Stormy Sailors Maker Lab
Notes from the workbench: what changed, what failed, and what comes next.
Earlier entries from the voyage.
Morning aboard the Stormy Sailor, and today’s chart is looking a wee bit crowded. ☕ Coffee: essential shipboard equipment🧺 Domestic operations: underway🧹 Cleaning stations: awaiting orders⚓ VAC meeting: on today’s sailing schedule The Captain has reviewed the situation and determined that attempting everything simultaneously would violate several known laws of seamanship, physics, and common bloody […]
Tomorrow brings a three-hour PTSD assessment. Three hours. Apparently, somewhere in the medical profession, somebody looked at a PTSD assessment and said, “You know what this needs? The running time of a bloody pirate epic.” I’m not entirely sure what to expect, and I’m a little concerned I won’t remember everything I should tell them. […]
The Beginning When I first started putting StormyOS together, the idea was simple: build a full-screen dashboard for the television that could show useful information at a glance. As usual, “simple” lasted about five minutes. What began as a Raspberry Pi connected to a TV gradually turned into a proper little bridge system—part status board, […]
StormyOS continues to take shape. The Weather Station now draws from official Environment Canada data, Ember has taken up her post as Ship’s Fox and Morale Officer, and the Captain’s Log has become a living part of the Bridge rather than a placeholder. There is still work ahead. The Race Station needs another visit to […]
The skies over Edmonton have finally remembered how to be dramatic. After weeks of heat and enough rain to make a captain wonder if the clouds had gone on holiday, the first low roll of thunder drifted across the city this afternoon. There is something deeply satisfying about hearing that familiar rumble while sitting safely […]
Captain’s Log #002 Date: July 25, 2026 Weather: Calm seas. Coffee flowing. Captain’s Log #002 — Charting a New Course Date: July 25, 2026 Weather: Clear skies over the Maker Lab. Coffee levels holding steady. Seas calm. Crew Status 🏴☠️ Captain Stormy — Rebuilding the fleet one thoughtful improvement at a time. ⚓ Wren — […]