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Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Re: Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Post by unalone »

I listen to excessive amounts of music. Just today I've gone through an old dreampop favorite ("Treasure" by the Cocteau Twins), gave a neoclassical album a try, listened to both an intense breakcore album and a darker classical album by a guy called Venetian Snares, and now I'm listening to the Kronos Quartet playing African pieces. There's a chance I'll be writing music with a few people in the near future, and I hate songwriting with a fixed genre in mind, so right now I'm browsing furiously.

I also read and watch movies and TV when I can find things I enjoy. I'm rewatching The Wire right now, since it's hard to find new enjoyable shows. I'm trying to get into cooking and fashion: That's my goal for this year. And I'm thinking about giving a rave or two a try later this month.

Re: Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Post by streblo »

khafra wrote: post #4
yan wrote: post #2

And I guess I can start: mine are rock climbing, flying single engine planes (hoping to get into gliders) which is currently on break, and neuroscience (at an extremely amateur level). If anyone wants to get an introduction to climbing and are in the DC, Philly or NY area, I'd love to show you the ropes (har har).

> ...show you the ropes Along those lines, Shibari. It's a great way to meet girls.

If you don't know what Shibari is, don't try looking it up on Wikipedia at work. Do it when you get home.

Re: Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Post by ax0n »

Learning, teaching, writing, bicycling, amateurish photography (snapshots, honestly), dorking with Lego stuff, cooking, camping.

Of course, I got to do almost all of that at once this summer, when I led a group of 11 cyclists to a lake about 30 miles outside of town. All of us had packed up with our camping gear on our bicycles, and very few the participants had done anything like it before. I taught them about what kinds of stuff to bring, and all that. I cooked on a makeshift camp stove. We all camped overnight and rode home the next morning after cooking our various breakfast items. I took lots of photos and wrote about it. As it was only my second time "backpacking with my bicycle" I also learned a few things myself.

Basically, it was everything that I love doing that doesn't directly involve programming, soldering or Lego.

Re: Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Post by yan »

unalone wrote: post #7
yan wrote: post #2

And I guess I can start: mine are rock climbing, flying single engine planes (hoping to get into gliders) which is currently on break, and neuroscience (at an extremely amateur level). If anyone wants to get an introduction to climbing and are in the DC, Philly or NY area, I'd love to show you the ropes (har har).

Rock climbing might be interesting. I'm in Philly, might take you up on that offer sometime.

My contact's in my info page. The Philly gyms I've been to are a bit subpar, but should be alright as an introduction.

Re: Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Post by ax0n »

kevinherron wrote: post #12

Mountain biking :) Trying to train 3-4 times per week (after work) for races coming up in the spring. Getting hard without daylight on my side. Gonna have to buy a light soon. Or adjust my work hours.

Check out Candlepower forums. There are guys there inspiring me to built an LED kilo-lumen beast for my winter commuter bike. I'm sure you could build something to suit your singletrack fetish. :)
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