Thread: Your hobbies outside of computers

That's interesting. I might give is a shot sometime then.

One thing I dislike about Quora is how much they personalize what you see.
Almost everything I see by default are posts by people from my facebook.
That is boring.
I do not want to go out of my way everytime and search for things I personally find interesting.

Originally Posted by manasij7479

One thing I dislike about Quora is how much they personalize what you see.
Almost everything I see by default are posts by people from my facebook.
That is boring.
I do not want to go out of my way everytime and search for things I personally find interesting.

Have you tried following topics? If you just search for topics you find interesting, and click follow, your feed will be filled with stuff from those topics. It took me about 3 minutes to find about 20 topics I am interested in, and my feed works quite well now.

Yes, I tried that.
How specific are your 'topics' ?

In my case quora basically shows me an intersection.
Questions in those topics which my friends have answered/upvoted/commented.
(And those which have no answers yet, so that I could answer.).

I have resorted to 'following' famous people (mainly authors) to get some quality answers.

They aren't actually that specific, though I guess most of the topics I follow are pretty popular.

My current list: Computer Science, Electronics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Chess, Printed Circuit Boards, Computer Vision, DIY, Scuba Diving, Psychology, Airplane Piloting, Computer Graphics, Violas, Social Psychology, International Travel, General Aviation, Maker Faire, Maker Movement, Travel.

I follow a few famous people, too, but most of the answers I see on my feed aren't from them.

I've accumulated too many hobbies over the years, way more than I can ever do anything meaningful with. So lately, I've simply organized my goals (for any/all hobbies) into individual "projects" and am tackling them a few at a time.

Right now, my biggest project is a secret present for my girlfriend. She had to leave an adorable little cottage when she moved in with me, which she misses, so I designed a Lego model of the cottage. I ordered the parts yesterday, now I just have to build the damn thing. (The planning phase took way longer than I anticipated.)

I am also looking to revisit the piano, and am starting today on learning a new piece. It's a piece from "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" (by Henry Purcell), as performed by Wendy Carlos for A Clockwork Orange (this is the resource I am using: youtube).

I also started re-reading the "Wheel Of Time" series by Robert Jordan back in November, so I can finally finish the series and cross that off my bucket list. 3.5 books to go!

I also like to brew beer when I have time. And have been doing pencil-and-paper RPGs with my friends bi-weekly for the past few years (after spending ~2 years experimenting with new games, we're finally back to good old-fashioned AD&D, 2nd edition).

Originally Posted by laserlight

Oh, then I have been playing the Japanese end-blown flute, traditionally made of bamboo, known as the shakuhachi. My scores are on paper, my flute is made of bamboo, not electronic at all, but I have my lessons via Skype.

A "temporary" clarinet from a carrot is also a dream come true for me and my friend

http://i.imgur.com/hLQ4cDV.jpg

attached to a gas station pipe

The mouthpiece is actually from another ancient broken clarinet

Originally Posted by manasij7479

I have resorted to 'following' famous people (mainly authors) to get some quality answers.

Consensus is to knowledge what truthiness is to carrot pipes.

Clarinets. I meant carrot clarinets.

Martial arts (with an emphasize on 'arts' rather than on 'martial', as in karate-DO opposed to KARATE-do), cooking, reading, music, and politics.