Not always true - I'm another software guy, but work keeps me so busy
that I don't get much time for much else. As a consequence, I'd
rather spend my limited time making music than making modules, even
though that's something I would normally find quite fun.
(It also doesn't help that I have a couple of horses and they always
get first call on my free time: you can leave a half-finished module
on the shelf for a couple of months, but horses don't react well to
that sort of treatment :-)
Harry
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, David Abbey <abbeysynth@...> wrote:
>
> Interesting. Software designing types want contact with hardware. I
> install DC power equipment. I have hands on hardware everyday from
> alarm circuits to -48volt high current hot cuts in working phone
> offices. I don't always want to build stuff anymore. I can, but....
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Brewster <pugix@...>
> To: Jason Proctor <jason@...>
> Cc: MOTM <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:24:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [motm] Re: FFB options
>
>
> I'm the same. It's not for the economics (although that is a part of
> it) that I prefer to build stuff. I'm also one of the people grinding
> away at the day job writing software. That's a kind of building and it
> has its satisfactions, but it's not the same as making a physical
object
> -- and at work I'm doing what somebody else wants. The only
> pre-assembled modules I own were either a) only available assembled, or
> b) purchased used, assembled by somebody else (only two of these). So
> when I have a choice, I build. The MOTM kits were too easy for me. I
> like MOTM 2.0 better!
>
> Richard Brewster
> http://www.pugix com
>
> Jason Proctor wrote:
> > right there with you. there's something massively zen about
> > soldering. it's one of those things like cooking, where if you rush
> > it or don't pay attention, you'll screw it up. but as long as you
> > take time and care with it, the result is yummy!
> >
> > i don't buy anything assembled any more - and if you'd told the me of
> > 5 years ago that, i'd have laughed you out of town.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> I don't rationalize the economics at all, I just LOVE soldering. I
> >> enjoy building things with my hands, even most of the cabinets and
> >> desks in my studio are built by me, custom made for whatever nook &
> >> cranny I'm trying to fit something into. It's not a matter of money,
> >> it's a matter of fun. My day gig is all software design and testing,
> >> blech. I need hardware to bring my universe back into balance.
> >>
> >
> >
>