Hard Conversations
Apr 23, 2026
Earlier this week I was at the mall with my friend "Dave" (not his real name), shoe shopping. The reason we were at the mall isn't important, but it sets the scene. We left the shoe store, Dave turned...
ai
Apr 22, 2026
Over the weekend I had to call a plumbing service. Tenant had a broken toilet, bad timing, the usual Saturday night special. Like most after-hours services, I didn't get connected to a plumber. I got...
ai
Apr 18, 2026
Earlier this week I had the privilege of moderating a panel at Digital Access Day, the Canadian Internet Society's annual gathering of thoughtleaders working on the issues shaping our networks and our...
3d-printing
Apr 15, 2026
Earlier this year I wrote about "New York's attempt to mandate filtering software on 3D printers" (https://mgamble.ca/p/new-yorks-3d-printer-bill-wont-stop-ghost-guns-but-it-will-stop-you-from-fixing)...
net neutrality
Apr 12, 2026
Earlier this year, I wrote about "Bill S-209" (https://mgamble.ca/p/bill-s-209-protecting-kids-at-the-cost-of-the-internet) and its deeply flawed premise: that we can protect kids from pornography by...
code
Apr 7, 2026
I lost the remote for my Yamaha RX-V385 receiver. Not temporarily misplaced it, not left it between couch cushions. Gone. Vanished into whatever dimension claims TV remotes, single socks, and 10mm...
code
Apr 3, 2026
Wtih today being a holiday (Good Friday) and a chance to finally start to tackle my "todo" list around the house I installed a new smart light in my office, an Artika Skyshade I picked up from Costco...
Security
Mar 26, 2026
I've watched many teams score vendors on raw CVE counts. Not on response times, not on disclosure transparency, not on architectural controls. On the number of CVEs. I've seen it first-hand, in the...
Reflections
Mar 21, 2026
Fiction has a funny way of becoming government policy.
Recently I've been rewatching Person of Interest, the CBS drama that ran from 2011 to 2016. If you haven't seen it, the premise is this: a...
rant
Mar 20, 2026
Recently, I found myself sitting across from a 20-piece McNugget box, three dipping sauces, and a rising sense of injustice. Three sauces. For twenty nuggets. I'm a network engineer by trade, and even...
Reflections
Mar 17, 2026
I double booked myself again. A work meeting landed on top of a personal commitment because I forgot to cross-reference my Google Calendar before accepting the invite in Outlook. It's embarrassing...
Reflections
Mar 3, 2026
Over the weekend, something happened that most enterprise architects and business leaders probably never seriously modelled: drone strikes took out Amazon Web Services data centres in the Middle...