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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: tokyoracer on May 10, 2008, 02:53:35 PM
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I hope this is allowd, i'd like to find out (not for any research, more for curiosity) as I posted i'l go first...
I'm into Hi-Fi, Modern Coputing, Retro Consoles/Games, Cars (many sorts like R/C, models, kits, Slot Cars).
Feel free to elaborate more but it's a hot day here today and I can't be botherd right now! :lol:
Also any questions about my other intrestes i'l answer.
[EDIT] Another side intrest of mine was art (digital and sketches) although this has been slightly abandoned in the last few years but maybe one day...
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Computing - Obviously :-D
Retro Gaming - Computer and console. I have a collection of over 150 NES and SNES game carts. And a few others. Sega, Atari, C64, N64...
Music - played guitar since 1987, studied at a music school for 2 years '91/'92 then worked around the city (Perth) in bands for 10 years before quitting to follow computer studies. It's just a hobby now.
Art - I like to sketch. Pencil mostly. I'm no damn good at it, but I enjoy it.
I'm sure there's more, but these are the main ones I guess. On any given day, one may be more prominent than the others.
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Drag Racing my twin turbo Camaro, and hopefully in a few weeks/months I will start working on getting my private pilot's license.
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Retro Gaming (Amiga, SNES, NES, MAME, u get the idea)
New Gaming (PC, PSP, NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii etc..)
Cars (well this is where it got expensive, and where I got my alias, lets see if any can figure that one out)
Renovating (well all my friends always need something done, and I tend to spend money on tools so I guess this could be a hobby)
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In addition to an addiction to old games and computers, I've got a thing for motorcycles ('03 BMW 1200 CLC) and music. I've been playing bass and guitar since 1966.
Bob
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Yes well its like this............
I have a large set of Meccano I like to use, Lego technik also, BettaBilda also.
Apart from using my C16,Plus4 and C128, PS1, PS2, Xbox, I do shortwave listening.
DX160, DX200, DX302, DX394 and Yaesu FRG-8800.
So in between looking after my wife I have that lot to keep me going.
Mike. :-)
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Medieval Recreation : http://www.veoh.com/channels/WinterWar
I'm the one in blue at the beginning.
Cycling, Gaming (Computer and Tabletop)
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Well like many others here, I play guitar and write music and play in a band.
My band links, in case anybody is interested...
http://www.myspace.com/crimsonskybristol
http://www.mleamon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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It's motorised multisat for me :-D
Lots of Engineering amusement for the technical mind :lol:
I install them for friends too. Have you ever tried to set a dish up to follow an invisible arc in the sky without any instrumentation, just having a good idea of what should work :crazy:
Ooh, forgot to mention my Home Automation stuff with X10 and CCTV. Need my pc for that though :-(
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I was a co-driver in a rally car for about 20 rallies. Did pretty good. Haven't read a pace note in 2 years, but I might pick it up again one day. I also drive motocross every now and then, and wheelie my supermotard whenever I can.
I'm also very interested in electronics, and I try to build things from microcontrollers and whatever I find laying around.
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canoeing, fishing and computing.
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fishing got to escape the madness sometimes
gaming wii xbox360 pc
thats about it
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> Computers (Well :insane: )
> Electronics
> Amateur radio and radio rallies
> Just getting into doing up my mates car's sound system
> Occasional pondering with physics and chemistry related topics
> Interested in steam locomotives and engines
> MSTS and MSFS (Microsoft Train and Flight Sim respectively)
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I read a lot, just finished Peter F Hamilton's Judus Unchained in fact.
I also write a fair bit too.
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Besides computing I am heavily into music (both listening to it and making my own) and more recently I have got quite into politics.
Some of the PMQs videos on Youtube are priceless comedy, especially William Hague!
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Old cars !
I had this beautiful 1972 Chevrolet Opala in the picture, but it was stolen in October :boohoo: It was an amazing car, and I was finishing it's restoration. It was with me since 1999.
