Resetting toner levels on a Brother MFC-L8850CDW colour laser printer
I’m blogging this strange process involving an invisible key just to make sure I can find it when I need it again - but if it helps you, that’s great too.
Giving kids the "Where Do Emoji Come From?" talk
well, it happens. At some point you have to explain to kids where Emoji come from. I was delighted to do this at the Bay Area Science and Engineeering Fair.
Today at last, the Trombone emoji!
First proposed in 2019 by a group of high schoolers, the Trombone emoji finally appears in iOS 26.4 beta 4. Here’s one:
Adventures in hacking, 20 years ago this week.
20 years ago, I won a security challenge. Even though the guy who ran the challenge still maintains nobody got in. I know I did.
How the Olympics gets Canada's flag and anthem wrong
The 2026 Winter Olympics featured five gold medals for Canada, at at each medal ceremony, the recording of “O Canada” had musical mistakes, and our flag was the wrong shape. We need to fix this.
Adding "Steve Jobs In Exile" to my collection of Jobs/Apple books
“Steve Jobs in Exile” - at last, a book chronicling the NeXT years.