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Weekend Open Forum: Hobbies away from the PC

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On March 26, 2011, 4:00 PM

The fact that you're visiting a site named TechSpot is indicative of your passion for technology and if you're anything like me, you probably spend more time online than you do sleeping. Between work and play, it's not uncommon for me to spend upwards of 12 hours a day online -- including mealtimes.


I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy every second in front of the PC, but it's refreshing to step away once in a while. Besides the usual family matters, I regularly exercise with kettlebells and I recently took up lockpicking as a side hobby. What do you do when you're not ogling graphics cards or lurking on forums?
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  1. Sleeping.

  2. I love to make exciting new explosive and pyrotechnic mixtures from common household and horticultural chemical products.

  3. Wow, loads of people doing really interesting stuff with their extra time!

    I'm going to the fitness club 3 times a week, house hunting was an obligatory hobby for the past 2 months, done now, as we found a really nice house.

    Apart from that: Reading, collecting retro house music, in summer rock climbing, in winter skiing

    And of course, all the other time: pc gaming, ...

  4. I raise cats, study slavic languages, and produce liqueur. (legally of course )

  5. I do a lot of boating and fishing. I'm also rebuilding 2 outboard engines, and an old boat in my garage.

  6. Away from the PC? I don't have any hobbies away from PC.

  7. Dirt biking. Gopeds. Halo: Reach. Kayakin'. Mountain Bikin', Rolling, etc.

  8. Martial arts - Wing Chun.

  9. I do martial arts and I'm a bit of a health nut so I read a lot of information in regards to that sort of thing. Not really fanatical with my practices, but it's always good to know the how and why behind the only thing that lasts our whole lives :-P. That I'm an information junky in general... History channel here I come!

  10. Higher education has taken a lot of time away from me, and will more so in the future. Such a shame as I'm really looking forward to "Skyrim" when it comes out!

  11. Electronics, hard world of wires, resistors, capacitors, catalogs...

    Greetings to the TechSpot Editors from Poland

  12. Wow, like some others have mentioned, it's cool to see the human side of people on the forum.

    Higher education takes up a lot of my time.

    I like to read; just finished the Hobbit and all three Lord of the Rings books.

    Watch Starcraft 2 commentaries, Ahnaris, Husky, etc...

    C programing just for fun.

    A few games, SC2 demo (don't have the game yet), Battlefield 2 demo (legal bought the game, but the demo is funner, less competitiveness, more teamwork), and demos of anything interesting I find on Steam (I'm tight with my money )

  13. TEnnis, BAsketball, RAcing R Cars, Drfiting, Djing

  14. I do a lot of reading. Mostly fantasy books (yes paper books). Some automotive work, but thats more forces than a hobby. Just trying to get into a bit of trail motorcycle riding. Just working on getting my first bike. I have done some ridding using a friends bike, but his spare broke - like beyond repair (and it wasn't my fault I swear!) so if I want to do it anymore I need to find my own :P.

  15. Jumping out of airplanes

  16. Play sports (football, soccer, volleyball) and read a couple of books a week.

  17. guitar, travelling & books (oops, nowadays reading more on Kindle)

  18. I love driving my car and occasionally going for a jog in the park.Also like to read some good fiction books.

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