I have also a blue and white 1966 Aero Willys (white roof...), currently under restoration. I bought this baby in 94. It is abig four door sedam, has light blue leather seats, 4 speed manual transmission with column shifter and it is powered by a 2600cc twin carb F head inline six.
I just bought a 1988 Chevrolet Monza to replace the Opala. The car is in great shape. I can't believe it is 20 years old.
I'm planning to finish the Aero's restoration this year to cross the country with it next year (well... I hope so...)
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Oh yes how could I forget I'm in love with my new Ford Mondeo and I am a follower of Formula One 8-)
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Computing, retro gaming, cars, rc helicopters and large scale rc cars...
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other hobbies? you mean, ... you... go outside?
cars, i have an MG midget in bits waiting for new bits of body panel to be stitched in where the rust weavle has had a go, before she gets a respray and put back together. found a place in the states that does/did do a supercharging kit for the old midg. plus i have an XJS that needs a new front suspension, as i have a V12 i'm working on converting to quad cam and prolly 8.4 litres to go in there. or an XJ13 remake...
the other half said "if you can find a car to put it in then yes you can pratt aabout with a chevy" found a place in holland that'll take a big block out to 10.6 litres. i was going to put it in a Lola T70, but the spaceframe will only take a small block, so that'll have to wait. so i'll just need to find a '72 convertable vette to put that big block in. then maybe she'll stop drooling over slk's.
music. used to put on events, and live stuff, but the old crew have broken up. kids. mortgage. carreer. all that life stopping stuff :lol:
so i just prat about on my own. nothing serious anymore. just feels good to have a blast. would like to get back into it but, havn't really had the time or the money. currently got my eyes open and ears to the ground for any 2nd hand funktion1 kit (v.good sound systems).
games. i used to be a WOW addict, but i think i've gotten over it. recently went to a lan gaming meet with some mates, but had my arse handed to me in all the old favourites, opposing force, far cry, quake3 and even the new one, crysis.
if farcry or crysis had a co-operative mode, they'd have SUCH a winner on their hands...
and Amigas of course. they seem to be breading! wondering how i'm going to explain the impending arrival of an A4000/030 to the better half! :-D
at the moment, the mortgage is tearing into my finances, and i've wasted most evenings this week, and today 'doing the garden'. holy crap whats wrong with me? oh well, its cheaper than going down the gym. BBQ and beer with mates tomorrow so normal service is resumed...
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My Subaru STI. Fun toy. :) Also trying to build up a Linux MCE security camera system for my home, to keep an eye on said STI so if the vandals mess with it yet again I'll know who to send the cops after.
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Mine is Dancing , Music and Acting :-D
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Amiga has risen to the top of my hobbies again over the past year and I can't seem to get enough of working and playing on them.
My other interests include Photography, Video Production/Editing, SCUBA and Skin Diving, Riding ATVs and Motorcycles, Drafting and Design of Residential and Commercial Buildings, Construction Consulting, Billiards and learning to play the Piano.
Of course some of my hobbies/interests I am also trying to make money with as I am semi-retired since last June.
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tokyoracer wrote:
I'm into Hi-Fi, Modern Coputing, Retro Consoles/Games, Cars (many sorts like R/C, models, kits, Slot Cars).
R/C is something I've always intended to get into but never
have gotten around to it. I built model kits for years but
congenital nerve problems put the kabosh on that one.
Feel free to elaborate more but it's a hot day here today and I can't be botherd right now! :lol:
Also any questions about my other intrestes i'l answer.
The boss (my wife) got me a 50th anniversary Strat for my
50th birthday so fooling around with it is a resumed hobby.
I'm supposed to do things to maintain hand strength and
making noise on it is preferable to other things I could do with my hands, at least as far as she's concerned. >:)
Bob Reising
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My hobbies are:
Electronics (High speed digital and "retro")
F1 Sidecar Passenger (Youtube videos of us (http://uk.youtube.com/user/butch1471))
Motorcycles in general. (Ive got a Triumph Sprint ST)
And a general interest in science stuff like engineering and chemistry.
