OT: What are your Other Hobbies Besides Computer Chess?

[El Gringo]

Hi,

My top 8

1. Women
2. Watching Sports on TV
3. Travelling
4. Walking
5. Hardware (OC, lapping, cooling)
6. Music (80"s)
7. Volunteering for my daughters swimming club
8. Cullinair enjoy


Best

[fern]

Usually I shot them in the head. Respect a mass killing, yes, I have been thinking in some ways to perdform that. Maybe you could give me a hint.

Fern

[JVMerlino]

If I wasn't in this industry (computer games, working for Sega) I would probably be a musician (and be a lot poorer).

I'm the drummer for the greatest Star Trek rock band in the universe, Warp 11 (www.warp11.com). Tons of fun and great fans. I'm not the original drummer, but I've been with them for two years now and we just released our first album with me as the drummer.

I do play a lot of computer games, PC and Xbox 360 (R&D, you know....).

I also love sports; I used to be a softball fanatic (for non-Americans, it's similar to baseball, but with more recreational rules).

I've been the Commissioner for my Fantasy Football League for the last 14 years.

And my wife keeps me busy too....

jm

[Graham Banks]

I've been the Commissioner for my Fantasy Football League for the last 14 years.

FPS Football Pro?

[JVMerlino]

I've been the Commissioner for my Fantasy Football League for the last 14 years.

FPS Football Pro?

Nope, it's called the Ex-Mindscape FFL, made up almost entirely of people who worked at Mindscape when I was there (and includes a few people who worked on Chessmaster in one way or another).

The most recent incarnation of the league can be found here:

http://www16.myfantasyleague.com/2009/home/27979

jm

[Kirk]

Doesn't anyone like chasing good looking women anymore ??!!!

After one gets married we have to quit that

[Kirk]

Interesting to read the top 10 hobbies of Bob Hyatt here
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30177

What are yours? Post your Top 10 or atleast 5 hobbies if you can. And tell us how high does the computer chess rank up in your top list?

Not in any special order

1) Tennis
2) Reading (Fantasy,astronomy,metaphysics)
3) Casino's
4) Movies
5) Hiking with my dog
6) Nature Photography
7) Watching NFL and NBA games
8) Music Collecting
9) Watching Science Fiction
10) Rock, fossil, and mineral collecting

[Sergei Markoff]

Usually I shot them in the head. Respect a mass killing, yes, I have been thinking in some ways to perdform that. Maybe you could give me a hint.

Fern

I think you must leave them in a closed room and give them some Rybka clones. I think it's the most violent way.

[fern]

I like to kill, but I am no cruel.

Fern

[Ron Murawski]

1. programming
- optimizing software performance
- pitching in with some open source projects
- building web sites
- learning new languages and technologies, especially web-related
2. staying current with computer info
- installing and testing a lot of open source programs
3. computer maintenance
- building new machines and upgrading older hardware
- helping friends get rid of spyware, rootkits, etc
- optimizing system or network performance
- troubleshooting and consulting (retired) -- I miss this but it was too stressful
4. reading fiction
- sci fi
- historical
- action/adventure
5. music
- rock (I'm a former bass player)
- classical
6. bonsai