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I get a seriously bittersweet feeling reading her blog since some of the things she's doing are eerily similar to little "just for the hell of it" projects I di
by rwg 13y ago
I get a seriously bittersweet feeling reading her blog since some of the things she's doing are eerily similar to little "just for the hell of it" projects I did in college many, many moons ago. (Transmitting data with IR LEDs driven by my sound card, using audio tapes to store data, playing with signal processing using audio from FM radio stations captured with my WinTV card, writing everything in Perl [5.005], ...)
I wish I still had the desire to just play around with such things again... :-\
- eksith 13y agoGetting back into a hobby to get away from another frustration doesn't always work, cause then your heart's not in it. That's just escapism. Sometimes the desire is just a matter of achieving momentum. I've let my hobby desk collect dust (figuratively speaking; my OCD wouldn't allow it) until I come across something that piques my interest and I plug in Ye Olde soldering iron and fiddle around. Might do that a few days, fall into a lull and then suddenly pick up and follow through.
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- reeses 13y agoYou may want to look in other areas. I was "collecting" watches[1] for years before I realized that I wanted to make watches. Because there was a 'purpose', I found myself with a desire to do more electronics projects to support my hobby. My knowledge in that area (and software) gives me the leverage to make cheap-but-adequate tools that would cost $15-50k or more from watchmaker tooling companies. [1] Basically, using my annual watch "budget" to buy a watch that had some unique or unusual attribute, not really collecting in the traditional sense.