22 Nov, 2025
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Mikrotik Switches and Imaging

I posted previously about deploying software packages a different way; more reliable, faster, always the latest package… etc. and that’s all important but it’s also about pure speed. The faster I can deploy a workstation; the better, and this is another area that needed improvement, our imaging system was running in Hyper-V as a Linux […]

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AI in a box

I love the scene in Mr. Robot where Elliot gets pushed off the railing by his dad 😂 lol… its not as bad as it sounds – no spoilers but when you find out what really happened, you’ll be shocked… in the end Elliot just wanted his father’s approval – sometimes that is just something […]

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What is a Mennonite?

My facts maybe somewhat off but approximately 7,700 Mennonites from Manitoba (including the Blumenort area) and Saskatchewan emigrated to Mexico and Paraguay between 1922 and 1927. *If I made any mistakes, please correct me!* The primary motivation for this migration was to maintain their traditional way of life and control over their education, which they […]

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Mikrotik N8N To NTFY Notifications

We have a network switch CRS112 device that is very capable at what it does, we purchased it mainly for cost effectiveness, ease of configuration, and speed. We have several Mikrotik switches that have Layer 2 hardware acceleration. I do have some experience with Mikrotik devices, I’m MTCNA certified (Mikrotik Certified Network Associate); a special […]

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The Greatest man who ever lived

There are a lot of things I could post about, but there is one thing more important than the rest – that is the story of Jesus Christ. Growing up in a Christian family, I learned about the bible at Sunday School and from Sunday morning services. I gave my life to God at an […]

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Northern Beauty

We found out from a family friend (thx May!) last night that the northern lights were out and it was gorgeous, the pic is the view from our backyard. I love the sense of community present in Blumenort… I’m not a fan of rental housing, everybody has to live somewhere – but I feel the […]

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My life as a geek

I’ve been getting very tired of our app deployment system… we have a image and application deployment system and at the time we implemented it – it was a great idea, as there was no central method of sending out base images and software packages when I started working. But as time when on, cracks […]