The time for messages and activist-hobbyism is over.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHANGE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION] Reference

He gravitated toward the Rocket Mavericks, who were more serious- minded than some of the other tinkerers, and quickly imbued the organization with a vision that transcended hobbyism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pyro Geek Hobbyists Experiment With Homebrew Rockets] Reference

We need to get off the activist-hobbyism, enough with the signs on the street corners, and the weekend larks on the Mall, and get to work on uniting America's activists for really the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Urgent We Unite to Take Back America!] Reference

Though the country's penchant for order might appear to make it a fine candidate for development of a listing culture, it actually exists, along with other non-English-speaking nations, on the second tier of fanatic avian hobbyism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapbook entry] Reference

After four years of protest hobbyism, they went to Chicago with the intention of "refining" their organization, and they are dedicated to the proposition that no action to do SOMETHING THAT MAKES AN ACTUAL DIFFERENCE will be permitted to interfere with that or with the perpetuation of their charade of moral superiority.    From Wordnik.com.  [Now More Than Ever, The World Needs A Bold U.S. Antiwar Movement] Reference

Then, of course, there's his alleged enthusiasm for home-video hobbyism - plus those 21 counts of child pornography he's dealt with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Listal promoted] Reference

The story of computer networks, BBSs and various other experiments in electro-democracy has so far been one of hobbyism for the most part.    From Wordnik.com.  [home] Reference

3. I am part of media (TV, movie, book) fandom, which has always been a vehicle for friendship as well as mutual hobbyism (if that's a word).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

I wouldn’t be so harsh on treating The Wind In The Willows as a source text: while the Model T wasn’t made in Britain until 1911, the middle of the 1900s marks the beginning of the shift away from pure hobbyism, through the gradual standardisation of controls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Obama’s Car Invention Myth] Reference