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I have a variety of hobbies. Maybe to many. I like to rotate hobbies to keep things interesting. My hobbies usually interest and complement each other in var

I have a variety of hobbies. Maybe to many. I like to rotate hobbies to keep things interesting. My hobbies usually interest and complement each other in various ways. - Film photography. Photography is probably the first hobby I picked up. I have a variety of older film cameras in 35mm and medium format. Planning to convert an extra room in my basement into a darkroom in the near future. - Blogging. I have been running my blog for a few years now. Most of my post are long form on technical subjects that interest me. I don't post often though. Maybe once a month or less. - Game dev. I picked up Godot about two years ago. I've been working on and off on a simulated life game since October. I spent this week redoing the UI and adding more features to the game. - Arduino. I tinker with Arduino dev boards. Lately I picked up Forth and have been teaching myself how to program the ATMega328 with FlashForth. - Weightlifting. I suppose you could call this a hobby too. Working from home has allowed me to replace my commute time with lifting and I'm very thankful for it. - Mushroom identification. For anyone interested I recommend the books "All that the Rain Brings and More" as well as "Mushrooms Demystified" by David Arora. - Journaling. I like to organize my thoughts in a notebook on a regular basis. This hobby is probably the genesis of my other hobbies as I usually develop what I want to do with pen and paper first.

mraza007 6y ago
Really interesting hobbies man. Honestly i picked up photography by taking a class and it really sparked my interest in photography and then I went onto do light paint photography and I loved every bit of it. Light paint photography allows you to be really creative as you are basically using the light to paint the picture. Furthermore I also do blogging but got burned out now I’m trying to get back into blogging I also tinker with my laptop such as trying out different linux distros or building out tools or even learning about linux internals and commandline tools For physical activities I usually go out for a run but it’s too cold where I live now and I’m also exploring about golf Anyways I would love to see your photography work if you have published online
- mrfusion 6y ago
  Could you be convinced to play disc golf?
  - mraza007 6y ago
    Not quite sure with disc golf but I’ll definitely look it up
- frompdx 6y ago
  Light painting can be very fun. I have a place that I would like to try this at the next time I am able to. For blogging, I always make a point of not putting too much pressure on myself to write. In fact, the first article I planned to publish on my blog has never been finished. My interests changed and it is left nearly finished and unpublished. Many other articles suffered similar fates. Many more never made it out of my notebook. Maybe someday. Keeping it low pressure makes it easy for me to sit down and write something when I'm in the mood. Let me think about sharing my photos. Unfortunately, this is pseudonym account and I haven't associated it with my real name at this time. All of my photos are published under my real name.
mrfusion 6y ago
Great list! What do you mean by a life game in godot? Also do you eat the mushrooms? (Could you be convinced to take up bird watching?)
- frompdx 6y ago
  What do you mean by a life game in godot? I wanted to make a game where the player can combine simple elements to create complexity. In this case, it's a 2D game where the player can "transport" humans and other animals like cats and dogs into the simulation. The player can confine the humans and other animals by drawing walls and fences. Each animal in the simulation is an actor with a base set of rules that apply to all actors and a species specific set of rules that extend the base actor. For example, a dog will follow a human when they meet and return to the human when they are hungry. If humans meet they will share where to find food if they know of a location. I'm still working on getting the game to a point where I feel like I can share it. The UI work was important for this because honestly my first attempt was not very good. However, I have reworked it and am much happier with it even though it is still very basic in appearance. At this point I am only using Godot's built in UI tools and draw functions rather than building from assets. EDIT: I should probably clarify that the game itself isn't related to or inspired by Conway's game of life. It's more like the Sims or Sim Ant. Also do you eat the mushrooms? No. But I don't necessarily look for edible mushrooms. Usually what I do is go for hikes or even walks in my neighborhood and look for mushrooms along the way. If I find one I have not found before I take a sample for a spore print. Then I write up a bit of info on where I found it and if I was able to ID it. (Could you be convinced to take up bird watching?) I hadn't considered it but I can't see why not. My original motivation for mushroom identification was macro photography. My interest in actually ID'ing the mushrooms came later.

mraza007 6y ago

Really interesting hobbies man. Honestly i picked up photography by taking a class and it really sparked my interest in photography and then I went onto do light paint photography and I loved every bit of it. Light paint photography allows you to be really creative as you are basically using the light to paint the picture. Furthermore I also do blogging but got burned out now I’m trying to get back into blogging I also tinker with my laptop such as trying out different linux distros or building out tools or even learning about linux internals and commandline tools For physical activities I usually go out for a run but it’s too cold where I live now and I’m also exploring about golf Anyways I would love to see your photography work if you have published online

mrfusion 6y ago
Could you be convinced to play disc golf?
- mraza007 6y ago
  Not quite sure with disc golf but I’ll definitely look it up
frompdx 6y ago
Light painting can be very fun. I have a place that I would like to try this at the next time I am able to. For blogging, I always make a point of not putting too much pressure on myself to write. In fact, the first article I planned to publish on my blog has never been finished. My interests changed and it is left nearly finished and unpublished. Many other articles suffered similar fates. Many more never made it out of my notebook. Maybe someday. Keeping it low pressure makes it easy for me to sit down and write something when I'm in the mood. Let me think about sharing my photos. Unfortunately, this is pseudonym account and I haven't associated it with my real name at this time. All of my photos are published under my real name.

mrfusion 6y ago

Great list! What do you mean by a life game in godot? Also do you eat the mushrooms? (Could you be convinced to take up bird watching?)

frompdx 6y ago
What do you mean by a life game in godot? I wanted to make a game where the player can combine simple elements to create complexity. In this case, it's a 2D game where the player can "transport" humans and other animals like cats and dogs into the simulation. The player can confine the humans and other animals by drawing walls and fences. Each animal in the simulation is an actor with a base set of rules that apply to all actors and a species specific set of rules that extend the base actor. For example, a dog will follow a human when they meet and return to the human when they are hungry. If humans meet they will share where to find food if they know of a location. I'm still working on getting the game to a point where I feel like I can share it. The UI work was important for this because honestly my first attempt was not very good. However, I have reworked it and am much happier with it even though it is still very basic in appearance. At this point I am only using Godot's built in UI tools and draw functions rather than building from assets. EDIT: I should probably clarify that the game itself isn't related to or inspired by Conway's game of life. It's more like the Sims or Sim Ant. Also do you eat the mushrooms? No. But I don't necessarily look for edible mushrooms. Usually what I do is go for hikes or even walks in my neighborhood and look for mushrooms along the way. If I find one I have not found before I take a sample for a spore print. Then I write up a bit of info on where I found it and if I was able to ID it. (Could you be convinced to take up bird watching?) I hadn't considered it but I can't see why not. My original motivation for mushroom identification was macro photography. My interest in actually ID'ing the mushrooms came later.