It all depends on your point of view. Making and selling mobile apps could be a lot more than a hobby.

Contributing to a FOSS project - is that a hobby? I'd say the number of hours a week put in determine that.

I got to sit and have a long conversation once with Louise Solheim. Her husband was Karsten Solheim. He had passed away by the time we met, but she told my wife and I the story of how he started his business and transitioned from being an engineer to selling golf clubs. A lot of what he did for a very long time could easily be described as a hobby - but it became an incredibly profitable business over time.

write apps, contribute to open projects, write a book and or books, volunteer with a non-profit. Or read reddit a lot and play starcraft or something. So many possibilities.

I'm looking forward to getting to 4.

The other night I watched the episode with the model train set, the Japanese businessmen, the mole and the jet pack. I was laughing so hard I had to stop it for a bit.

Very funny. :)

The idea that they release everything in one big blob is also interesting. I would have no problem if they stretched it out over time. But I'm curious how this works out as when I do play catch up with certain shows I do end up doing it all in one go.

No they aren't. With charging kiosks in malls and such, like these or these I would say that they are pretty common.

Annnd... there's a beach ball on the field.......

one of my favorite scenes.

I don't care what sport it is - when contracts worth millions of dollars are on the line, there will always be talented people willing to do whatever they have to in order to stay competitive and even excel.

yeah - I pretty much always go to Amazon through a vpn. So that explains it. Stupid.

When a lot of Penguins are all together in one place does it stink? I would think it does but I've never had a chance to find out.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

If you enjoy reading and want to take a stab at it yourself, it's a lot of fun. And while I bought this book - if you are willing to write reviews a lot of publishers are happy to send you books for free. Something I learned when I commented on a book review here at Slashdot a few years back.

I guess lots of people want the free books but they have a harder time finding folks who will follow through on the review part.

I think it is just the chapters hooked together - though I can't say that for sure as I never read them separately.

Yeah - I wasn't big on the codas either.

The Old Man's War books are all good. Android's Dream is pretty much awesome and might be my favorite of his. Agent to the Stars is pretty good too. I didn't totally buy the end but I really enjoyed the ride. I think you can read that for free. At least you could before when I read it. Yeah - here it is - Agent to the Stars.

I think he has an immense amount of talent and I'm glad he's writing in my favorite genre.