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How do you do that?

I will consider mineral hunting (my town is placed on a mountain and there are lots of quarts and calcites, I will also look for magnesite, since I live in Italy). Botanical photography could be fun and interesting too! Thank You

I just got some ideas generating energy using Tesla's methods creating pure silicon and crystalizing it (this might be dangerous...)

Thank you, I'll buy a book first

Geocaching is expensive

Haha Sorry, I thought that in the English language "fun" was just a noun and "funny" the only adjective.

I am looking for funny activies and science-related hobbies I am already involved in these activies: Programming (I learn how computers work) Growing mushrooms (edible ones, yum!) Any ideas to share in this threads (I'm not a scientist like You, I still have to finish my scientific high school)?

The chips are very cheap, but once I buy them, do I need boards too? Do I need to write drivers to make the chip work with other electronic things?

I don't want to sound boring, but, can You please tell me what should I buy? I have written down this list: • Chips (how many ones?) • A programmer (which One? -> http://www.microchipdirect.com ) • A compiler (there is a free edition) • what else?

Once I put the firmware in them, what should I do? Maybe I'm too ignorant... Is there a good book? Will I spend more money with Arduino or PIC (compilers are free )

I like programming in Pascal as hobby, and I'm interested in trying something new so micro chips caught my attention. Can You please explain me what they are capable of? Is micro chips programming an expensive hobby or a cheap one? Thank You