Just back from doing the Wiscombe hill climb today :D
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Music, and the background of it. Especially world music, and the finding out in what kind of spirit it has been made.
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Cars
1957 Chevrolet 2dr hardtop, I've had it for 24 years now.
1986 Monte Carlo SS, owned for 16 years.
Video Games
I've got 12 arcade machines restored or in the process of being restored.
Double Donkey Kong, Defender, Space Invaders, Star Castle, Star Wars, Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Gauntlet (4-player), Smash-TV, Tron, Mortal Kombat 2, Speed Racer
I've also got every U.S. based console system that was put into regular production and about 1,000 games for them.
-JM
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Family - I have a beautiful wife and two beautiful daughters whom I consider to be my biggest treasures and primary focus, however when I have my time out, I have two other hobbies besides computing, these are:
Photography - Film and digital, I have a rather expensive selection of Nikon and Yashica cameras and insanely exspensive selection of lenses to go with them. I love ultrawide landscapes so eventually, i'll probably ditch all my digital and 35mm gear and buy myself a large format view camera, just like the good old days.
Music and DJ'ing - In my younger years, I was a pro DJ and I still love putting together a selection of music for others to enjoy. I will pretty much listen to anything, however, I do have a real distaste for these modern manufactured "artists" the record companies keep churning out. I really love 60-70's hard British Rock, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to name a few. I also love 80-90's Pop and I have a rather large collection of 12" singles that represent this.
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adz wrote:
I really love 60-70's hard British Rock, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to name a few. I also love 80-90's Pop and I have a rather large collection of 12" singles that represent this.
I read this and just had to ask if you've seen the interview
with Blackmore giving credit for Smoke on the Water to
Bethoven?
Bob Reising
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Hmmm ... lets see, DJ`ing in clubs and on the radio, producing music (got a tune being released in June on Bassquake Records and then one on SST Records later this year), Karate trying to get my black belt oh and TV games and my wify chan.
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BR wrote:
I read this and just had to ask if you've seen the interview
with Blackmore giving credit for Smoke on the Water to
Bethoven?
Bob Reising
I've not, however, Deep Purple never really did much for me anyway. As I did say though, I will listen to pretty much anything, Beethoven included.
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Favorite thing (after family and friends of course) is riding my bike (http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee190/o-D-o/bandit.jpg).
Second is listening to good music... right now I can't seem to get enough of Swedish jazz trio E.S.T. (http://www.est-music.com/)
I'm also a nut for vintage Benzes, currently own an '85 W126er (gas guzzler edition), and a '70 W114.
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My Hobbies besides Amiga:
Sitcom TV Shows I love to watch:
Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens,
Home Improvement, George Lopez, Just Shoot Me.
Britcom Favorites:
Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping up Appearances
Favorite Movies:
Back to the Future Trilogy + BTTF Cartoons
Terminator Trilogy + Sarah Connor Chronicles
Artificial Intelligence
The Net
Devil Wears Prada
Other weird hobbies:
Chocolate, Soda Drinker, Sleeping, Ice Cold Showers,
Ice Cream Taster.
Interests: Modern & Post-Modern Art, Punk/Rock/Alternative Music. Going to Art/Natural History museums.
Tagline: Just being happy is the only product I'll buy.
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Computing: Amiga, Mac & PC's, right now I have a mania collecting old Sound Blaster cards and Gravis Ultrasound cards
Retro gaming: Amiga, PC DOS games, looking for a Sega Megadrfive II
Other interests: serious sport fishing, outboard engines/boats
Listening to music and collecting albums with obscure progressive rock bands from the 70's
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Im somewhat into vintage mountainbikes besides Amiga but my interest is getting reduced for every year that passes by.
