What Are Your Non-Video Game Hobbies?

[Mr Queeba]

Working with computers

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[Platypi]

Some of these hobbies are more involved than others (listed in order of prominence):

• music
  • namely piano, singing, and songwriting
  • used to compose classical pieces, but found singing to be more enjoyable
  • currently working on album; want to finish writing the songs this year, and record them all next year
  • trying to get back into digital music production (namely with LMMS)
  • pull out my melodica from time to time
• computer science
  • programming (pretty broad; won't bother enumerating everything)
  • system administration, with Linux on a home server
• electronics
  • salvaging parts
  • tinkering
  • occasionally doing actual circuit design (taking a class on electrical engineering right now, so hopefully I'll be able to do more in the coming year)
  • want to play with programmable micro-electronics, but haven't found the time yet (figure I'll wait until after my EE class)
• reading
  • technical (computer science, math, AI theory, information security, research papers, etc.), philosophy, psychology, history, occasionally some fiction, and sci-fi (but only stuff with philosophical and/or political themes, like Orwell's 1984 and Zamyatin's We; not really into thrillers)
• information security
  • wargames and trying out simple exploits
  • part of a InfoSec/CTF club at my university; not skilled enough to do competitive CTFs yet, though
  • occasionally doing something questionably legal
• Russian
  • learning to read, write, and speak it
  • just started; New Year's resolution
  • literature and history
• lockpicking
  • got a basic lock picking set and a few master locks
  • not very good, but it saved my ass when I lost my keys once

That's the current agenda.

there are a lot of people in this thread who say they draw that I haven't seen work of anywhere

They probably just aren't very good yet. Depending how often you practice, it can takes years before you can make anything worth presenting. I've picked up drawing on and off my whole life, and I've rarely produced anything I'd be proud to share.

I record music, right now I'm wrapping up a pop/rock album where I play all the instruments and my friend sings, will have to post it when it's done. :o

Definitely post it here. Love hearing from artists no one knows about (that came out as kind of insulting woops).

ive been getting into more traditional hobbies like ... ham radio operating ... blacksmithing

Same. Done any casting before? That's something else I've been wanting to do for awhile.

[Malleo100]

Cooking, video editing, playing the saxophone, researching geography and geopolitics, chemistry, researching languages, acting, masturbating

[hootaloo]

i draw, im really into fashion, i do 3D modeling (for school but i like it enough to be a hobby), i also really really love music & wont step into my grave before learning how to play guitar, another hobby i have is gachapon
i also really like getting to know ppl but thats probably not a hobby

[cooolguy32]

Making Yeti videos, learning about more computers, watching random films that got high ratings

[yehellis3246]

breaking stuff outside

wandering

[are you my ghost]

Being a piece of wood

[Outland Predator]

Legos.
I also collect original Hot Wheels.

[Headcrab Zombie]

I used to do a lot of hobbyist programming, but a lot of the desire to do that went away with getting a job doing it. I still find some time here and there, but not as much.

I do a lot of photography and have sank several thousand into various sorts of gear. Some friends and I formed a photography group, and we try to do something at least once a month.

A lot of my photography interest overlaps into furry stuff, so I'm addition to hanging out with people at conventions and just generally having fun with that, I'm also photography staff for three different conventions, covering main stage events, running a photo studio, and general around the con photos

[Nachtara]

Seeing a lot of drawing, which has been mildly interesting to me. How would you go about starting to draw? Digital or traditional, what sort of practice regiment, that sort of thing.

[Gytyyhgfffff]

i havent missed many days when it comes to programming for the past 3 years

[Curse You]

oh and i'm also trying to learn spanish, so i can insult people in other games

[Nonnel]

oh and i'm also trying to learn spanish, so i can insult people in other games

I just throw around the word gringo whenever I'm in a Spanish lobby and people get pissed

[torin²]

I just throw around the word gringo whenever I'm in a Spanish lobby and people get pissed

Admittance to trolling?

[Electrk..]

Admittance to trolling?

I reported him anyway. I will not stop reporting even after my button is taken away