Trainer Admits Giving Steroids to Players (AP)

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Four Accused of Giving Athletes Steroids
(AP)

Four Accused of Giving Athletes Steroids
(AP) 02/12/2004 10:17 PM
AP - Barry Bonds' personal trainer, a track coach and top executives of a San Francisco-area nutritional supplements lab were charged Thursday with running an illegal drug distribution operation.

Roxio Gets It Backwards - Giving Away
Music Players To Napster Users

Roxio Gets It Backwards - Giving Away
Music Players To Napster Users 06/16/2004 10:45 PM
Steve Jobs has admitted in the past that Apple isn't looking to make money off of iTunes. Instead, they view iTunes as a loss leader for selling more iPods - where they make their real margin. So, it's a bit surprising that Roxio appears to be going in the other direction. They're now giving away an MP3 player to anyone who signs up for one year of Napster. Of course, it's a cheap MP3 player with only 128 megs of storage, but the concept is still the same.

Flash-Memory MP3 Players: Portable Audio
Players Offer Music To Go, On The Cheap

Flash-Memory MP3 Players: Portable Audio
Players Offer Music To Go, On The Cheap 05/26/2004 06:02 AM
The Rio Cali is our favorite player of the bunch -- hands-down. This player is especially appealing for its great functionality and excellent interface design. By Mathew Honan, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Nomic World: By the players, for the
players

Nomic World: By the players, for the
players 05/26/2004 03:15 PM
[This is an edited version of the talk I gave last fall at the State of Play conference.] I'm sort of odd-man-out in a Games and Law conference, in that my primary area of inquiry isn't games but social software. Not only am I not a lawyer, I don't even spend most of my time thinking about game problems. I spend my time thinking about software that supports group interaction across a fairly wide range of social patterns. So, instead of working from case law out, which has been a theme here (and here's where I insert the "I am not a lawyer" disclaimer) I'm going to propose a thought experiment looking from the outside in. And I want to pick up on something that Julian [Dibbell] said earlier about game worlds: 'users are the state.' The thought experiment I want to propose is to agree with that sentiment, and to ask "How far can we go in that direction?" Instead of looking for the places where game users are currently suing or fighting one another, forcing the owners of various virtual worlds to deal with these things one crisis at a time, I want to ask the question "What would happen if we wanted to build a world where we maximized the amount of user control? What would that look like?" I'm going to make that argument in three pieces. First, I'm going to do a little background on group structure and the tension between the individual and the group. Then I want to contrast briefly governance in real and virtual worlds. Finally I want to propose a thought experiment on placing control of online spaces in the hands of the users. - More at http://www.shirky.com/writings/nomic.html

Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for U.S.

Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for U.S. 04/16/2004 04:51 AM
Residents of Bozeman, Montana, will test a broadband wireless data service called iBurst that blows away existing offerings. If people like it there, the service could expand to other parts of the country. By Elisa Batista.

Bonds Used Steroids

Bonds Used Steroids 12/19/2004 03:51 PM
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bonds testified that he unknowingly used steroids. While this doesn't come as a shock to anyone the leakage of...

Games on steroids

Games on steroids 03/19/2005 02:34 AM

Developers say the darndest things. At least they did at the recently-concluded Game Developers Conference. Can a developer really be pro-piracy? Well, it's straight from the horse's mouth:

I’m pro-piracy. I want people to play the games I make.” — Chris Hecker

I guess that's one way to ensure your games get the widest audience possible. There are some other thought-provoking comments from the developers in this week's Game.Ars, as well as news of upcoming releases. There's also very good news for fans of the Heroes of Might and Magic series... number five is due later this year.

FireFox on Steroids

FireFox on Steroids 03/28/2005 08:01 AM

Firefox on Steroids!

Firefox on Steroids! 04/04/2005 04:27 PM

First it was baseball players now Firefox is getting all pumped up. If you want to put Firefox into overdrive check out the linked article the best thing their is not health risk [www.ipkonfig.com]

CW-Trainer 2.1

CW-Trainer 2.1 01/07/2005 02:17 AM
A Morse code practice and learning tool.

U.S. Charges 4 With Supplying Steroids

U.S. Charges 4 With Supplying Steroids 02/12/2004 05:01 PM
Four people, including the personal trainer of Barry Bonds, baseball's pre-eminent slugger, were charged.