I have got a 1990 Yeti FRO framet with Accu-Trax fork, also a Yeti Ultimate from 1992 with Accu-Trax fork and A-tac stem. Also got a 1990 Bridgestone MB2 on my cellar complete with Suntour XC-comp.
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Lotta people into cars... Me too. I've got a 2001 Mustang SVT Cobra I've done some light mods to and occasionally tool around on the track. (Mostly I just have some fun on the streets with it, though. It's a blast to drive!)
Occasional SIM racer, too... Though I haven't been on a league in a couple years. My current avatar was my last league car. We ran on Papyrus NASCAR AeroWar 88 mod. Did the "paint" myself. Guess you could put down Photoshop as a hobby, too.
Of course, retro computers and games. Right now, my computer collections seem to focus on Commodore and SGI gear.
The rest of my time has been working around the house, and all the stuff that goes with it.
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AMIGAZ wrote:
Listening to music and collecting albums with obscure progressive rock bands from the 70's
Excellent!
Me to!
I love bands such as Spring, Kestrel, Cressida, Gracious, Bronco etc...
:-D :-D :-D :-D
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Got quite a few hobbies really..
Retro Gaming (Consoles mainly, but ZX Spectrum and Dragon 32/64 in there too :))
I'm currently working my way into Mechanics (fixing up own vehicles etc)
Also learning FPGA programming
Motorbikes in general... Riding an old Honda H100S-II at the moment, but currently fixing up a Yamaha Diversion, will probably start fixing up my mates old Suzuki TL1000 after that.
Also I read Discworld novels to pass boring moments.
Also into more modern gaming... Got a PS3, largely for some games that aren't even out yet, but are coming.
Umm.. Application design is another hobby, largely for windows and linux though....
Also.. of course... gadget collecting and using... New and old, as long as they're fun :D
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Zero wrote:
AMIGAZ wrote:
Listening to music and collecting albums with obscure progressive rock bands from the 70's
Excellent!
Me to!
I love bands such as Spring, Kestrel, Cressida, Gracious, Bronco etc...
:-D :-D :-D :-D
hehe, looks like you love mellotron/Rickebacker bass drenched music too :-D
Those bands you listed there pretty much sums up what style I like
Went so far that I got both Gracious albums on original vinyl :crazy: cost me an arm and a leg
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Ah I did forget to add I enjoy the odd fishing trip, not a hobby as such but something else I do (will be going next weekend funny enough).
I got time now so I will go into detail of my hobbies...
CARS:
Slot cars (Currently have about 200 odd).
R/C (Several is all I can say, Oh and 2 boats, 1 custom)
Models (about 10 - 15 1:18 and a good number other scales from 1:24 - 1:72)
Toy cars (TOO MANY, MOVE ON)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
My main camera is a Contax 167MT, first SLR and first totally manual camera but the build of these things are outstanding.
Also have one "buggering about" Vivitar camera but thats an amazing camera itself for what it is.
COMPUTING:
Just recently broardend my horizons, just got a Speccy 48k, planning on getting plenty more 'Strads and so on. Got a couple of ST's and of-course millions of Amiga's! Also like messing about with my 2 WinBoxes (XP isnt so bad I suppose but I do also use Linux on them too)!
HI-FI:
Only recently got into this, Need to get a decent Hi-Fi rack but sadly muissed a bargain Naim amp at a local car-boot, oh well. Need an amp and turntable (Linn Axis, P3 or something like that). I do currrently have 3 Nakamichi cassette decks and a Marantz K.I. Signature CD player. Oh and recently got a pair of Castle Severn SE's quite cheap.
Soon to start working on my car to replace the speeker drive units to a good Hi-Fi spec.
And that's about it form me!
@ HopperJF, Yes the new mondeo is by far the best. Well done.
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Old computers. C=, Amiga and I do have an ST also. Basically models and peripherals I've owned or wanted to own.
Gaming. With consoles or PC. Flight and racing simulators are close to my heart.
Transformers. As a kid I was fascinated by the toys and the tv series. My main focus is in G1.
