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Title: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 01, 2016, 08:10:49 PM
Little help here mods.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: The True Adonis on September 01, 2016, 08:12:29 PM
Height requirement.  You do not meet it.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 01, 2016, 08:21:55 PM
he (epic_alien) closed the thread to all.  we can start a new one!
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: OneMoreRep on September 01, 2016, 08:26:50 PM
Who banned you from what Coach?

Are you kidding?

"1"
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 01, 2016, 09:39:06 PM
Height requirement.  You do not meet it.

Muscle requirement you never met. Move along son and learn to train.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: SF1900 on September 01, 2016, 09:52:38 PM
The thread was locked. no one can post in it any more.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: RatedXXX on September 01, 2016, 10:06:52 PM
Muscle requirement you never met. Move along son and learn to train.
You can't flex fat ;)
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 01, 2016, 10:18:21 PM
Let's not let epic_alien spoil our fun.  Let's continue the thread here!

This is Sally and her kittens.  Right click to embiggen.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 01, 2016, 10:30:19 PM
Let's not let epic_alien spoil our fun.  Let's continue the thread here!

This is Sally and her kittens.  Right click to embiggen.

I was going to say in the other thread that we don't agree on anything but you have one of the best go to sites as far as bodybuilding reference sites.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 01, 2016, 10:34:28 PM
I was going to say in the other thread that we don't agree on anything but you have one of the best go to sites as far as bodybuilding reference sites.

Aw thank you.  I try.  (on both points ;) )

Wish after all these years (since 1997) the mags and orgs would support it more.  Send me results (esp from their archives (yeah I know they don't keep records past a year or two)).  Comp tix to expos.  Etc.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 01, 2016, 10:50:45 PM
As I mentioned in the now locked thread, I have a beta version of my website at http://musclememory.net (http://musclememory.net) (the regular one is at .com)  

(going to geek out here, I'm sure there are other muscle nerds here that will appreciate this)

This is the third iteration of the website, all written by me.   The original, was a cgi site written in C with flat files for the database.  The second (current production version) is php, also with the data in flat files.  Now this new version (at the .net address) is a single page app written in Angular 2, with a RESTful interface created with Laravel's Lumen, and all the data is in MySql.

Once Angular 2 is past RC, and I can minimize the JS files, I'll move it from .net to .com.

Here is an example of what the new site can do:

Go to http://musclememory.net

click the last Go button, where it says List Contests By Organization, leaving the dropdown at All.  A list of all the contests in the database will appear.  

Now click the Gear icon in the upper right corner and select Filters.  A popup dialog will appear.  Change any of the settings in the dialog and the list of contests will adjust to match. Note the sliders react when you release the mouse button.  Any click outside the dialog will make it disappear.

This filtering of results work on both contests and athlete names.

Also check out the options under Stats, especially the last three

and the site is all localized (different languages) although the current translations are just from google translate, which is not always reliable.  (for example, google will translate "links" to "golf course" for some languages).  Select the gear icon, User Settings.  If you speak any of these languages and want to help I can show you the translation files.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Skeletor on September 02, 2016, 12:15:37 AM
Little help here mods.

Not much the mods can do Coach, the orders were from higher up.

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Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Taffin on September 02, 2016, 12:57:22 AM
Let's not let epic_alien spoil our fun.  Let's continue the thread here!

This is Sally and her kittens.  Right click to embiggen.

Embiggen?  Now that's a perfectly cromulant word...

Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Skeletor on September 02, 2016, 01:03:48 AM
Embiggen?  Now that's a perfectly cromulant word...



(http://spoonwoodbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_1381.jpg)
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 02, 2016, 01:05:56 AM
hey, I spelt it right!

Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Tapeworm on September 02, 2016, 02:53:17 AM
Embiggen?  Now that's a perfectly cromulant word...



I use it all the time.