If Steroids Are Cheating, Why Isn't
LASIK?

If Steroids Are Cheating, Why Isn't
LASIK? 04/19/2005 04:16 AM
theodp writes "A month ago, Mark McGwire was hauled before Congress and lambasted as a cheater for using a legal, performance-enhancing steroid precursor when he broke the single-season HR record. A week ago, Tiger Woods was celebrated for winning the Masters, aided by superior vision acquired through laser surgery. Slate asks: What's the difference?"

Today Screen on Steroids

Today Screen on Steroids 09/20/2004 06:53 PM

Typing Trainer

Typing Trainer 08/28/2004 03:12 PM
Unicode

Guitar Trainer

Guitar Trainer 11/19/2003 02:12 PM
Metronome quite ready!

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 FCS

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 FCS 11/06/2003 07:21 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Put a Trainer in Your Pocket

Put a Trainer in Your Pocket 07/25/2004 02:27 PM
Wired News Jul 25 2004 5:38PM GMT

Codin' Fool II: Software on Steroids

Codin' Fool II: Software on Steroids 06/17/2005 07:17 PM

There's a good chance this will be among the stranger posts I've made to this blog. You see, I've just come off a drug-induced coding frenzy, the likes of which I've never seen before.

Now, I should explain that before you get the wrong idea. A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with sudde n hearing loss (SHL), and my doctor prescribed a steroid called prednisone to treat it. Among prednisone's side effects is an abundance of manic energy and a decreased need for sleep - in other words, it was made for programmers. I've heard of people feverishly redecorating their houses while taking the stuff, but in my case I re-architected FeedDemon.

It started quite innocently. I was running into problems integrating with NewsGa tor's synchronization API due to the way I designed FeedDemon. FeedDemon works on a per-group basis, so that only feeds in the active channel group (folder) are displayed and updated. I chose this approach to keep memory and bandwidth consumption low, and also to avoid overwhelming users with a huge list of feeds, but unfortunately it has limited the degree of synchronization that FeedDemon can have with other RSS readers.

My plan was to change this in FeedDemon 2.0 several months from now, but I found myself with such a wealth of energy that I decided to expend some it by seeing how involved it would be to make the switch now. At first I made a few small changes, but before long I was coding like a madman, creating new classes, ripping out old code and building new components at a frenzied pace.

My first day of coding like this ended at 5:30AM. My second day started two hours later. By the end of the third day I had written well over 7,000 lines of new code and reworked thousands more. Stepping back at the end of it all and looking at what I had done reminded me of that scene in The Shining - you know the one, where Shelley Duvall's character discovers that her husband has filled an entire manuscript with the phrase "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." In my case, though, rather than write something nonsensical, I actually wrote some pretty fine code.

Because the changes touched upon so many areas of FeedDemon, I wasn't able to compile the code for the entire three days. So when I was done, I took a deep breath and tried compiling it. I'd love to say it worked right off the bat, but the truth is I had to make a few tweaks before it would compile without error. However, once it compiled it ran smoothly - I had completely recoded FeedDemon's foundation in three days, and I'll be damned if it didn't work!

At this point I haven't decided whether all these changes will be included in the upcoming FeedDemon 1.6 - I'll need to do a whole lot of testing before I decide that - but the end result of this coding marathon is that FeedDemon will have a slew of oft-requested features. In the short term the UI will continue to work on a per-group basis, so that you only view feeds in the active group, but feeds in inactive groups will update in the background. In addition, these changes will make it much easier to offer the folder-based UI that so many have asked for - expect to see this sooner than planned!

Oh, and here's how the story ends. A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Inc. Magazine for an article about software support, and they decided to send out a photographer to snap my picture. The photographer showed up at the tail end of the third day of coding, at which point I was long overdue for some serious sleep. I was so tired that I soon found smiling to be far too much effort, so I just kind of sat there like a mannequin and waited for it to end. So...if you happen to catch the article, think back to this post when you see the picture :)

Rainbow for iMovie is a thresholder on
steroids

Rainbow for iMovie is a thresholder on
steroids 03/14/2003 01:41 AM
Mouken, L.C. has released Rainbow, their first effect plug-in for iMovie. Rainbow is a thresholder on steroids. Rather than just making all the dark pixels black and light pixels white, it lets you create alternating bands of black and white, or the colors of the rainbow. Controls set the width of each band, whether colors change immediately or gradually between bands, and whether the output colors are all full brightness or reflect the brightness of the original image. The plug-in works with both MacOS 9 and MacOS X running iMovie 2.0.1 or higher. Initial pricing is set at $7.50.

