(Connor - Oil Painting)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Connor as my guest. He shared with me his interest in oil painting as his hobby.   Definition: Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas, wood panel or copper for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of the world. The advantages of oil for painting images...

(Brendan - Cartography)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Brendan as my guest. He shared with me his interest in cartography as their hobby.   Definition: Cartography is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 2). Cartography. In Wikipedia, The...

(Rena - Collecting Sci-Fi Novels)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Rena as my guest. They shared with me their interest in collecting sci-fi novels as their hobby.   Definition: Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It is related to fantasy, horror,...

(Matthew - Canoeing)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Matthew as my guest. He shared with me his interest in canoeing as his hobby.   Definition: Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other activities such as canoe camping, or where canoeing is merely a transportation method used to...

(Mike - Fingerboarding)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Mike as my guest. He shared with me his interest in fingerboarding as his hobby.   Definition: A fingerboard is a scaled-down replica of a skateboard that a person "rides" with their fingers, rather than their feet. A fingerboard is typically 100 millimeters (3.9 in) long with width ranging from 26 to 55 mm (1.0 to 2.2 in), with graphics, trucks and plastic or ball-bearing wheels, like a skateboard.[1] A fingerboard can be...

(Tim - Brazilian jiu-jitsu)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Tim as my guest. He shared with me his interest in brazilian jiu-jitsu as his hobby.   Definition: Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting, and submission holds. BJJ approaches self-defense by emphasizing taking an opponent to the ground, gaining a dominant position, and using a number of techniques to force them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds. Wikipedia...

(Kalilo - Song Writer)   In this episode, I had the honour of having Edward as my guest. He shared with me his interest in being song writer as his hobby.   Definition: A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. A songwriter who mainly writes the lyrics for a song is referred...

(David - Listening To Podcasts)   In this episode, I had the honour of having David as my guest. He shared with me his interest in listening to podcasts his hobby.   Definition: A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Podcasts are primarily an audio medium, with some programs offering a supplemental video...

(Edward - Adult Fan Of LEGO)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Edward as my guest. He shared with me his interest in being an adult fan of LEGO as his hobby.   Definition: Lego is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously colored interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene that accompany an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various...

(Javier - Poetry)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Javier as my guest. He shared with me his interest in poetry as his hobby.   Definition: Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning. A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet,...

(Richard - Playing Video Games)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Richard as my guest. He shared with me his interest in playing video games as his hobby.   Definition: A video game[a] or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device – such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device – to generate visual feedback. This feedback is shown on a video display device, such as a TV set, monitor, touchscreen, or...

(John - Doing Projects)   In this episode, I had the honour to have John my guest. He shared with me his interest in doing porjects as his hobby.   Definition: A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal.   An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost...

(Frankie - Walking)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Frankie as my guest. He shared with me his interest in walking as his hobby.   Definition: Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step. This applies regardless of the usable number of...

(Daniel - Indie Animation)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Danielas my guest. He shared with me his interest in making indie animation as his hobby.   Definition: Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be...

(Pixie - Custom Dolls)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Pixie as my guest. She shared with me her interest in making custom dolls as her hobby.   Definition: A doll is a model typically of a human or humanoid character, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have also been used in traditional religious rituals throughout the world. Traditional dolls made of materials such as clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The earliest documented dolls go back to...

(Dawn - Hiking)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Dawn as my guest. She shared with me her interest in hiking as her hobby.   Definition: Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.[1] Religious pilgrimages have existed much longer but they involve walking long distances for a spiritual purpose associated with specific religions. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, November 6)....

(Luke - Creative Writing)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Luke as my guest. He shared with me his interest in creative writing as his hobby.   Definition: Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics. Due to the looseness of the...

This coming Sunday (October 30th, 2022) I will be releasing episode 211 about being a baritonist with John.    John’s links: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/makobrass/    Time For Your Hobby links: Website: Time For Your Hobby website (click to find Apple, Spotify, Google and more) Merch: TFYHpodcast  Instagram: @timeforyourhobby Twitter: @tfyhpodcast Podchaser: Time For Your Hobby  Patreon: Timeforyourhobby  Email: [email protected]     If you like this episode and think it can...

(Tiffany - Beta Reader)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Tiffany as my guest. She shared with me her interest in being a beta reader her hobby.   Definition: A beta reader is usually a test reader of an unreleased work of literature or other writing (similar to beta testing in software), who gives feedback from the point of view of an average reader to the author. A beta reader provides advice and comments in the opinions of an average reader. This feedback is used by the writer to...

(Badriya - Poetry)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Badriya as my guest. She shared with me her interest in poetry as her hobby.   Definition: Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning. A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet,...

Hello everyone,   So my wife and I are expecting our second child soon and running a podcast while raising 2 children might be a little challenging to release new episodes every week as I did for the last 4 years. The good news is that the show is not ending, I'm just going to be releasing a new episode at the end of every month. So after this week's episode (end of August), the next one will be released at the end of September and then the next one at the end of the following month and so...

(Ed - Karaoke)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Ed as my guest. He shared with me his interest in karaoke as his hobby.   Definition: Karaoke カラオケ, clipped compound of Japanese kara 空 "empty" and ōkesutora オーケストラ "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is an instrumental version of a well-known popular song. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along...

(Ana - Kombucha Brewing)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Ana as my guest. She shared with me her interest in kombucha brewing as her hobby.   Definition: Kombucha (also tea mushroom, tea fungus, or Manchurian mushroom when referring to the culture; Latin name Medusomyces gisevii[1]) is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black or green tea drink commonly consumed for its purported health benefits. Sometimes the beverage is called kombucha tea to distinguish it from the...

(Jason - Teaching Science With Dogs)   In this episode, I had the honour to have Jason as my guest. He shared with me his interest in teaching science with dogs as his hobby.   Definition: A Science (from Latin scientia 'knowledge') is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, May 22). Science. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:35, May 22, 2022, from...