Saab. I'm what could be described as a saabist. I drive a '03 9-3 1.8t. Some day I wish to own a Saab Sonett.
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My Hobbies beside not letting go of the Hope the Amiga will come back to the masses.
Cruising with my ridiculously fast Ford 5.0L Ranger (This is now my money pit of adding on performance Parts)
Visit this site for the Ranger. FLASH enabled browsers.
1988 5.0L Ford Ranger (http://home.cogeco.ca/~cgdesigns)
Music, I love to listen and play.
Enigma88
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adz wrote:
I've not, however, Deep Purple never really did much for me anyway. As I did say though, I will listen to pretty much anything, Beethoven included.
I think I saw it on YouTube. He said he inverted Beethoven's
5th to come up with the 4 notes that made history. I think he's phenomenal guitarist and now he's making the kind
of music he's always preferred, closer to classical stuff.
BR
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I too, love drag racing. 1/4 mile is popular in this area, but I may be moving to Tennessee soon - and 1/8 mile is more popular there. I'll sure have to change the car.
The car is Ford Crown Vic (yea, big & heavy - but...) with 4.6 overhead cammer.
Also love throwing a boomerang!
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A whole list..
So many hobbies so little time,
But in between teaching -
>Creating music (once on Octamed)
>Art and Photography
>posters from around the world.
>retro music, gaming, just coz it's old does not mean the value has gone, quite the opposite in fact.
>films, B-movies, galactic travel- spaceship is at the menders.
>New designs and in technology - gizmos, gadgets, but they must be useful!
And, also recently RTF planes :)
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My main hobbies are plain to see whenever anyone enters my house. First thing most people do is trip over a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (guitar!) - I have 7 guitars I think at the moment including Rickenbackers and stuff, which I'm dead proud of. Next thing they see is 3,000 LPs (they don't see the >1,000 singles until later). Then they see the 800 Atari 2600 cartridges on the mantelpiece, the Linn Axis turntable, and eventually the piano in the corner.
Most people don't get as far as the bedroom which has weird and obscure 1980's microcomputers on every available surface (Commodore 116, Commodore MAX, that sort of thing).
Oh, and I occasionally get chance to work on my 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco. :)
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Cars (well this is where it got expensive, and where I got my alias, lets see if any can figure that one out)
Porsche 930 fan/owner, perchance?
My main timesinks are boardgaming and swimming. 'Boardgaming' is not hauling out Risk or Monopoly or a deck of cards, but playing designer games constructed by clever German and French blokes, and occasionally the odd Brit or Yank. I have a moderate collection of 180 titles, which is fairly small compared to the big ones comprising over 1500 titles. (And then there are people whose collection is written with five digits, I kid you not.) Swimming is lane training; I'm fairly good at it. My main goal is to achieve 4 km in one hour, that's 160 lanes of 25 m or 80 of 50 m. Currently I'm at 120 / 55-58, so I have quite a long way to go :).
When I'm done moving house I'll have to see about picking up an old desire: terrainbiking. I'm far too chicken to do downhill stuff like shown here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=44OIM7QHksI) (bunch of brainless maniacs if you ask me, but I'm jealous from top to toe) but I think I can manage a few measly dunes and wide forest trails found in the surroundings of my new home. The problem is, however, that I'm a big guy, and that finding a bike which will carry my heavy bulk is not going to be easy nor cheap. That's why I'm looking into hybrid bikes which are a cross between an ATB and a normal bike. They are built more ruggedly and have front wheel suspension, but they lack rigidity and frame compactness, making them more suited for longer stretches of uneven, but still passable roads.
I used to read a lot, but I've lost my taste for various genres after realising it's all more of the same, and that truly captivating and intruiging authors are few and far between. Most is the equivalent of junk food, as far as I'm concerned. I still like reading, though, and will happily neglect more important aspects of life---sleeping, working, the SO---finishing a story if it's good enough.
