7/18/26 Electronics! Also pigeons.

Recently I've started learning about electronics! I really want to be able to confidently make circuits and use microcontrollers. I want to build up good fundamentals without using microcontrollers first, then give microcontrollers a try. I feel like if I start by using microcontrollers they might become too much of a crutch.

I started by watching random youtube videos that explain electronics concepts. Eventually I stumbled upon vocademy.net , which is where I'm learning from now. It's much nicer to have a guided instruction that doesn't skip over core fundamentals then it is to try and piece things together from a bunch of random videos, so I'm thankful for that site existing.

I also started learning kicad so that I can make custom pcbs! I made this really simple audio switcher circuit:

5 pcbs. One has a switch and 3 audio jacks soldered on.


As I learn I plan on making more interesting stuff in the future. I really want to design my own guitar pedal (though I don't play guitar,,)

Also pigeons

My mother is rehabilitating a pigeon right now! It's a feral pigeon that lost its ability to fly and was attacked by an animal. She's been taking good care of the bird trying to nurse it to as good health as possible. She wanted me to come by and take a nice picture of the pigeon, so I came by with my camera and my lighting stuff. We didn't really have a good background, so we just draped sheet. The set wasn't the most ideal, but I still got some alright photos out of it!

An image of a pigeon An image of a pigeon


Also I thought she looked like Gru from despicable me in this picture lol:

An image of a pigeon that looks like Gru next to an image of Gru


AND music

I have a friend I met online who's in a band called "What it Means". They've been teasing a new album that they're releasing at the end of the month. They've already released two of the songs which I love!! I'm really excited for them to release the rest of the album, if the rest is as good as the first two songs it'll probably be one of my favorite albums ever. You should go check them out! They have a website: whatitmeans.co.uk . Their music is on pretty much all major streaming services