The sun is out and I am a new man. With the foul weather gone we're clear to wander outside for exercise, pleasure, or work. Today I enjoyed the clear skies with my trusty camera, and got at least a couple of photos. With that out of my system, I can work on things again. It was the plan to do an exposé on the Galley today, but sadly that will have to wait until tomorrow.

During the forced inside-time, I have been working hard on some programming projects that may end up being pretty cool.  Basically, the goal is to upload all of the data coming off of a ship in real time. That's a lot of information: where the wind is, what temperature it is, all kinds of cool stuff. It would be unbelievably powerful to be able to access all of the data coming off of these ships as it comes. Not only for science, but also for education. It would be pretty cool to demonstrate the necessity for graphing with real data that is coming off of a ship. Not to mention the power of having a database for CS students to learn with (though that does come a little close to home!). Have bandwidth, will travel!

I talked to some of the crew members about the topic of my log entry a few days previously. Dealing with the personal seems like a universal problem. Being on a boat with the same goofy people for a month is easy compared to doing it for 3. It is pretty amazing what the human mind can withstand and remain (reasonably) sane and intact. It's been a pretty amazing growing experience to watch myself go through upbeat and depressed cycles, and noticing what causes each.  The time on this ship will definitely aid me in coping with real life in the future. Being able to deal with the same people all day, every day, will make it a walk in the park to deal with the same people 9-5, 5 days a week. Not that I hope to end up in a 9/5 job ...

Peace out.

Daniel Staudigel onboard the R/V Kilo Moana.