Hobbies My latest hobby...Reading by Michael Earls When I was a kid, I had an abundance of energy. I was diagnosed with Hyperactivity Disorder. That was before ADHD was a thing. My parents and teachers had to deal with me
Gundam My Second Gundam Model Build - Barbatos Lupus by Michael Earls I just finished building the Gundam Barbatos Lupus (021) kit from Bandai. It costs me $12 on Amazon and I spent about three hours total building it. I finally see the differences in
Gundam My First Gundam Plastic Model (Gunpla) - "Try Burning Gundam" by Michael Earls After working with electronics for awhile, I wanted to take a break from puzzles and try something new that requires less thinking (and less math). I decided that I wanted to build plastic
FPGA A Saturday morning puzzle on my FPGA by Michael Earls I woke up this morning with a desire to solve a puzzle. I decided that I'd make a simple LED chaser on a 7-segment LED display using my Mojo FPGA (now that I
Electronics Why I really got back into electronics by Michael Earls Why I really got back into this hobby### A few weeks ago, I stumbled on a DIY synthesizer community based on synthesizers called "Lunettas" (after Stanley Lunetta, the guy who pioneered
Electronics After 30 years, I have returned to my favorite hobby by Michael Earls The past### When I was a teenager, I was a major nerd. Well, actually, I have been a major nerd for my entire life, but it really started to emerge during puberty. On
