What Are Some Practical Indoor Hobbies to Keep You Busy?

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The discussion revolves around finding an engaging indoor hobby that is both useful and entertaining, with an emphasis on projects that can be completed over time and within a reasonable budget. Suggestions include woodworking, such as carving wooden bowls, quilting, and creating Christmas ornaments. Other ideas include paper modeling, fiction writing, and building mechanical or electronic devices. Some participants mention hobbies like puppetry, making musical instruments, and even programming. The conversation also touches on the potential for selling handmade items online as a way to fund the hobby. There are humorous and off-topic exchanges, but the core focus remains on exploring creative and practical hobbies that can be pursued at home.
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Moonbear said:
It's just a hobby of ours to see how far we can derail threads in GD. :biggrin:
So, Moonie, what bike should I buy when I sell my H-D Softail?:rolleyes:
 
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Moonbear said:
It's just a hobby of ours to see how far we can derail threads in GD. :biggrin:

Derailed, derailed, you have riped up the tracks and nuked the train.

However, i have started the research into my new hobby, all i need now is some one with a phd in electronics and a master carpenter.
 
  • #93
wolram said:
Derailed, derailed, you have riped up the tracks and nuked the train.

However, i have started the research into my new hobby, all i need now is some one with a phd in electronics and a master carpenter.

Add some copper and brass and you can join the newest hobby rage: steampunk


http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/multimedia/2007/06/gallery_steampunk
steampunk envisions a future that has collapsed onto a re-imagined Victorian past. Steam and clockworks replace silicon logic, brass and copper stand in for titanium and plastic, and airships replace spaceships.

Unlike other speculative-fiction genres, steampunk enthusiasts are not simply content to read its fiction, or passively consume its media. Today's steampunks don't want to just watch the movie, they want to build it, play in it, live it.

http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/06/gallery_steampunk/steampunkPC.jpg

The Steampunk Monitor and Keyboard​
 
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OmCheeto said:
Add some copper and brass and you can join the newest hobby rage: steampunk




http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/06/gallery_steampunk/steampunkPC.jpg

The Steampunk Monitor and Keyboard​

That looks very nice!

Probably expensive!
 
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  • #95
JasonRox said:
That looks very nice!

Probably expensive!

I think the biggest expense would be time.
Most of this is done by people at home on their own equipment.

Much of the copper and brass comes out of a rattle can. :cry:
 
  • #96
binzing said:
Sure...hobbies and stuff...not bestiality and sex toys...

Those are my hobbies. What are you into... model aeroplanes?
 
  • #97
wolram said:
However, i have started the research into my new hobby, all i need now is some one with a phd in electronics and a master carpenter.

I see I got here too late, was going to suggest a solar water heater.
 
  • #98
Build yourself a nice perpetual motion machine! That should keep your hobby horse busy for a few year,,er decades...
 

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