:''This article is about pastimes. For the bird species, see hobby (bird). For the airport, see Hobby Airport. See also hobby horse.'' A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. In the Middle Ages, falconry was a very popular pastime (what today might be called a ''hobby''), and of all the different birds used for it, the Eurasian Hobby was perhaps the most popular. It is said that the modern use of ''hobby'' to indicate a pastime followed from this. An alternative explanation is that the usage grew from another recreational animal called ''hobby'': which was a type of small ambling or pacing horse. A ''hobby-horse'' was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, ''hobby'' in the modern sense of recreation. Hobbies are practised for interest and enjoyment, rather than financial reward. Examples include collecting, making, tinkering, sports and adult education. Engaging in a hobby can lead to acquiring substantial skill, knowledge, and experience. However, personal fulfillment is the aim. What are hobbies for some people are professions for others: a computer game tester may enjoy cooking as a hobby, while a professional chef might enjoy playing (and helping to debug) video game. Generally speaking, the person who does something for fun, not remuneration, is called an amateur (or hobbyist), as distinct from a professional. An important determinant of what is considered a hobby, as distinct from a profession (beyond the lack of remuneration), is probably how easy it is to make a living at the activity. Almost no one can make a living at stamp collecting, but many people find it enjoyable; so it is commonly regarded as a hobby. Astronomy is an interesting hobby in that the amateurs often make meaningful contributions to the professionals. It is not entirely uncommon for an amateur astronomer to be the first to discover a celestial body or celestial event. In the United Kingdom, the pejorative noun ''Anorak (slang)'' (similar to the Japanese "otaku", meaning a geek or enthusiast) is often applied to people who obsessively pursue a particular hobby. Whilst some hobbies strike many people as trivial or boring, hobbyists have found something compelling and entertaining about them (see geek). Much early scientific research was, in effect, a hobby of the wealthy; more recently, Linux began as a student's hobby. A hobby may not be as trivial as it appears at a point in time when it has relatively few followers. Thus a British conservationist recalls that when seen wearing field glasses at a London station in the 1930s he was asked if he was going to the (horse) races. The anecdote indicates that at the time an interest in wildlife was not widely perceived as a credible hobby. Practitioners of that hobby went on to become the germs of the conservation movement that flourished in Britain from 1965 onwards and became a global political movement within a generation. Conversely, the hobby of aircraft spotting probably originated as part of a serious activity designed to detect arriving waves of enemy aircraft entering English airspace during World War II. In peacetime it clearly has no such practical or social purpose. Pursuit of a hobby may have calming or helpful therapeutic side effects. In some cases, however, (for example in collecting) the line between a hobby and an obsession can become blurred. There is more than one documented case of violence over things as simple as coin collecting. == See also == *List of hobbies *Quality time *Hobby store *Hobby-horse Hobbies bn:শখ fa:سرگرمیها ga:Caitheamh aimsire hi:शौक ms:Hobi simple:Hobby
Are Porter Blanchard and Arthur Stone silversmithing hobbyists, or professionals? I really really think that a list of famous hobbyists is inappropriate, and professionals certainly don't belong here, either. --MichaelTinkler IMHO a new section under "Visual Arts and Design" called something like "Traditional Crafts". Included would be areas like silversmith, glass working, blacksmith, and woodworking. Traditional visual arts: Painting Drawing Sculpture Photography Crafts **HERE** Design: [Fashion design]? Graphic design [Interior decoration]? Crafts *HERE* (or maybe here) [Industrial design]? I am not sure describing a hobby as spare-time is politically correct. I think we should describe it as recreational. User:BozMoUser talk:BozMo
