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This is actually one of the reasons I do a lot of non-tech hobbies like woodworking and making wine. So much of what I do is ephemeral. It exists as bits stored

This is actually one of the reasons I do a lot of non-tech hobbies like woodworking and making wine. So much of what I do is ephemeral. It exists as bits stored in a computer, it not something I can physically touch. Literally everything I've ever written at work could, and probably will, cease to exist one day. But the wine rack I made and the bottles in it aren't going anywhere. Well, okay the bottles will, but there will be more. :)

shrewduser 9y ago
actually when it comes down to it, everything you do is ephemeral.
- balladeer 9y ago
  That usually comes down to something like everything is X or everything is not X, in some way or other. Isn't that so?
balladeer 9y ago
I have never tried it but I increasingly find myself pulled by carpentry. I have no solid reasoning for this. It's just a connotation if I may say so. So feel of the wooden furniture. My thoughts about preserving them and how I like antique or older (and actually simpler but functional) study desks. How, whenever I think of buying one, I never find the exact study desk I want and it seems like a good idea to make my own. I think I should just get a kit and start with something simpler like a sitting stool, or a pen holder.
- robotmay 9y ago
  Do it! :) I do green wood carving myself, which is very satisfying, but when I have the space I'm definitely going to start making my own furniture. A desk is high up the list, as I don't think I've found a single one that works for me.
bicx 9y ago
Funny, I've gone down the same path. I enjoy woodworking quite a bit. One of the strangest things in a craft like woodworking (compared to software) is that once it's finished, it's finished. I built a table for our startup office, and it's the one thing I've built at work that I never have to update or fix. I've also mixed that in with some 3D printing and CNC builds that sort of blend the two worlds together.

shrewduser 9y ago

actually when it comes down to it, everything you do is ephemeral.

balladeer 9y ago
That usually comes down to something like everything is X or everything is not X, in some way or other. Isn't that so?

balladeer 9y ago

I have never tried it but I increasingly find myself pulled by carpentry. I have no solid reasoning for this. It's just a connotation if I may say so. So feel of the wooden furniture. My thoughts about preserving them and how I like antique or older (and actually simpler but functional) study desks. How, whenever I think of buying one, I never find the exact study desk I want and it seems like a good idea to make my own. I think I should just get a kit and start with something simpler like a sitting stool, or a pen holder.

robotmay 9y ago
Do it! :) I do green wood carving myself, which is very satisfying, but when I have the space I'm definitely going to start making my own furniture. A desk is high up the list, as I don't think I've found a single one that works for me.

bicx 9y ago

Funny, I've gone down the same path. I enjoy woodworking quite a bit. One of the strangest things in a craft like woodworking (compared to software) is that once it's finished, it's finished. I built a table for our startup office, and it's the one thing I've built at work that I never have to update or fix. I've also mixed that in with some 3D printing and CNC builds that sort of blend the two worlds together.