Life

Cute Cats (damn it)

Ok I don’t usually succumb to forwarding on email funnies, especially not when it comes to cute cats. My mum, bless her, can always be relied upon to send on any email funnies doing the rounds, at the rate of one a day, and I usually click-scan-trash (sorry Mum), but for a change, I found her latest “cute cats” amusing, okay I laughed out loud. Now I don’t know if this is a side affect of being a house dad for the last three weeks or not, but here are some of the highlights I just had to share.

If these are NOT funny, please tell me so I know I am going insane.

Stop. Reset. Restart.

Is this is a simulation or a movie or a fever dream? Sometimes the plot is so intense and surreal, the last week being a very poignant example of how strange the universe can be. When the power went out in Portugal while I was walking the Camino de Santiago

When an end is a beginning

10 years ago we started the Pam Fergusson Charitable Trust to inspire tamariki into STEAM. In that time we have done so much. We have been in the lives of 100,000 kids all across Aotearoa, from teaching robotics, coding, science and invention to supporting kaiako and teachers to be

You’re Invited to an Innovation Reboot

5 years ago, we bought a zoo —well, by zoo I mean a camp. Zoe and I renamed it The Institute of Awesome, and then we set about to reboot the 50 year old outdoor education centre to be a place of innovation and inspiration for kids. Here we run

Mackintosh’s ranked from best to worst.

Egg and cream. Universally the best. Malt. Like old coagulated Milo when you leave the Milo tin lid off. Mint. Like brushing your teeth while chewing toffee. Harrogate. It’s like when you eat a bit of paper wrapper with the toffee. Harrogate is that flavour. Coconut. Nice start. Middle

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Stop. Reset. Restart.

When an end is a beginning

You’re Invited to an Innovation Reboot

Mackintosh’s ranked from best to worst.