The Workbench Journal
Field notes, product updates, and the occasional story from behind the curtain. Written by hand, like everything else here.
A wet Edmonton weekend put water on the workshop floor. With a spare ESP32, a solid-state relay, and a shop vac, it became an automatic flood-control rig—a small lesson in why knowing your tools cold is everything when response time is king.
Six colour-coded letters on a poster on our wall—Define, Research, Function, Appearance, Risk, Model. The design framework behind everything we build, and why the Risk checkpoint is the one most people skip.
Twenty-six six-year-olds, one clear dome, and the longest twenty minutes of everyone's morning. A field report from the front row of the first pip—with video.
Naming a product is the last thing that happens here, not the first. The story of how a quiet incubator finally earned a slightly ridiculous, completely sincere name.
The same clear dome that captivates a classroom turns out to do something quietly wonderful in a care home common room. Notes on an unexpected second audience.
One column per egg, one X per guess, and a roomful of kids checking their prediction every morning. A simple classroom ritual that sneaks real statistics into hatch week.
No posts with that tag yet — see all posts.