Option-Shift K Apple Hacker Swag!

Wired News: Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for
U.S.

Wired News: Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for
U.S. 04/17/2004 06:10 AM
Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for U.S

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Sanchez Suspended Under Steroids Policy
(AP)

Sanchez Suspended Under Steroids Policy
(AP) 04/03/2005 08:06 PM
AP - Tampa Bay outfielder Alex Sanchez was suspended 10 days for violating baseball's new policy on performance-enhancing drugs, the first player publicly identified under the major leagues' tougher rules.

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Beta 6

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Beta 6 07/19/2004 04:54 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Build 448

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Build 448 02/16/2004 02:51 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Visual Brain Trainer

Visual Brain Trainer 07/20/2004 05:56 AM
Vritual Brain Trainier (first release)

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Build 447

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Build 447 01/07/2004 04:34 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Build 452

Web Performance Trainer 2.6 Build 452 05/19/2004 04:12 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Score Reading Trainer 0.1.0

Score Reading Trainer 0.1.0 12/20/2003 08:43 AM
A trainer for reading musical scores.

Web Performance Trainer 2.7 Build 519

Web Performance Trainer 2.7 Build 519 09/25/2004 09:08 AM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

CW Morse Code Trainer

CW Morse Code Trainer 01/07/2005 12:38 AM
CW-Trainer Graphical Version Now Available

Web Performance Trainer 2.7 Build 518

Web Performance Trainer 2.7 Build 518 09/02/2004 11:24 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Typing Trainer 1.0rc3

Typing Trainer 1.0rc3 09/06/2004 11:19 PM
Software to exercise typing skills.

Vocabulary Trainer (Java)

Vocabulary Trainer (Java) 03/22/2005 03:34 PM
Release 1.0-1

Web Performance Trainer 2.7 Beta 9

Web Performance Trainer 2.7 Beta 9 08/09/2004 12:51 PM
A load testing and stress testing tool for Web servers.

Congress Raps Baseball Steroids Policy
(AP)

Congress Raps Baseball Steroids Policy
(AP) 03/17/2005 03:30 AM
AP - When Major League Baseball announced a new drug-testing policy two months ago, the supposed get-tough approach was hailed on Capitol Hill. But on the eve of testimony before a House committee from some of the sport's biggest stars, members of Congress criticized the plan after getting a chance to read the fine print.

Super Flower Products - Lian Li on
Steroids?

Super Flower Products - Lian Li on
Steroids? 01/19/2004 12:53 PM

Steve Kalalian: Digital Imaging On
Steroids

Steve Kalalian: Digital Imaging On
Steroids 04/30/2004 11:12 PM
"We have the absolute best equipment and crew, from the latest G5s full of RAM to the latest digital camera backs." By Barbara Gibson, Apple (via MyAppleMenu)

Intel's WiMax: Like Wi-Fi On Steroids
(BusinessWeek Online)

Intel's WiMax: Like Wi-Fi On Steroids
(BusinessWeek Online) 04/15/2005 05:43 PM
BusinessWeek Online - When Hollywood digerati took in the documentary Rize at the Sundance Film Festival in late January, they got a glimpse of the future. The movie, about dancers from the mean streets of Los Angeles, was streamed wirelessly to a mountaintop ski lodge from an Intel Corp. server 12 miles away. The technology behind the public-relations stunt: Intel's much-promoted WiMax -- a kind of Wi-Fi on steroids. ...

Devil Rays' Sanchez Suspended for
Steroids (AP)

Devil Rays' Sanchez Suspended for
Steroids (AP) 04/03/2005 03:44 PM
AP - Tampa Bay outfielder Alex Sanchez was suspended 10 days for violating major league baseball's new drug policy, the first player publicly identified under baseball's tougher rules. Major League Baseball announced the suspension Sunday. It begins on Monday.

Steroids? At Masters, ball a bigger
issue

Steroids? At Masters, ball a bigger
issue 04/08/2005 05:55 PM
Chicago Tribune Apr 8 2005 9:28PM GMT
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