Ok, here’s the deal with the Darth Vader-Frankenstein thing. It’s not a case of bad acting, it’s an homage! You see, (Doctor) Palpitane took what used to be a person — Anakin — and created this hideous, evil, but in many ways just misunderstood creature. No longer human, but very much alive. It’s straight from the pages of Shelley! Or not.
Anyway, Been there, done that.
I’m still playing with electronics despite the recent near-frying of myself. I think once I get the parts in for my next creation, I’m going to etch a board, something I’ve never tried before. So I’ve started messing around with a few of the linux EDA tools, and so far I haven’t found one that doesn’t suck. Although I say this as someone who has had a fair amount of cockpit time in several $30k+ EDA tools, and really, they all suck too.