Hobbies.. hrm..

Well, firstly I program. I'm a software engineer, and so I program all day at work, and when I go home I stop at a coffee shop or bookstore and program for myself for about two hours depending on the mood. Lots of personal programming projects. Some for business, some for adding to my skills, and some just to maintain past projects, so they are up to date.

Within this, HPC.. High Performance Computing. Can this be considered a hobby? I think so. Gots lots of computers, and one is an HPC cluster. Clusters like these are often used to build low cost super computers.

Hobbies also include sampling the coffee culture around the world. I do travel and like to travel far. My wife also travels more often than I do, and has been to far more countries than I have. I love being in airports. Always traveled when I was a kid, so that has grown on me I guess. In terms of coffee culture it just means I go to coffee shops and have an interest in anything coffee... coffee mug collection, books on coffee, recipes, latte art, etc.

Another hobby is collecting books. I guess from my days and many sleepless nights at the university's libraries, I've grown to like books a lot. There was a time when I just could not afford them, but now that I can, I buy lots of them. Computer books, science fiction, fantasy, manga, and especially classic literature. If I can find a classic literature in hardback form, I'll buy it. So I have this personal library in my house. One day it is my dream to build my own house and to have built in shelves in the hallways to keep all the books from floor to ceiling. Isn't there a word for someone who seriously collects books? Another interesting thing is my wife also has a book collecting hobby.

But anyway, within that hobby of book collecting, I can branch into it and mention a sub-hobby collecting history books -- anything Asia, Art of War, military history, etc. This is probably because my first degree is in History.

Let's see.. what else...

Fountain pens. I collect them. It's a small collection because it's expensive. But I really do like fountain pens and have several old ones from the 1930's and 40's, and more modern ones.

Digital art. I am involved with doing computer art from time to time. Unfortunately my main computer for that has been down for a while. But that will change since I just ordered lots of new stuff.

So, now onto the Joes... I army build. Pure and simple, I've gotten into a habit of buying at least one Joe figure every time I go to a store. And thanks to someone here in JoeDios, I now collect Microman. And thanks to JoeDios, I now collect things for building sets.

And I can't forget my customs! That's a big hobby now as I begin collecting the components for my Dio-Story. Lots of customs.

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