i've got a complete original 'silver age' set of Silver Surfer plus all appearances in 'fantastic four'
plus other complete series like 'the new gods' and 'the forever people'
i haven't actually looked at them in years
i've also got quite a lot of 00 and n guage track and stock including rather too many points / motors
although i've never built a layout since childhood
these days i answer questions on a few coding forums
Installing and tweaking Linux. I have been reinstalling Linux tonight.
That's about as geek as you can get I guess.
rather mainstream these days unfortunately
used to be you had to spend time with sudo but these days i've got a box attached to the telly with vanilla ubuntu on it that just works, there's no challenge any more
it's got so bad that you can even do a hackintosh with almost no tweaks, just drop in the right kexts
A few things that might be regarded as 'geek' interests.
Astronomy is my main hobby..
I'm a very active visual observer - I co-founded my local 'Astronomical Society', run it along with the other co-founder, and regularly give talks on various astro-related topics - Also do a regular "What's up in the sky this month...?" spot on local radio...
Kinda related to that, I collect optical instruments - I have about a dozen telescopes (4 of 'em get regular use), 20-odd pairs of binoculars, several cameras...
Microscopes, photographic enlargers, a couple of sextants, jewellers' loupes, rifle sights, a builder's theodolite.... a huge accumulation of lenses, eyepieces, etc.... and have recently been given a reflector gunsight, as fitted to WW2 fighter planes.
I build scale model aircraft (pre-jet era mainly), and sometimes ships.
Oh... I also do a bit of Geocaching when the weather is reasonable - It involves the use of a GPS unit, and gets me out walking more than I would otherwise.
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Something big and tentacled lurks beneath Ambridge?
I also have a blog about a rather obscure aspect of motorsport.
The Doom That Came To Ambridge. I really must finish it at some point.
The Archers scares me anyway so crossing it with Lovecraft won't do much to it.
And shouldn;t that be:
"I write The Archers/HP Lovecraft crossover farm fiction."?
My Daughter thinks I'm sad and threatens to put my stuff on eBay :eek: Maybe I will put her on eBay
plus other complete series like 'the new gods' and 'the forever people'
i haven't actually looked at them in years
i've also got quite a lot of 00 and n guage track and stock including rather too many points / motors
although i've never built a layout since childhood
these days i answer questions on a few coding forums
:eek:
When I read the first post I thought you were joking
That's about as geek as you can get I guess.
It is
but it's rather sweet really
rather mainstream these days unfortunately
used to be you had to spend time with sudo but these days i've got a box attached to the telly with vanilla ubuntu on it that just works, there's no challenge any more
it's got so bad that you can even do a hackintosh with almost no tweaks, just drop in the right kexts
Astronomy is my main hobby..
I'm a very active visual observer - I co-founded my local 'Astronomical Society', run it along with the other co-founder, and regularly give talks on various astro-related topics - Also do a regular "What's up in the sky this month...?" spot on local radio...
Kinda related to that, I collect optical instruments - I have about a dozen telescopes (4 of 'em get regular use), 20-odd pairs of binoculars, several cameras...
Microscopes, photographic enlargers, a couple of sextants, jewellers' loupes, rifle sights, a builder's theodolite.... a huge accumulation of lenses, eyepieces, etc.... and have recently been given a reflector gunsight, as fitted to WW2 fighter planes.
I build scale model aircraft (pre-jet era mainly), and sometimes ships.
Oh... I also do a bit of Geocaching when the weather is reasonable - It involves the use of a GPS unit, and gets me out walking more than I would otherwise.
NERD ALERT