My name is Sam… and I am a recovering nerd.
Unfortunately there is no twelve step program for people like me, we simply learn that technology does not need us, we need it and it becomes a part of our lives. Sometimes a little too much a part of our lives. Some of us do find an escape.
I have decided to start a wood shop in my garage and learning how to make things with my hands and my mind. While I have not made anything yet, the fact remains that I have done pretty well just putting the stuff together in the way of tools and equipment. Now I am reading a little and learning what I need to proceed.
Obviously I still work on computers quite a bit, otherwise you would not be reading this right now. But I have learned to find a way to be a technophile and still enjoy life away from cyberspace.
A friend of mine, whom I have known since high school, is also a recovering nerd. He looks a little more like a nerd than do I, but he too have found a n escape from the PCs. He is about the closest thing to a master model maker that I can say I know. His house is full of models that he has built. At the time of this writing, I am trying to talk him into letting me post some of his pictures, but I am not holding out hope.
But at our core, we are still all nerds at heart. Nothing is really that bad about being a nerd… I was proud to have been one when I was in school… in fact about the only time I was not a nerd was when I joined the Marines. Marines don’t have nerds… don’t ask… they just don’t.
So… I am a nerd… a recovering nerd. I will never cease to be a nerd, I will only learn to take it day by day.
I have to go… I have to answer an email… oh…. uh oh.
This site is my release.A place for me to talk about things that annoy, please, or excite me.
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I am actually thinking about another hobby myself and yes I think it's an addiction. I have myself been thinking about refinishing old furniture. Maybe do a little garbage picking and then try to restore the piece to its original condition.
It does keep you busy, and you can make a little money off the results, once you start getting decent at it.
Escaping is written in human nature, also laziness 😉