Cameron Childress' Blog

Robotic Foosball Players

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:31:00 -0400

Found via Slashdot, a robot that plays foosball. I want. We have a foosball table here in the office. The first time anyone beats me at Foosball, I buy them lunch. Think you have the skills? Stop in for a visit.

Now Hiring in Atlanta: Front End Developer and Interactive Designer

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:30:00 -0400

Local Atlanta interactive agency Maybe.For.You is looking to fill two positions. A Front End Developer and an Interactive Designer. Maybe.For.You and Sumo Consulting share a common office in Atlanta's Midtown West area. You can get a taste for the...

Subversion for Smarties @ CFObjective

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:37:00 -0400

If you're going to be at CFObjective in Minneapolis in Mid May, I'll be doing a talk called Subversion For Smarties: Do More With Subversion. It's part of the conference's Process & Methodology Track. Is this talk for you? Been using Subversion ...

Banned Office Attire

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:31:00 -0400

Yet another item that cannot be worn in our offices. [More]

Coworking Book: I'm Outta Here

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:41:00 -0400

Thought I'd drop a note about a new book on coworking that's recently been released. I'm Outta Here! How coworking is making the office obsolete is the result of a year's travels around the US visiting coworking spaces and learning what's really beh...

Sumo's New Office Digs

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:33:00 -0400

A few months ago, Sumo moved into office space in West Midtown Atlanta with design shop maybe.for.you. Considering our recent office upgrades I figured it was finally time to make a blog post about it. [More]

Operation Bootcamp Is Over - Tale of the Tape

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:23:00 -0400

It's over, and here's the tale of the tape... Days since OBC began: 25 Total pounds lost: 12.8 (is 201.4, was 214.2) Body Fat improvement: 4.3% (is 18.5%, was 22.8%) Mile time improvement: 2+ minutes! (is 6:29, was ~8:30) Pushups: 1 more (i...

Operation Bootcamp - The Long Run (Week Four)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:42:00 -0400

Well, I skipped my week three update, but I thought today would be as good as any to do another update. I'm at the middle of week four now (we get Friday off for the 4th). I only have two more session left, and I can definitely tell that bootcamp's...

New CF Podcast - CFConversations

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:17:00 -0400

There's anew CF podcast in town at cfconversations.com. The first episode features a roundtable discussion between Rick Mason, Adam Haskell, Aaron West, and Jeff Coughlin. You can subscribe to it via iTunes here.

Operation Bootcamp - Week Two Begins

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:03:00 -0400

Well, I've survived a week of Operation Bootcamp and week two began this morning. I've done pretty well with following the workout and diet schedule. Thursday night I made it through an APWBWGTTD (Atlanta People With Blogs Who Get Together To Drink...

Torture, Pain, Bootcamp

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:03:00 -0400

Yup - today I started a fitness bootcamp in Atlanta called Operation Bootcamp. The specific bootcamp I'm inflicting on myself is held at 6:00AM at Candler Park, but they are also held in other locations around Atlanta. I'll be doing this every week...

How to Debug Fullscreen AIR Apps on a Secondary Display

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:10:00 -0400

Like many developers, I have a dual monitor setup. I also have certain monitors that over time have become the "Home Display" for certain programs. I almost always write code on the left-hand display (my OS primary). Firefox and applications I am ...

Nortel NetDirect VPN Problems on Vista - TapAdapter IP not Assigned

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:22:00 -0400

Posting this for consumption by Google, so that when this happens to me again I can search Google and find the answer on my own blog. Then I feel silly. Then I am happy I solved my problem. NetDirect is a Java based VPN client that requires a th...

How to Automatically Detect That Debugging Is Active in Production

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:04:00 -0400

By now you should know that it's best practice to keep debugging turned off on production servers. Even when debugging is restricted by IP, ColdFusion busily goes about collecting debugging information for every page request, even though it's not di...

How to Automatically Log Off Disconnected Remote Desktop / Terminal Services Sessions

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:29:00 -0400

I've frequently heard complaints about people forgetting to log off when they end a Remote Desktop session. Instead they simply close the window, leaving their session running on the server. This orphaned session becomes a problem in many cases beca...