I grew up on McGuyver, man.
Through my own hobbies I developed a love for Linux, Open Source technologies and maker pages, such as Instructables. I really enjoy Hackathons and bringing groups together to create something bigger than themselves in such a small time frame.
Making can really drop you in the deep end and can mean that you have to learn completely foreign skills sets to be able to finish a project, which is a great way to learn.