Walker Blackwell

FRFF

walkerblackwell — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:53:23 +0000

I’m headed down to The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival with the Clayfoot Strutters this weekend. This is the 13th year our band has played down there. It’s always a blast and we have a great time. I’ll record the second Strutter From Another Mother (2010) album at Utarpia Studios (the story is best told in person) this weekend. For copies just send me an email!

WordPress 3 for UVM

walkerblackwell — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:44:33 +0000

I’m almost done redesigning and implementing the UVM Art Department website using WordPress 3 instead of the rather old and cumbersome “magicscript” template system that is the default for UVM. The test version is here: www-dev.uvm.edu/~artdept/new/

My work and a few other people’s sparked a discussion about using wordpress for a site-wide CMS. I really hope this happens. It would save a bunch of people time and money that nobody has.

Done (somewhat)

walkerblackwell — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:37:42 +0000

I finished thedaysweight.com today. I have to tweak a few things here and there, but generally I’m happy with it. Enjoy!

The difference between a regular iMac and a MacPro (Raided)

walkerblackwell — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:53:24 +0000

Sustained 322 megabytes per second write speed.

Snow Leopard and mDNSResponder, finally a turn-off

walkerblackwell — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:51:03 +0000

Well. I’ve hunted long and hard for a soft turn-off to the mDNSResponder in OS X broadcasting all sorts of junk all over the place . . . I use ARD for a bunch of stuff (camera raw updates, remotely helping students and faculty who have a problem in the digital lab, debugging printserver errors, updating the systems, etc.) However, I hate that screen-sharing is broadcasted throughout the building’s network showing up as a list of computers on any Leopard/SnowLeopard computer that is on the same network. Well, with Snow Leopard, the option to turn off broadcasting without actually killing the mDNSResponder daemon is here. For anyone who has SSH or ARD (please note, ARD needs to have legacy VNC turned off and only local admin user for authent to keep it secure + required encryption.) this is a nice little security upgrade. Instructions below:

Open /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist in Text Wrangler or via CO with VIM or your editor of choice.

Add -NoMulticastAdvertisements at the end of the ProgramArguments array.

Save.

Restart mDNSResponder or restart computer:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

This also helps battery life on laptops with ssh/ard or any other service that is enabled and constantly sending pings all around the network every few seconds.

52 gigabytes, less than 14 minutes

walkerblackwell — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:51:45 +0000

Using compressed asr images, a server with dual gigabit ethernet and fast raid setup along with gigabit router and mutlistream casting, it’s possible to install an entire 52 gigabyte system image (think CS5, CS3, all other graphic applications and preferences, Final Cut, etc) in under 14 minutes. Whoa!!!

Fooling around with Canon DSLR

walkerblackwell — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:10:45 +0000

I’ve been missing my DSLR while it’s getting fixed. Today I had a chance to take one from UVM for a spin. Click here to go to the album.

Went to the Hi-Lo project opening at One Church Street.

walkerblackwell — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:46:26 +0000

Amazing!!! One of the best shows I’ve seen in Vermont. Period.

http://www.highlowproject.org/

I went to Mia Feuer’s show at Firehouse Gallery last night.

walkerblackwell — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:41:14 +0000

Click here to view the information.

Another show in Vermont

walkerblackwell — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:01:00 +0000

I’ll be in an art show called “Post Pop: I’ll believe in anything” at Design Haus with friends on Friday, February 5th 2010 starting at 6:00pm. Come enjoy and be marry!

The piece I’m showing is called: Dodge, Burn, Dust-bust, and Sharpen.

It’s a compilation of all the modifications done to one of my large-format portraits sans the actual photo.

Locations: 22 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401