Also cromulate.  "Hang on, lemme get the drop saw all cromulated here."
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: mr.turbo on September 02, 2016, 04:54:01 AM
sorry to hear the sad news
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Powerlift66 on September 02, 2016, 05:51:27 AM
Tim's a great person. Loves animals, great web designer, bodybuilding ambassador!
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: sceagacros on September 02, 2016, 06:02:50 AM
So looks like the general consensus is that the kitties need to up the dose?
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: epic_alien on September 02, 2016, 08:18:54 AM
sorry guys i locked it, cause vince was actually trying to show pictures of himself.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Grape Ape on September 02, 2016, 08:27:01 AM
sorry guys i locked it, cause vince was actually trying to show pictures of himself.

Serious bidness.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 02, 2016, 11:40:50 AM
I use it all the time.

Also cromulate.  "Hang on, lemme get the drop saw all cromulated here."

I think you're misusing the word cromulate here. 

The original meaning is valid or acceptable, but it quickly came to also mean not legitimate and in fact spurious.

The urban dictionary meaning is almost but not quite officially dating.

I hope you're not almost officially dating your drop saw.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on September 02, 2016, 11:45:27 AM
I think you're misusing the word cromulate here. 

The original meaning is valid or acceptable, but it quickly came to also mean not legitimate and in fact spurious.

The urban dictionary meaning is almost but not quite officially dating.

I hope you're not almost officially dating your drop saw.

The manifestation of the existential paradigm is infinitesimally larger than the exponentially evolved humanistic peon, indeed this precept is fundamentally beyond the cognisance of any finite mind.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Hollyweird on September 02, 2016, 11:56:52 AM
The manifestation of the existential paradigm is infinitesimally larger than the exponentially evolved humanistic peon, indeed this precept is fundamentally beyond the cognisance of any finite mind.

Beyond my mind, for sure man.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 02, 2016, 12:50:07 PM
You're all just a figment of my imagination.   I must be a masochist.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: illuminati on September 02, 2016, 01:59:55 PM
I was going to say in the other thread that we don't agree on anything but you have one of the best go to sites as far as bodybuilding reference sites.






Well said Coach.
I totally agree with your sentiments.

Yep for someone I don't generally agree with or get along with
He's got a Damn Good Website.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: wes on September 02, 2016, 03:35:37 PM
I was going to say in the other thread that we don't agree on anything but you have one of the best go to sites as far as bodybuilding reference sites.
X 1000
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: ratherbebig on September 02, 2016, 03:36:36 PM
so what is the point of a bodybuilding reference site
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: wes on September 02, 2016, 03:38:29 PM
so what is the point of a bodybuilding reference site
WELCOME TO THE THUNDERDOME .....FUCKFACE!! 
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Kwon on September 02, 2016, 03:41:12 PM
so what is the point of a bodybuilding reference site

Welcome to Getbig fuckface!
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: ratherbebig on September 02, 2016, 03:43:52 PM
thank you to both of you guys for welcoming me i hope i did not offend you in any way, my question was sincere
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Taffin on September 02, 2016, 04:10:06 PM
WELCOME TO THE THUNDERDOME .....FUCKFACE!! 

Wes man, you must have done a load of these welcomes lately... Cuz talk about a recent opening of the doors!
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 02, 2016, 07:51:21 PM
so what is the point of a bodybuilding reference site

- everyone wants to be remembered.  these athletes worked hard to compete, and would like their hard work acknowledged

- many fans have a favorite time for bodybuilding, have a favorite bodybuilder of the past.  this helps them discover new things about them

- some new bodybuilder may break out upon the national/international scene.  the database may show how they got there.

- my database is a true relational database, meaning it is cross reference.  Look up all the years of a contest, or look up all the contests of an individual.  Click on a contest, see everyone who participated, click on an individual in that contest, see all the other contests they've been in, click on one of those contests, see who they competed against.  Official websites of the orgs allow you to see results of recent contests, but no cross referencing, and certainly no referencing of competing orgs.

Some things that have come about in part because of my website:

- people are more honest about their contest history.  In the very early days, I got a few emails from people (such as hiring managers) saying "this guy claims on his resume he was Mr America, but you don't list him. what do you think?"  Many people (personal trainers, etc) would claim they won some contest, when in fact they won their class.

