what do u do in your free time?

[towsonu2003]

when nothing to do and dont wanna sleep -> apart from posting this, I usually look around the forum for messages I can offer help. Also slashdot.org; bbc.co.uk; distrowatch.com... and sometimes try to fix broken stuff in my system (getting more and more infrequent, knock on wood!!)...

And what about you? specific websites? specific tasks? whatever/

[detyabozhye]

Browse forums, draw, make music, etc.

[Kelpie]

play in The GIMP IRC, play games, chat on forums, i cant be too specific since im ADHD and get bored with everything quick :p

[detyabozhye]

I also like to play around with (x)html and javascript, and I used to play around with VB.NET and C# on Windoze.

[jc87]

Chat online

Play Counter Strike source (im adicted at this game)

Learn to program in Python

Change my Gnome Desktop look

Download / watch movies

Navigate in foruns/portals such as this

Go out with friends

Watch pr0n;)

Conspire in new ways to kill/badmouth M$

[PatrickMay16]

Myself, I make music, maybe draw some picture, update my (really crappy) webcomic, read various websites, mess around with some computer programs, chat over the internet, go out places, look for work, etc.

[doitashimashite]

Doing street photography with my 55 year old Rolleiflex TLR loaded with black & white film (analog to the extreme!)

[benplaut]

browse forums, hang out in IRC, tweak, break things, fix things, fix other people's things...

oh, and i also really like BZflag :)

[teaker1s]

music
games
email
computer building-alas mainly windows for other people
forums
news
spend some time with my girlfriend-she hates computers, I find them escape from everyday life

[darkmatter]

Traditional: Draw, paint, sculpt....

Digital: Blend, gimp, and *scape...

Also listen to music...work on my projects (yes....I even work when I'm resting)...

SLEEP...;)

[majikstreet]

computer stuff..
cycling
study french
photography

[Malphas]

MMA (mixed martial arts), various types of physical training (weight lifting, plyometrics, interval running etc.), reading, watching DVDs, shooting (clay pigeon or target), paintball. Only really browse the web or forums when if I'm using a computer for something else (assignments, web design, etc.) anyway.

[BWF89]

-worry that there is something I'm suppost to be doing but forgot about
-watch TV
-browse the internet
-play my Playstation 2 and Dreamcast
-ask if a friend wants to come over
-and fly model airplanes (on the weekends)

[sapo]

I watch a bunch of animes episodes.. till i fall asleep.

This weekend i watched something like 50 One Piece episodes... One Piece pwnz :)

http://www.zonanime.com/anime/onepiece/wanted/sebuscaluffy2.gif

[xequence]

I do weird things. Really weird things. Once I got so bored I decided to collect windows XP serials. No reason, I just did. (I got like 60,000 :P)

Also I listen to music. Alot. And go on forums. (ubuntuforums, hydrogenaudio, etc). I also read slashdot.

And play UT99 online. Facing Worlds is the best map ever.

[fuscia]

play with my cat, work out, play on my computer (it's just a toy for me), watch movies, daydream, a few other things...

[bored2k]

When I'm not up to the teeth with college assignments? Anime and sleeping.

For this weekend I watched some Genshiken (http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=1783) and Witch Hunter Robin (http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=96).
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3338/44204ok.jpg
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1856/witchhunterrobin9kd.jpg

[otake-tux]

I tweak/break my system. Learn or get better at some programming language. Watch a lot of anime.

[Delonnor]

I basically listen to a lot of music, mainly Prog-Metal though!

[Stormy Eyes]

I do odd jobs for Operation Mindcrime. It's an underground revolution working overtime.

[Koobi]

i'm either studying for a quiz (college), working on some PHP/XHTML/CSS (freelance web developer), showering (you have to very often in a tropical country) or playing basketball.

been working very little on PHP lately though. been concentrating on my grades and ball

[JDS]

I have no free time except on weekends it seems. Always things to work on around the house... At work I'm always on the computer so I'm sick of it by the time I get home so I hardly do anything technology related at home and just find some manual labor that needs to be done.

My hobbies that I have no time for are model railroading, and r/c cars and trucks. Anything to get my mind off computers for a while. ;)

[jda86]

Mostly working on an assignment for my university course or doing some learning of my own. I also do Chinese martial arts (Taijiquan mostly) and fencing (the sword kind, not the garden kind :P).
This is my first post btw so hello all! :)

[chimera]

playing flightgear (www.flightgear.org) and/or spamming on forums(not just this one)

[moberry]

Work a crappy job (best buy). Work on my associates so I can get out of this crappy town and goto real college. In my very little spare time I screw around with the computer, and try to play guitar.

P.S. For anyone at this time considering community college before university to save money... DONT!

[Gossie]

also me I like to 'play' Taiji-quan!
my time goes to a website (about stupid genetic engeneered food, about give-away-shops, about ecological farming, ...)
and animals
and reading
and writing (to clear my head)
and especially I spend a lot of time being surprised about my girlfriend

[cstudent]

Put my boat in the water and go bass fishing! :)

Check out this pic my wife took while we were in TN on vacation this year. Tell me you wouldn't like to spend your days looking at this kind of scenery.

