Hobby Thread - July 25, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling lucky and decided on a Las Vegas travel theme for this Hobby Thread.

[Top artwork: The Strip, by polynikes]

We haven't done a travel theme on the Hobby Thread for a while, so why not now? Love it or hate it, many have traced a path through Las Vegas. Some go back regularly and one visit is enough for others.

Gambling? Shows? Food? Clubs? Pools? Shopping? Conferences? Concerts as the Sphere? The Formula One race? What's the draw for you? Where are your favorite places?

What (legal) features or attractions do you like best? Is it the Bellagio fountain or Chihuly glass ceiling in the lobby? Is it the gondola street scene at the Venetian? Is it the roller coaster at New York New York? Blue Man Group? How about the neon sign museum? What about the Boring Tunnel loop? Watching for Janet flights?

The broader surrounding area has travel options as well. Let's talk the Nellis Air Show or Las Vegas Motor Speedway. How about the scale and engineering of Hoover Dam or the Valley of Fire or Red Rock Canyon? Anyone use Las Vegas as a jumping off point to chase aliens around Rachel or watch for secret aircraft flying in or out of Groom Lake or Tonopah? How about visiting the Spring Mountain Motor Resort near Pahrump?

What are you hobbying?

Las Vegas is not everyone's favorite but give the content a chance before you judge. In any event, the thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something or be entertained. If not, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? We don't need no stinking pants. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

I could sit and watch the Bellagio fountains all night. I might have.

What's inside the Sphere?

Things that go boom:

A driving tour of the strip:

I know what you're thinking. "Las Vegas is missing a hotel with a giant heart-shaped LED screen." You may be in luck!

Evel Knievel's jump at Ceasar's Palace in 1967:

How does Hoover Dam work? This is the best animation I've ever seen. It is over an hour, so save it for when you have time to watch in full.

Valley of Fire driving tour:

Volume up:

Not Las Vegas, but marble carving is fascinating and qualifies as a hobby or hobby-adjacent:

Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a metal working theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

Special thanks to polynikes for permission to show off his artwork!

Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.

Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

posted by Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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