Hey guys,
I was just wondering. Does anyone here have any interesting hobbies (that can be mentioned in polite society) other than {bleep}ing about politics or the Amiga that they'd like to share with us?
I was just sitting here realizing that I have 18 different domain names, and while most of them are about the Amiga, some of them are about long-forgotten hobbies, such as DNDplayer.com -- which I've never really figured out what to do with, but it's always been such a cool domain name that I don't want to give it up...
I've also been soul searching recently, looking for that perfect hobby to distract me from all the problems that I'm facing. (Kermit says I'm so stressed out that my mind is in hyper mode, so I'm looking for a distraction). To that end, I've been looking for a new hobby recently.
Forerunners for my convoluted attention span are
1) Taking private pilot lessons, but that's really prohibitively expensive, since you're talking about essentially four to five THOUSAND dollars (40 hours flight time, plus testing and certification). On top of this, you'd have to either buy a plane, or rent it and fly one day per month (at $85 per hour) to keep up your qualifications, PLUS you have to carry your own private pilot's insurance, which I've heard some people comment can run 10k per year. Definitely not for the poor hobbyist
2) Secondly, I recently ended up with a few previously viewed DVD's in the clear rental case (not very attractive). I also HATE what they call "snapper cases" where the DVD cover is actually cardboard with the little black plastic "snapper strip" at the opening.
So..... In looking for a way to put all these movies on my video shelf in a presentable fashion, I've discovered the world of "custom DVD Cover art". While the legality of putting together such items is the newest "gray area" where the MPAA is concerned, I figure a lot of Amiga users would LOVE this arena, since you get to play with artistic creation. Essentially, you pick a movie, scour the net for high-res artwork, then cram it all together to create replacement DVD covers which are 3240x2175 at 300dpi (perfect size for printing).
My question to each of you is, what do you enjoy when you're not {bleep}ing about the Amiga or politics (not necessarily in that order)?
Wayne