Can somebody please name something on Wikipedia which is neitehr somebody's hobby, nor studied as part of a hobby? User:Pigsonthewing 16:00, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC) :Quantum Mechanics? --User:Rparle User_talk:rparle 16:02, Jun 15, 2004 (UTC) ::Nope. I had a colleague who studied QM in her spare time (to degree level, with the Open University, just for pleasure. User:Pigsonthewing 10:29, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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:''This article is about pastimes. For the bird species, see hobby (bird). For the airport, see Hobby Airport. See also hobby horse.'' A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. In the Middle Ages, falconry was a very popular pastime (what today might be called a ''hobby''), and of all the different birds used for it, the Eurasian Hobby was perhaps the most popular. It is said that the modern use of ''hobby'' to indicate a pastime followed from this. An alternative explanation is that the usage grew from another recreational animal called ''hobby'': which was a type of small ambling or pacing horse. A ''hobby-horse'' was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, ''hobby'' in the modern sense of recreation. Hobbies are practised for interest and enjoyment, rather than financial reward. Examples include collecting, making, tinkering, sports and adult education. Engaging in a hobby can lead to acquiring substantial skill, knowledge, and experience. However, personal fulfillment is the aim. What are hobbies for some people are professions for others: a computer game tester may enjoy cooking as a hobby, while a professional chef might enjoy playing (and helping to debug) video game. Generally speaking, the person who does something for fun, not remuneration, is called an amateur (or hobbyist), as distinct from a professional. An important determinant of what is considered a hobby, as distinct from a profession (beyond the lack of remuneration), is probably how easy it is to make a living at the activity. Almost no one can make a living at stamp collecting, but many people find it enjoyable; so it is commonly regarded as a hobby. Astronomy is an interesting hobby in that the amateurs often make meaningful contributions to the professionals. It is not entirely uncommon for an amateur astronomer to be the first to discover a celestial body or celestial event. In the United Kingdom, the pejorative noun ''Anorak (slang)'' (similar to the Japanese "otaku", meaning a geek or enthusiast) is often applied to people who obsessively pursue a particular hobby. Whilst some hobbies strike many people as trivial or boring, hobbyists have found something compelling and entertaining about them (see geek). Much early scientific research was, in effect, a hobby of the wealthy; more recently, Linux began as a student's hobby. A hobby may not be as trivial as it appears at a point in time when it has relatively few followers. Thus a British conservationist recalls that when seen wearing field glasses at a London station in the 1930s he was asked if he was going to the (horse) races. The anecdote indicates that at the time an interest in wildlife was not widely perceived as a credible hobby. Practitioners of that hobby went on to become the germs of the conservation movement that flourished in Britain from 1965 onwards and became a global political movement within a generation. Conversely, the hobby of aircraft spotting probably originated as part of a serious activity designed to detect arriving waves of enemy aircraft entering English airspace during World War II. In peacetime it clearly has no such practical or social purpose. Pursuit of a hobby may have calming or helpful therapeutic side effects. In some cases, however, (for example in collecting) the line between a hobby and an obsession can become blurred. There is more than one documented case of violence over things as simple as coin collecting. == See also == *List of hobbies *Quality time *Hobby store *Hobby-horse Hobbies bn:শখ fa:سرگرمیها ga:Caitheamh aimsire hi:शौक ms:Hobi simple:Hobby
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Are Porter Blanchard and Arthur Stone silversmithing hobbyists, or professionals? I really really think that a list of famous hobbyists is inappropriate, and professionals certainly don't belong here, either. --MichaelTinkler IMHO a new section under "Visual Arts and Design" called something like "Traditional Crafts". Included would be areas like silversmith, glass working, blacksmith, and woodworking. Traditional visual arts: Painting Drawing Sculpture Photography Crafts **HERE** Design: [Fashion design]? Graphic design [Interior decoration]? Crafts *HERE* (or maybe here) [Industrial design]? I am not sure describing a hobby as spare-time is politically correct. I think we should describe it as recreational. User:BozMoUser talk:BozMo
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Can somebody please name something on Wikipedia which is neitehr somebody's hobby, nor studied as part of a hobby? User:Pigsonthewing 16:00, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC) :Quantum Mechanics? --User:Rparle User_talk:rparle 16:02, Jun 15, 2004 (UTC) ::Nope. I had a colleague who studied QM in her spare time (to degree level, with the Open University, just for pleasure. User:Pigsonthewing 10:29, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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