Still waiting for solder head to come in in the mail. This is really frustrating. They didn't actually have the replacement at radioshack and I had to order it from them offline even though I bought the iron from radioshack. In conclusion: don't buy from radioshack. Unless it's something that is really obviously only one part. But don't rely on them to have parts either. Essentially Radioshack sucks.hard.
That being said, I've read over the chapter on building yr own electret element condenser microphone. It sounds lovely. I've also been reviewing my live sound manual from senior year as well as looking through some stuff on video signal manipulation: Distribution Religion, Muff Wiggler (yes what a weird name), and some specifics having to do with converting signals from PAL/NTSC to RGB color mode (for manipulation), and then back to PAL or NTSC again. Understanding the MC1377, for instance, has become a distracted interest.
By distracted interest I mean that I realize I'm veering off course a bit here. I could say that this is because my solder tip is still in the mail (which is part of it), but honestly it's probably more to do with that I'm getting a mad senioritis-induced spike in adhd symptoms and am finding it really difficult to discipline myself focus-wise. I mean, it all ties together, very much so, and I think there are far more off-topic things I could be distracted with... still though. I'm working on it. I am.