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What's the Buzz on Yahoo?

We've just added some "Buzz Up!" buttons to the foot of new posts. On Yahoo Buzz, people can vote for useful stories. Yahoo Buzz has a more broad selection of items than other news voting sites (such as digg). If you see a post that you think would be useful for others, spread the word by submitting to Buzz. ...

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3 Ways to Subscribe to Diet Blog

There are now 3 ways to keep up to date with the posts and articles on Diet Blog: Daily emails, weekly emails or by RSS into your newsreader. Here's how to subscribe: ...

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Giveaway: 90 Days Free Gym Membership

After watching the fascinating discussion about Weight Watchers vs Gym membership, it seems like a good time to run this giveaway. 24 Hour Fitness are giving away a gift certificate to a Diet Blog reader. It's part of the 12millionlives inspirational site / promotion. Here are the details:...

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Follow-up: Workout Gear Giveaway

A few weeks back we ran a giveaway contest. If you're like me you probably wondered what happened to it. Did anyone actually get anything sent to them? Here's what happened....

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Workout Gear: Winners

Congratulations to Sarah and Steve who will be receiving a bundle of new workout clothes and gear. It was almost impossible to choose - the comments made me laugh, and tugged at the heart-strings. I wish I could send everyone something to help them with motivation....

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Free Giveaway: Workout Gear

Spring is beckoning us outdoors and it's time to get enthusiastic about getting active. Clothing retailer Lands' End have agreed to provide a complete set of workout gear (value over $300) to two Diet Blog readers. The package will include a large carry-bag (Clubhouse Duffel), a pedometer with built-in panic alarm, Beach Trekker Shoes. In addition to this (depending on...

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Bookmarks and Blank Pages

I've added a few new links to the bottom of new posts. This allows you to share a useful post via StumbleUpon, del.icio.us, or digg. Also - it has come to my attention that the blogging software has been getting funky. Sometimes when you go to the home page all you see is a whole lot of white -...

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Upgrade: Threaded Comments

Commenting on Diet Blog has been altered slightly to allow "threaded" comments....

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How to Display a Picture in Your Comments

I've finally enabled avatars / pictures for commenters. Here's how you do it. Go to a site called Gravatar. Follow the instructions by entering your email (make sure it is the same email address that you use for your diet-blog.com comments!). Once registered you can upload a picture. From then on your picture will display next to your comment (see...

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You Got An Opinion?

Sometime last week Diet-Blog passed the 20,000 comment mark. If you have an opinion -- don't be afraid to add your comment to a post....

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