Everyone should have a hobby. Picking one is the hard part.

Rolling from all … hobbies on the list. The finished one lets you weight it — cheap only, indoors only, nothing that needs a shed. See the whole list, or add the one we're missing.

“I want a hobby.” → “What are my options?” → “Which one suits me?” → “How do I start?” → “How do I get good?”

That's the whole chain, and nothing on the internet answers all five. You get listicles for the first two, a forum argument for the third, and a forty-minute video for the fourth.

newhobby.org is one structured database of every hobby worth knowing about. The tree, the search, the quiz, the reference wiki and the how-to guides all read from it — so they can't contradict each other, because they're views of the same record.

1. The hobby wiki. What it is, where it came from, what it costs, what it takes, and every bit of jargon you'd otherwise have to nod along to.
2. Official guides. The wiki says what it is; the guide gets you from nothing to your first real attempt, in order, without a shopping list up front.
3. The hobby tree. Categories branching down to hobbies, then to specialisations only enthusiasts have heard of.
4. Search that knows your life. Cost, indoors or out, alone or with people, kit needed, time you actually have. Cheap, indoors, quiet, no equipment, thirty minutes.
5. The quiz. A few honest questions, several strong matches. Not one soulmate hobby — you're allowed to try three and drop two.
6. Forums. Where you ask the daft beginner question and someone twenty years in answers it properly.
7. Hobby of the week. One hobby, once a week, by email. Occasionally something absurd. That's the point.
8. Kit that's worth it. What you need, what can wait, what's a trap.

level 1 — category
Technology
└── level 2 — a hobby you can take up
    Computer building
    └── level 3 and down — specialisations
        Custom PC building
        └── Custom water cooling
            └── Hardline tubing
                └── Water flow optimisation

Six levels from “technology” to people arguing about coolant temperature deltas at two in the morning. Most hobbies stop at three.

A branch only exists where there's a real difference in skills, kit or knowledge — otherwise you end up with a tree that has a leaf for every Tuesday.

• Moderate cost
• Indoor or out
• Alone or social
• Creative + technical
• Some kit
• An hour or two
• Highly accessible

Every hobby gets the same treatment. Facts up front, reference in the middle, and the part that actually gets you started at the end.

Affiliate links on kit recommendations first. Ads later, if the traffic ever justifies them. A shop only if there's real demand — inventory, shipping and returns are a whole different job.

What commission never buys: a place on a list. Recommendations are made on whether the thing is any good for a beginner. Where a link earns us something, the page says so.

On being right: researched from books, established organisations and people who've done it for years. Anything technical or safety-related gets checked by someone who actually knows. Where something's contested, we say so instead of picking a side and sounding confident.

On the forums: that's where the community lives, not where the facts come from. Great threads stay great threads — they don't quietly become official pages.

• Done — the door policy, the tree, and the first slice of the list — browsable A–Z or by branch, with submissions open to anyone.
• Next — the wiki and guide pages behind each entry, then search and the quiz reading from the same records.
• After that — forums, the weekly email, kit recommendations. A shop only if anyone actually wants one.

No fake launch, no countdown timer. When there's something worth looking at, the early list hears first.