Welcome! The first post

Hi!

This blog is at least 5 years in the making. I first came up with "Accidental Hobbyist" as a name, based on a good friend of mine (thanks, Steve!). I was commenting that I don't really seem to have a single outside interest. He replied that I did - I collect hobbies.

I just about wore out my ancient copy of the Whole Earth Catalog looking at everything from beekeeping to (apiaries) to model railroading (Z-scale trains - really!). You can imagine the effect of a broad band internet connection in the time of Make Magazine.

So, posts to follow will cover sports (triathlon, being the most gadgety, a fave) to agriculture, winemaking, learning various languages, games, building robots and generally trying to make sense of the mounds of books and gear I've collected since Amazon.com opened and added the "one click order" button.

If you have a topic or hobby or language or game or technology or generally anything geek-tastic that you don't think I will be covering, let me know. I'll do it.

Enjoy!