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=26986

[chimera]

Wow, I thought I'd be surrounded with me-like people who spend 10-15 hours studying and 5-10 hours behind their computers here.

Guess I was wrong.

[rado_london]

I am mainly in front of computers.
But once I have enough time I go to the gym.
When I am at home I customize my ubuntu and making jokes with my older brother. He is massive Microsoft Fan. Hhahahaha funny isn't it?

Example: Once he went in my room and said: "oh Linux again. May I just check my online banking and to download one song?" I said sure. He opened his account for seconds. Then he downloaded the song with speed of 500 KB/sec (in his windows it is 100KB/sec, btw we use different computers). He stopped making jokes with linux for a month. Then he suddenly started it again. This time I invited him to my room for a little Internet and Linux walk.

Hope it was funny for you because it was for me:D :D

[detyabozhye]

My brother is anti-Linux too. Whenever I have a problem, he'll say "cuz ur using Linux!", but he gets mad when I say that about Windows, since he gets problems more often.

[xequence]

I do odd jobs for Operation Mindcrime. It's an underground revolution working overtime.

I have no idea what it is but it sounds odd.

[carl13]

1. Basketball 2. Workout at gym

If I am not doing one of the above, I kill some time by watching tv (sports or cartoons like the Family Guy), browsing the net, and reading.

[Jessehk]

I like to...

...program in C++, and a bit of python
...Read various news sites (like slashdot, digg, etc)
...read the Globe And Mail (my favourite newspaper)
...Spend time with my pet parrots
...read books
...watch TV
...Cook
...Play Clarinet
...Listen to music that I deem to be good (musically, regardless of genre)

I think that's about it for now :p

[matthew]

Spend time with my wife
Play with my kids
Read books...I usually have 4 or 5 in progress at the same time. I love non-fiction as well as truly well-written fiction (literature).
Study languages
Play guitar
Build things (or make something do stuff it wasn't designed to do)
Travel
Sample new foods

[augied]

browse forums/google news
download and trade live music (etree)
listen to music
read tv recaps on televisionwithoutpity.com
occasionally emerge from my computer to:
read books (often about linux/open source)
woodturning
watch tv
play trombone
play guitar (very badly)
other random stuff

[super]

play the two best sports ever created ;)
- soccer (football) when it's warm
- basketball when it's cold.

and when i'm really bored, i try to reply to a few 'un-answered treads' on this forum. (but i gotta be really bored :p )

[carl13]

I do odd jobs for Operation Mindcrime. It's an underground revolution working overtime.

I have no idea what it is but it sounds odd.

I like the sound of it. I am not sure what it is but it sounds mischievous.

This may by a stupid question but I will ask it anyway and show my ignorance. Is there a way to google somthing and have the seach results not include something else.

Example:

search- Operation Mindcrime
do not show results containing: Queensryche

[neoflight]

when nothing to do and dont wanna sleep -> apart from posting this, I usually look around the forum for messages I can offer help. Also slashdot.org; bbc.co.uk; distrowatch.com... and sometimes try to fix broken stuff in my system (getting more and more infrequent, knock on wood!!)...

And what about you? specific websites? specific tasks? whatever/


I make drawings (professional portraits), study math and astronomy, etc...
and sleep a lot...i am generally a lazy person with occational burst of high energy physical and brain activities...;)..... doing my phd....

[briancurtin]

This may by a stupid question but I will ask it anyway and show my ignorance. Is there a way to google somthing and have the seach results not include something else.

Example:

search- Operation Mindcrime
do not show results containing: Queensryche
search for this: "operation mindcrime" -Queensrÿche -Queensrcyhe

the Y sometimes has those dots over them, forget what they are called, and sometimes they dont put them in. thats why you may have still gotten results featuring the band name because you didnt exclude both spellings

[Iandefor]

Play on the forums, play with my computer, read, hang out downtown, or sleep. I might do homework.

[Rumor]

Free time, Hmmmm. I think I remember what that is . . .

I like to:

Read
Watch TV with my wife
Read
Collect geodes
Read
Brew and drink really good coffee
Did I mention reading?

[rharris]

Well lets see:

Watching anime
Combat handgun shooting
Reloading ammo for my extensive gun collection
Amateur (Ham) radio
Tweaking my three Ubuntu boxes

And

Reveling and/or gloating in the fact that I am completely Microshaft/Windoze free :D

Rob

[kumakun]

Lots of stuff has been mentioned that I enjoy, already...

Anime
Tweaking the ubuntu boxes
Spending time with my fiancee'.

...and my medeval reenactment. Fencing r t3h win. :D

/K

[Derek Djons]

Most time of the year I'm only spending a few hours a day behind any computer. I'm usually skateboarding at the local bowls park.

I'm also very keen on music. So I'm listen very often to it, everywhere. I like to go to parties sometimes down in the city.

And in the winter hanging out at home or friends, playing games and talking about lots of stuff.