Rangitaki

Last month, I and three other teachers from my school took a group of thirty (yes, 30) students on a trip to Japan. We survived to tell the tale, twelve days later. Read full post…

I wrote a couple of months ago of the problems I have with the Apple Maps app on macOS 26 and later. I recently had a lot of planning to do for a school trip involving Maps and it bothered me so much I re-downgraded from 27 to 15 (umpteeth time I've done it since 27 released in beta). Read full post…

I just bought a new chair because my couch bought the farm (spring came right through it). Read full post…

As I've said before, I run a Discord server where some ex-students keep in touch, let me know what's going on with their lives, and just shoot the breeze. Read full post…

As I wrote a few days ago, I've been back to Hawke's Bay, where my whānau are from (and where I grew up at least half of my childhood) a few times. In my previous couple of trips, I stopped in Palmerston North not once but twice (actually four times; twice going up and twice going back). Read full post…

In the past month, I've had two tangihangi (funerals) to attend. Read full post…

Another quick stop in Palmerston North on the way home from another trip. This time, I went to attend a tangihanga (funeral) that occurred within my whānau (family). Read full post…

I've been thinking about this problem for a while but, as usual, Louie Mantia Jr's post about Maps possibly becoming a useful app one day was an inspiration to get writing*. Read full post…

I updated my Mastodon server's domain, updated my personal website, and changed my profile picture. Probably not to everybody's taste, but it's my server and my website, so there. 🙂 Read full post…

Quick stop in Palmerston North on the way home from a trip to see family. When I lived here as a kid, the Square had a waterfall, more than one pond, and the clock tower didn't have a silly hat. Read full post…