Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Geek Outdoor Hobbies?

Posted by Cliff on from the theres-a-big-world-out-there-away-from-that-monitor dept.

Embedded Geek asks: "My wife and I, in an effort to get more exercise, have recently begun geocaching, which is basically global scavenger hunt using GPS. We have also been active in the Society for Creative Anachronism and my friends are always trying to draft us into paintball. While we're having a blast with all these, I wanted to see if other slashdotters could suggest more geek style, outdoor hobbies that would appeal to a pair of pasty faced nerds like us."

7 of 163 comments (clear)

  1. Outdoors? by Siliconwalker · · Score: 4, Funny

    what is this "outdoors"?

    1. Re:Outdoors? by Kryptic+Knight · · Score: 2, Funny


      The large doors unlock with a thudding of large electromagnetic bolts and the group huddle in the doorway at the sight of the 'Aht-Darz".

      After some moments one of the team surveys the situation with a considered critique... "Its disgusting, doesn't anyone ever clean the floors here?". True to form the floor is covered in what appears to be a complete covering of trampled months old pot noodle dinners.

      A second team member points out a rather ragged pillar which has been covered with detritus, "and look at those wireless lan antennae, disgusting!", while with much muttering comes a complaint from one of the more junior team members. "and I wish someone would turn down that awful lighting ... its far to bright".

      With that we leave our group of intrepid junior programmers to the horrors of the camping expedition.

      --
      --- This meme is memory intensive
  2. Uh... by Cuthalion · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the SCA isn't geeky enough for you, just give up now.

    --
    Trees can't go dancing
    So do them a big favor
    Pretend dancing stinks!
  3. Re:Walking! by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny
    take notes on what you see with your Palm

    Day one, January 3rd The inside of my glove.
    Day two, January 4th The inside of my glove.
    Day three, January 5th The inside of my glove.
    Day seventeen, January 19th Still the inside of my glove. Man I can't wait for Spring.

  4. Don't go outdoors by codexus · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sun will burn your face with its UV radiation. In this season, you might get pollen poisoining too. And worst of all, you might actually meet real people! (you know, the strange kind that just stares at you when you want to discuss the merits of the preemptive linux kernel).

    And if these aren't enough to convinve you. Think about all the things you can do with your computer instead of wasting time "outdoors".

    --
    True warriors use the Klingon Google
  5. Figures. by JediTrainer · · Score: 5, Funny

    59 comments and nobody states the obvious. You have a wife and you want exercise.

    What about sex? It can be done indoors or out in a variety of locations and positions, in private or in public (depends on how bold you are I suppose), and is very good for your health. You'd get your daily heart-rate boost, in addition to improving your married life (your relationship with your wife).

    And you'll make virtually the entire /. population jealous and horny just for mentioning it.

    --

    You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. The impossible just takes a little longer.
  6. Urban Scavenging by randombit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Walk around the city (assuming you live in a city). Find free stuff sitting in trash cans or whatever. Take it home. You walk a bunch, and when you find something, you get a little bit of weight training (if it's something sizable).

    It's low impact, and you can smoke while you're doing it (so maybe it's not really too good for me after all...)

    Just last night I brought home a new coffee table.