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I started writing a reply to this and realised I'm not very interesting, so decided not to bother ;-)
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moto
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Collecting navel lint.
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I've got too many hobbies, the only thing keeping me from having more is the cost.
I guess my main hobby at the moment is using my Amiga for playing and making games, but my other hobbies include:
Retro gaming in general. I have a nice collection of consoles and games, most of the big ones up until the PS2. My boyfriend and I have turned our garage into an arcade/bar style games room, so all the consoles are set up with the TV in front of a couch, but we also have a poker table, pool table, dart board, a few mini pinball machines (not full size ones) and this IR bottle/can shooting game. There's also a mini jukebox CD player for music. I spend a lot of my time in there when I'm not making games on the Amiga.
Here are some photos of the games room - http://www.spin.net.au/~amiga/GamesRoom001.jpg and http://www.spin.net.au/~amiga/GamesRoom004.jpg
Apart from gaming and chatting on IRC, I also collect things. I have a collection of Cammy (a character from Street Fighter) stuff, including action figures, dolls, keyrings, t-shirts, cards, books and comics and anything else with Cammy in it that I can find. She's my all-time favourite game character.
I love to read comics and novels too. I have a big collection of comics, ranging from superhero comics to fantasy, science fiction, and funny comics. I review comics for a paperback reader website, as well as interview the writers and artists and write other articles. Some of my favourite comics are Red Sonja, Lady Death, Street Fighter, Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes, Futurama, Teen Titans, New Avengers... the list could go on, I love them all! :)
Another thing I collect is action figures and LEGO. Most of the action gigures I get are based on comic or movie characters I like. I have nearly the full set of Stargate SG-1 figures, heaps of Pirates of the Caribbean figures (including the Black Pearl ship) a bunch of Marvel Legends, some Transformers, Star Wars and other various figures. My favourite LEGO line is Mars Mission, and I have most of the set.
Here's a photo of my LEGO - http://flickr.com/photos/24340362@N08/2312415090/
One of my favourite hobbies is something some people call "cosplay", or costume play. Basically I make costumes based on characters I love, and I wear them to comic conventions and for Halloween and stuff. The photo in my avatar is of my Street Fighter Alpha 3 Cammy costume. Other costumes I've made are two versions of Supergirl, Ravager from Teen Titans, Super SF2 Cammy, Red Riding Hood, Vala from Stargate SG-1, and I'm working on costumes for Red Sonja and Lady Death.
I don't know if you could call it a hobby, but I also love cats! I live with a cat named Black Magic, and he's the weirdest, crazy cat I have ever met, but he's also really sweet. He talks a lot, and he's really paranoid about standing on carpet, so he jumps on everything, and he can jump really high! We play lots of games together like tag and tug of war, he's a lot like a dog.
Here he is after a hard day's work helping us out in the games room construction - http://www.spin.net.au/~amiga/BlackMagicAllTuckeredOut.jpg
Cars used to be a bit of a hobby for me when I was younger. I used to live out on a farm, and having no public transport out there, I pretty much needed a car to get anywhere. I had a 1988 2.0L Holden Camira which I modified with a nicer exhaust and intake, and I fully customised the vinyl/velour interior myself in this cool black and white theme (the car had bluish interior before I changed it). I was in a Camira car club and went on a few cruises with the club too. But I've grown up a bit since then, moved closer to town, and become more environmentally responsible by replacing the car with a bicycle, which has become a much more fun and less expensive hobby than the old car. It may not be as fast, but it keeps my legs looking good.
Other than all that, I also sometimes find time to do some cross-stitching, which is like making pixel images with string on fabric instead of on a computer display. I also love to write, and I'm working on some short stories, comics, and a TV series script. I also love natural, out-doors type stuff like bush walking, hiking, camping and even a bit of gardening (I grow my own vegetables, herbs and tomatoes).
Sorry for rambling!
