April 2026 – Inside Blumenort

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Work

Divide and Don’t Get Conquered

April 30, 2026May 1, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged access control, admin network security, broadcast domain, Cybersecurity, device discovery, disabling unused ports, enterprise networking, firewall rules, flat network, IT infrastructure, lateral movement prevention, management network, mDNS, microsegmentation, multicast DNS, network architecture, network best practices, network isolation, network redesign, Network Security, network segmentation, ransomware protection, secure network design, Stateful Firewall, subnetting, VLAN, WiFi security

I was recently asked to contribute to a network redesign project, at first I was just asked to contribute, then I was tasked with creating the plan, and was then given a directive to implement it.. I thought that was quite exciting as I wasn’t overly familiar with their network vendor brand and I enjoy […]

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Personal

Just over a month away!

April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged Alaska Cruise 2026, Balcony Cabin Cruise, Celebrity Solstice, Christian Cruise Traveler, Cruise Coffee, Cruise Library, Cruise Life, Cruise Ship Library, cruise ship views, Cruise Vacation, Cruise with Veranda, Glacier Cruise, Hubbard Glacier Cruise, Mature Travel, Observation Deck, ocean views, Peaceful Cruise, Reading On Cruise, scenic cruise, Unwinding On Vacation

In just over a month, we are going on the Celebrity Solstice Hubbard Glacier Cruise! We have a room with a veranda – something we didn’t have on our last cruise. Here is an image from one of the stateooms. The views from the ship previous were amazing. I can’t even put into words – […]

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Personal

Faxing in the modern age :)

April 28, 2026May 12, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged analog telephone adapter, analog vs voip fax, ata adapter setup, bell mts alternatives, business fax solutions, copier fax configuration, cost saving it solutions, enterprise printing solutions, fax infrastructure, fax over ip, fax setup guide, firewall port forwarding, grandstream ht801, ip telephony basics, it administration tips, network configuration guide, network faxing, networking tutorial, office copier setup, ricoh copier fax, sip trunk configuration, small business it, smb networking, t38 fax protocol, telecom cost reduction, unified communications, vlan network setup, voice over ip canada, voip fax, voip.ms setup

This post is going to be more technical – some people might find it boring, if you are a fan of technology then it might get interesting! Its hard to believe that in the modern age that faxing is still a thing. Most people are aware than faxing happens over a phone line but there […]

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Personal

End of an Era

April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged Copilot, data security, desktop computing, digital privacy, Edge browser, forced updates, Internet Explorer, IT professionals, KDE Plasma, Kubuntu, Lenovo, Linux, Linux kernel, Linux Mint, Microsoft, Microsoft criticism, open source, operating systems, OS alternatives, PC users, privacy, software freedom, Steam gaming, system control, tech industry, Ubuntu, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Recall, Zorin OS

All things on this earth come to an end at some point.. Microsoft had a long reign in the sun but it sounds like its dominance on the desktop is coming to an end. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Microsoft for a long time – we have to give them credit.. there has been […]

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Faith

Evil in the sight of the Lord

April 15, 2026April 16, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged Ancient Israel, Bible Difficulties, Biblical Authority, Biblical Genocide, Canaanite Destruction, Canaanites, child sacrifice, Christian Apologetics, Creator and Creation, Denying Self, Deuteronomy, Divine Judgment, Faith and Doubt, Following Christ, God’s Righteousness, God’s Ways, God’s Wrath, Holy War, Hypocrisy in Faith, idolatry, Loving God, Moral Relativism, Og of Bashan, Old Testament Violence, Pagan Practices, Repentance, Sihon, Sin and Judgment, Sinful Nature, Transformation in Christ

When many people read the Bible or listen to the stories of ancient Israel – we think of it as being far away and over – as in it isn’t applicable to us anymore. It is also hard to come to terms with what we would equate to these days as being genocide. A lot […]

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Personal

Fun at Home

April 13, 2026April 25, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged atmospheric horror, blocking strangers, camera footage game, cozy horror game, diy home project, front yard privacy, home improvement project, home privacy, horror game unwind, house visibility, indie game recommendation, indie horror game, Last Report game, Monopixel games, natural light reduction, night shift game, park ranger game, PC game, pixel art game, pixelated horror, privacy for family, privacy screen, relaxing indie game, stop sign location, sunlight control, volunteer dad, window privacy, window tint

I recently finished installing privacy screen(s) on the front of my house… we have a lot of strangers driving past and my kids don’t like the fact that anyone driving by can see into every window we have at the front – it is a very visible location near the stop sign, so I put […]

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Personal

No Place Like Home :)

April 7, 2026April 9, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged being a better man, Christ-centered life, Christian husband, Christian Testimony, cleaning house, dad life, doing dishes, doing laundry, empowerment of Christ, faith in action, family man, fatherhood, God gets the glory, godly marriage, hard work, helping at home, house chores, intentional living, Jesus first, kicking ass in life, loving your wife, marriage goals, overcoming laziness, serving your family, surprise for wife, taking care of business

At my work, I am lucky enough to get all the “normal” holidays and all the indigenous holidays :). *that means I was home on Monday so I could take advantage of having a day off. My wife is coming back on Friday the 10th and I wanted to have a surprise for her. Just […]