Ask Lemmy

I do quite a lot of writing, knitting, gaming, crochet, website making, and game development on my old T430. Also emacs is a hobby, and I use it with all of the above, so count that in xD

• Writing: Good creative outlet, lotta fun, you can do it on a toaster if you're really strapped for PC specs. Fanfic is especially fun, and a very common way to cut your chops writing.
• Knitting: Useful! You get clothes and wash rags and bags at the end of it! Can be rough on the hands though.
• Crochet: See knitting. Harder on the hands IMO, but I also tension like I'm strangling someone, so that could be my fault.
• Gaming: Depends on the game you're playing. Retro stuff does well, and is a fun hobby in itself.
• Website making: It's fun having a blog, and if you want to feed the writing into it you could even do some basic ARG-type stuff.
• Game development: RPG Maker, Godot, and Ren'py all work well. If you can't draw there are some premade assets on itch.io to play around with, free and paid. Requires less coding than you'd expect, especially with RPGMaker/Ren'Py