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My hobbies: (in no particular order lol)
-Commodore/Amiga, Atari 8-bit/ST and Mac computers
-Retro gaming in general
-BMX bikes (ride and collect, mostly old skool)
-Cars ('90 Nissan 300ZX and Infiniti G35)
-Dating lol
Seems thats all I do with my free time
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motorollin wrote:
I started writing a reply to this and realised I'm not very interesting, so decided not to bother ;-)
moto
No fair! Who said anything about interesting? You
may just fascinate the crap out of those of us that
have no life. >:)
Bob Reising
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persia wrote:
Collecting navel lint.
As in lint from the branch of the military thats on the
water, or lint from commone everyday navels? Either
way it's fascinating. >:)
Bob Reising
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-Old cars in general.
-My own "old" Ford Taunus 2.0 V6, 1980
My Ford Taunus (http://www.fordtaunus.dk/billeder/medlemsgalleri/rene/001.jpg)
-Repairing most kind of old cars :-D
-Commodore/Amiga Stuff
-Music from 1970 -> Now
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Hey, Cammy mentioned Lego! :crazy:
When I used to have the stuff out (Some years back now, now all in storage) the last things I was building were “avoider robots” (One which worked with some novel gearing and just one motor - Still reversed and turned left/right as appropriate) and another RCX based one; as well as working lego engines - The biggest being a 4-cylinder in-line hulk (Cylinders were bricks, pistons were flat plates) that ran off a vacuum cleaner, along with a single cylinder version (~1000rpm) and a dual cylinder, fully valvegear-reversable engine using the conventional lego pneumatic cylinders.
Just thought I'd bring the car and lego topics into line :-D
Hodgkinson.
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motorollin wrote:
I started writing a reply to this and realised I'm not very interesting, so decided not to bother ;-)
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moto
I find that hard to believe.
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taunusand wrote:
-Old cars in general.
-My own "old" Ford Taunus 2.0 V6, 1980
My Ford Taunus (http://www.fordtaunus.dk/billeder/medlemsgalleri/rene/001.jpg)
A car as how a kid would paint a car :lol: :-)
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Cammy wrote:
Cars used to be a bit of a hobby for me when I was younger.
Hm, LEGO used to be a hobby of me when I was (alot :-() younger... Strange foreigners :lol:
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I been a beekeeper for 30 years
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I'm a hacker, plain and simple. HACKER= old school term meaning physicaly making something fit where it shouldn't etc.
My previous A4000T and current Xbox are living testimonies.
The Xbox now has an external Harddirve chasis (made out of a game case the same sive and shape of the Xbox) with a removable bay, has glowing ports (Alternating Red and White), a power sellector switch to change between internal and external HDs and a pop out USB port. Oh, and it is Red and Black. One day I'll break down and get that white case I want so it'll be red and white and worthy of the name, CheXbox.
The A4000T I fabbed a 120mm fam behind the grill that glows red, took off the SCSI-II part of the ports card on the back to make way for the SCSI-III external connection and internal SD/FF (That I never installed).
I also LOVE H. P. Lovecraft and am into the Jim Butcher books...
Mech fighting games also. BIG Steel Battalion: Line of Contact player. Madded the Controller to work on the PeeCee so I can use it with MechWarrion4 and the like...
ANNNND that is enough for now ;)
PS- I really like my Wii... :-D
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Cammy wrote:
Cars used to be a bit of a hobby for me when I was younger.
Hm, LEGO used to be a hobby of me when I was (alot :-() younger... Strange foreigners :lol:
The very mention of LEGO just reminded me that recently I began the process of restoring my childhood LEGO to its former glory. I was amazed at how dusty and yellow some of it had become, now I'm stripping it all down and giving it a good clean. I have an insane amount so I imagine it is going to take me a while.
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Who let the hobbies out?
who who who who
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> I have an insane amount so I imagine it is going to take me a while.
