Hobbies, normal and unusual
 

So we all know robotics has taken over your life, but for those few spare minutes a day not spent thinking about FIRST (if thats even true!), what do you do?

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I am learning to fly my RC helicopter. Also, I like to mess around with old Macintosh computers like making one into a web server.

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I've played competitive tiddlywinks since 10th grade. Currently ranked 26th in the world.

www.etwa.org - British organization
www.tiddlywinks.org - American organization

I do lots of other stuff, but I think this is the most unusual.

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I go off roading in my Jeep, Love going off road and getting that nice clean Jeep a mud bath, and this summer I am going to the Pocono Mountains to do just that. Camp Jeep 2005

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Awesome! I didn't even know that existed!


The most unusual hobby I have is probably blacksmithing. I am an apprentice blacksmith during the summer at a living history camp in California I go to. I'm part Pima indian, so that's why I go. I blacksmith in the style of the late 1700s/early 1800s. I really love it.

Normally i dont wear safety glasses when i do it, but i had to for five minutes while we were working with a really dangerous metal and i had been blacksmithing for somewhere around five hours, so my eyes hurt. but you guys should know the importance of safety!


Its funny, a majority of people think robotics is an unusual hobby!

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wow...hobbies

in my sparetime i build custom bicycles. i taught myself how to weld, so i've been practicing a bunch on different frames.

I also like to collect stamps...whenever i get a chance i bust out my album and put some more in.

I'm sure i'll think of more as the day goes by...

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Hrm... I'm starting a web hosting buisiness, ski racing, and racing small sailboats in my free time, and I also enjoy long walks on beaches :P

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Lets see... my current projects are:
- Making lights in my room internet controlled
- Making a robot positioning system for next year
- Making a 2 wheeled balancing robot
- Learning everything I can about computers

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Hobbies? You mean there's other things to do in the world besides FIRST, school, and work? NO WAY!! :D

Until I came to college, I was quite fond of bashing around with my R/C truck--but that kinda died down as I have nowhere to store and work on them. But I'm working on running a website for my dorm--er, residence hall--er, residential college. For now, I'll declare that as my hobby.

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I'm writing, along with a few friends, an operating system for the x86, entirely in assembly language.

So far the operating system boots from the hard drive, enters 32-bit protected mode, enables paging, prints the scan codes to the screen whenever a key is pressed on the keyboard, and has a timer interrupt (the next step is to use this for multitasking).

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Well Off-road Unicycling:eek: takes up a good bit of my time in the summer. (If anyone else here enjoys this hobby drop me a PM. Also attempting to start an ebay bussiness to help fund a student ambassador trip to europe this summer.

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Mostly building websites, playing video games, reading and doing sports. :yikes: Not that theres much time outside of robotics however.

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I do the following things:

- Captain of a DDR team. yes, such things as this. Mine is all-female too, which some people say is wierd.

- Learning Mandolin. It'll get easier when Ryan's at Purdue next year teaching me :P

- Cooking....yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

- Most importantly, getting taller, and I love to frolic

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as ull prob guess from my hobbies, im liberal, but here they r

1. four season backpacking (especially winter)
2. model railroads
3. boy scouts (soon to b eagle :D )
4. rock climbing

not that wierd i guess but i love it :)

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