- orgs have pretty much given up on "banning athletes for appearing in other orgs".  yes the database made it easier to find such org cross-overs, but that made it hard to selectively enforce, as the banned athlete could say "well you let this guy compete".  and if they actually did ban all such athletes, they'd run out of top athletes.

One thing I don't do with my database is include all the results of some event.  My site is a bodybuilding database.  I don't include non-bodybuilding divisions.  That includes bikini, model search, fitness, etc.  Basically if you don't do a double bicep pose, I don't include it in the database.  I also don't include novice and junior when junior means in between novice and open.  I also don't include the lower teen divisions when they have multiple teen age classes.


Things I'd like to do with the database:

more contests.  I'm missing huge amounts.  I'm pretty sure I'll never find any more AAU results, as all those organizers and officials are dead, and any results they might have archived in their basements got thrown out.

Of current contests, I'm missing huge sections of the US.  Some state NPC orgs were really good at posting results on their website, but are doing it less and less. States like Florida never posted their state level stuff online.

If I had the time and money, I would continue with my vintage magazine table of contents database.  It currently has the table of contents for every magazine I own from the 1930s into 1970s. You can search it by athlete, author, and title. but in the 70s the mags became too colorful, and OCR readers don't work well on them.

If I had lots of time and money, I'd scan every page of every mag I own into pdf files.  That way you could flip through a 1947 Ironman online.  

Anyone want to sponsor these projects?
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: The Ugly on September 02, 2016, 08:01:39 PM
Banned me too. It's bullshit!

Fogarty dunnit, Coach.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 02, 2016, 08:02:51 PM
Banned me too. It's bullshit!

Fogarty dunnit, Coach.

if you read through this thread, you'd have seen that thread was locked.  no one was allowed to add new replies
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: HTexan on September 02, 2016, 08:10:14 PM
Height requirement.  You do not meet it.
this  ;)

And STFU coach, or I will buy you a samsung's Galaxy Note 7 ;D
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: The Ugly on September 02, 2016, 08:56:19 PM
if you read through this thread, you'd have seen that thread was locked.  no one was allowed to add new replies

Right.

And the 'You Are Banned from Fogarty's Thread' PMs Coach and I got, what about those?
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 03, 2016, 01:24:15 AM
And the 'You Are Banned from Fogarty's Thread' PMs Coach and I got, what about those?

it took us a while to see everyone was locked out.  and the thread was not started by me, but about me, owned by epic_alien, who locked it.  but it looks like it's unlocked now.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: wes on September 03, 2016, 08:17:57 AM
Wes man, you must have done a load of these welcomes lately... Cuz talk about a recent opening of the doors!
Lotsa` gimmicks top welcome lately brother.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 03, 2016, 08:52:30 AM
Right.

And the 'You Are Banned from Fogarty's Thread' PMs Coach and I got, what about those?

 ??? ???
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: The Ugly on September 03, 2016, 10:19:15 AM
??? ???

(Not really, just roll with it.)
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: stuntmovie on September 03, 2016, 10:36:04 AM
I agree!  Great website, TIM!!!

I refer to it quite often when my 'dumbness' takes control of my thinking process.

It's pretty damn amazing how you keep it up.

Does this vast, new increase of members within the NPC/IFBB increase your workload? Are you able to maintain it yourself or do you have helpers?

Thanks, Tim.

Mike Lambert once did something similar regarding POWERLIFTING events in POwERLFTING USA but he sold out a few years back and I have not seen that magazine since.
Title: Re: Why have I been banned from posting in the "Tim Fogarty" thread?
Post by: timfogarty on September 03, 2016, 11:04:34 AM
Does this vast, new increase of members within the NPC/IFBB increase your workload? Are you able to maintain it yourself or do you have helpers?

I do it all by myself.  Lot more competitors in NPC in divisions I don't include: bikini, men's physique.

http://musclememory.net/stats/chart/athletes

of course problem with this chart is how much of the changes are due to whether I'm able to find the results.