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What are your non-tech hobbies

Dennis Ploeger on May 26, 2019

Following the great post "Yes, You should have hobbies outside of code by Ashlee Boyer, I'd like to know what your hobbies outside the tech bubble ...
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Alex Lohr

I ride my bicycle and do most of the maintenance myself. I participate monthly in the local Critical Mass ride and help organize the bridge café between my home town and the city I work in (we give coffee to cycling commuters for free once a mouth to say thanks for riding their bikes, this making both cities more livable & lovable).

I also sometimes play the ukulele and sing.

Since my wife and I have 2 kids, I don't have time for more hobbies.

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Vincent Grovestine

Ongoing house maintenance has occupied a lot of my time lately--there always seems to be snow to shovel, lawn to mow, something to paint, something else broken that needs a fix...

When true free time does avail itself, I've sustained an on-and-off hobby with radio control cars since the late '80s. Presently, it's the simplicity of an old school Tamiya Grasshopper, but I've got the itch to pick up a nitro monster truck. (I had an HPI Savage X a number of years ago. Engine tuning was always a battle between my patience and frustration, but I really regret selling it. ...Something about the smell and noise!)

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Fernando B 🚀

Woodworking, and Flight simulation X-Plane 11.

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SyntaxSeed (Sherri W)

Camping, swimming, reading, gaming.

My husband & I recently started playing Gloomhaven. Very fun.

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Amruta Ranade

Dungeons and Dragons! We play (almost) every Sunday afternoon 1-5 pm. I treat it as my sacred time and do not allow myself to schedule any work/side-project activities in this timeframe.

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Jess Lee

Making short films & playing classical piano!