Yeah, same here. 3x under-bed roller boxes chock-full, 80x40x15cm each, and another box for all the models still in storage. Still used to spend hours and hours trying to find that one special part, though. :insane:
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Good stuff – some fascinating and well-balanced hobbies in here.
My main hobbies are subversion, letching, swearing and spelling – in that order.
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I post rather infrequently, but thought I'd chime in here...
restoring and upgrading computers (including four Amigas)
programming computers (almost 40 years now). I've got about 30 odd in the collection I think...I've lost count...I need to ping the network and see what answers....
workin on humanoid robots here in Japan....you've probably seen some of them on the Discovery Channel. You may have read of the robot in Japan controlled by the brain of a monkey at Duke University....I work with that robot.
fossil hunting
flintlock muskets
scuba diving
mathematics
raising banana trees
oops....forgot to add....
artificial life (alife). I did the Tierra port for Amiga. I ended up in Japan working for Tom Ray (look up Tierra and Tom Ray on wikipedia) on account of that.....got in the NY Times on the front page of the science section (Nov 25,1997)
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Mutilating cattle and devil worship.
If I find the time I'll also indulge in a bit of fiddling about with my Series 3 LR, EXUP 1000, 650 BSA, 750 Bonnie. Listening to Zep, Black Sabb, JMH, Rush, Motorhead, Metallica, etc, etc. Watching films - generally scifi, horror, British thrillers and classics.
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I was a hooker, but I gave up Rugby (Union) long ago.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
taunusand wrote:
-Old cars in general.
-My own "old" Ford Taunus 2.0 V6, 1980
My Ford Taunus (http://www.fordtaunus.dk/billeder/medlemsgalleri/rene/001.jpg)
A car as how a kid would paint a car :lol: :-)
Err.. What do you mean? :-?
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I'm restoring a 1955 Studebaker Speedster. Right now it's more a matter of finding and buying parts. I got the car as a partially disassembled project with many things missing.
I just sold all my Amiga classic hardware to fund more parts for the car. All that's left for me now with Amiga is my A1.
Paul
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Hi
When not mucking around with my Amigas I tend to think about mucking around with my Amigas. Not that I have much time for this cus of mucking around with my Amigas... :-)
scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com
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Oh, ok :-)
Music - I love listening to music. Some of the artists in my iTunes library are currently:
Aerosmith, Blur, C64 Orchestra, The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, Depeche Mode, Holy F**k, KT Tunstall, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Oskar, Porcupine Tree, The Prodigy, Radiohead, Skin, Skunk Anansie, Tan Hauser Gate, Thom Yorke, The Vines, Zero 7
(Current favourites in bold)
Radiohead are a permanent fixture as a favourite. Anyone who knows me at all knows I really admire them. Bloodline's band Tan Hauser Gate are also in there - check them out ;-)
I also (try to) write music, though this is less of a hobby at the moment and more of a self-created chore due to the fact that I have very high standards and probably think about it too much :roll:
Studying is taking most of my time at the moment. I'm training as a Speech and Language Therapist, which in many ways is an extension of my existing interests in language and anatomy/physiology. I'm particularly interested in etymology, and often find myself thinking about words and how they relate to each other and where they come from - see, I told you I'm dull :lol:
I like playing with and walking my dog Marvin. I run and work out in the gym - though this is another one which switches from a hobby to a chore :roll:
I'm a total geek and like retro games (hence the Amiga) as well as more modern compuers, namely my MacBook and my iPhone. I am also building a MAME cabinet. It's a looooooooong term project :-)
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moto
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Paul wrote:
I'm restoring a 1955 Studebaker Speedster. Right now it's more a matter of finding and buying parts. I got the car as a partially disassembled project with many things missing.
I just sold all my Amiga classic hardware to fund more parts for the car. All that's left for me now with Amiga is my A1.
Paul
I had a '54 with a chopped top/ lowered (old salt flats car when I got it back in '66) It ended up with a 454 Rat motor, that would pull 11 sec quarters way back in 1969.
That was a beautiful car!