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Github. Momentum is key here. If you don't pick a project you are interested in and keep at it, coding for fun won't actually be fun; it will feel overwhelming and boring. But on a Sunday evening it's a great feeling to just hammer out an incremental change to a library you own and push it to the world. :)
Yep - usually I read, but today I was cheering my home team as they became division champions. I'm not really into sports but every year I dare to hope this might be year the pennant finally comes to San Francisco.
Going outside. Reading a book. After reading for a while, I either have the desire to do something, like hang out with friends, or I have an idea, and I go research it and iterate on it.
My wife likes to tell people that I program to decompress, which is true. It's probably a bit like a mechanic coming home from working on other people's cars to put loving hours into rebuilding a 1965 mustang.
I typically read up on EsotericSubject X. I tend to use the oddball stuff to keep me interested in as many subjects as possible, in part because the basics have been re-hashed so many times they're boring until you see a use. X gets me interested, so I can go through the basics with a goal in mind, and know a couple questions to ask to get help as needed.
beer on the deck, play with cats, go for a walk outside if it's nice (it's just getting to be fall weather around here which is great), really, anything but the computer
played some diablo 2 the other night with some friends though, fun times
I read that distance running lowers Co Enzyme Q10 levels (whilst raising anti-oxidants) with people that don't do it regularly. As a weekend warrior, do you think stress levels go up as a result?
Bored? Never! I spend all my time either talking with fellow hackers or non-hacker friends, or working on at least _something_. There's always stuff on the To Do List. Create a "Someday" category and just look into what's there when you don't feel like real work.
For example, today messed around with a new startup's home page design and advertised on Reddit. Also, booked flights.
Exactly. I only get bored when I -choose- to get bored. Which is a huge change from when I was young, I can tell you.
Now, I have so many hobbies that I have to put some aside for others. And even without them, I have so many personal projects I like to work on, and so much to learn, that I would never have free time just from that alone.
I often find myself stressed out about my hobbies, and have to take a break from them!
And someone mentioned Minecraft... -sigh- Why is that game so addictive? I just keep going back.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 175 ms ] threadI haven't posted much, but I read HN regularly.
I'm watching baseball today however Go Giants!
My wife likes to tell people that I program to decompress, which is true. It's probably a bit like a mechanic coming home from working on other people's cars to put loving hours into rebuilding a 1965 mustang.
played some diablo 2 the other night with some friends though, fun times
-read
-code
-sleep
-long-distance run (6-15 miles, for me)
-hang out with friends
-clean the apartment
-watch netflix
For example, today messed around with a new startup's home page design and advertised on Reddit. Also, booked flights.
Now, I have so many hobbies that I have to put some aside for others. And even without them, I have so many personal projects I like to work on, and so much to learn, that I would never have free time just from that alone.
I often find myself stressed out about my hobbies, and have to take a break from them!
And someone mentioned Minecraft... -sigh- Why is that game so addictive? I just keep going back.
- I work on app that I want to launch as a startup.
- Hack on open source code.
- Read some of Donald Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming, which I purchased last month.
There is always something one could be doing. If I am bored, it is because I am being lazy.