10:49
by muntoo
mightor wrote:Watch TV shows and movies
I rarely watch TV (only when I'm eating, I glance at what everyone else is watching), but I do like movies.
mightor wrote:Keep some of you young whippersnappers in line on the forums.
Oh, uhm... ah.
Re: Interests/hobbies
Posted: 20 Dec 2011, 22:39
by timpattinson
