Announcement: 60 in 3’s Future
Thank you all for putting up with me while I was going through some personal issues. I’m not through them yet but I know what I want and I’m trying to do it. However, that’s not a topic for 60 in 3. 60 in 3 was created as a place for me to share fitness, exercise, diet and health tips and I’ve decided that it should remain that way. I’ll create another blog to share some of my personal development experiences and focus here on 60 in 3’s original purpose.
Thank you,
Gal
Meet Up: Use The Internet To Get Off The Internet
I’ve been looking for a soccer game lately. I used to play every Friday night at my old place of work, but since I switched jobs, I haven’t played in a regular game. I tried to look online and see what was available but couldn’t find anything in my area. I pretty much gave up on it when I accidentally stumbled on a site called Meet Up with an interesting slogan of “use the internet to get off the internet.” I played around with the site a bit and I have to say, I’m impressed!
Meet up runs along a basic idea, providing people with a shared interest a place to discuss and set up times during which they can meet offline, hence the tag line. Like many other internet sites, it’s a simple idea but quite useful. What is the internet after all if not a communication tool? A place to meet others who have similar interests to you? Meet up takes this and moves it one step further. It’s a place for you to meet people with similar interests and then go meet them off line to enjoy those interests.
Health Connection
So what does this have to do with health? Well, I entered in my zip code to see how many meet up groups were in my area. The answer, 806. Great, but what about fitness related ones? Out of those, 67 dealth with health & support and another 62 were about sports & recreation. I found hiking clubs, yoga groups, a morning tai chi group and yes, even a soccer meet up. To me, this is what the internet is all about. It provides you with a place to find people and information you would not have had access to before, and then enables you to use that information in your off line life.
So go ahead and try meetup.com. Who knows what fun groups are in your area. And if you can’t find a group you’re interested in, why not start one and see who joins?
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And yes, I did eat a bit too much yesterday. 
Quick Announcement: Personal Integrity and 60 in 3
First, my apologies for the late posting, I’m traveling on business right now and have limited time.
Second, on Friday of last week, I published a post from a guest author by the name of Emmy Pei. One of the commentators on that post mentioned that it may be a plant trying to advertise someone’s website. Oddly enough, someone else wrote me and mentioned that the commentator himself may be a plant trying to get people to click through to his website.
So a few things.
- I do not accept money, gifts or any kind of favors in exchange for posts or links on 60 in 3. The only way I make money on this site is Google Ads and the occasional Amazon link. This is my policy because I don’t want people to start thinking that my reviews and / or posts are not objective.
- That said, 60 in 3 is just a hobby for me. I do this because I enjoy doing it, not because it’s how I make my living. That means that I am not a professional author or blogger, nor do I have a staff to do work for me. So occasionally, something may slip through unnoticed, like comments which are really advertisements. I do my best to weed those out but I try to err on the side of caution and not delete comments which may be legitimate.
- I do accept guest posts, even for topics which are only marginally related to the usual 60 in 3 posts, as long as I find them well written, informative and interesting. I do this because it’s fun helping other people who are just now trying to get a start on a writing career. I try to screen out anything that sounds too much like an advertisement but I’m not always successful, which is probably why I don’t publish as many guest posts as I would like.
So there you have it. If you don’t like guest posts, feel free to skip them. If you see a comment which doesn’t seem legit, let me know about it. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy reading 60 in 3 as much as I enjoy writing it. If you have any questions about how or why I publish certain things, please feel free to email me. My personal email address is in the contact me page of this site.
Gal
60 in 3 Is Not An Adult Entertainment Site!
As some of you might have noticed, we’ve been having spam issues at 60 in 3. Someone is spamming the posts with various comments advertising porn sites. At last count, I have around 1000 comments in the spam queue in addition to the 100 or so that actually got through the filters and were posted. I believe I’ve gotten all the ones that have been posted and deleted them. However, if I missed any, please let me know and I’ll delete them as soon as possible.
This seems to be a continuing issue since I’ve seen another two or three spam comments come in while I was writing this message. I’m trying to figure out a better way to stop them that will not take up as much of my time and will hopefully have a solution in place by tomorrow. Until then, I thank you for your patience and hope you do not take offense at some of these comments. They certainly do not reflect my opinions or the opinions of regular 60 in 3 readers.
Slight Technical Difficulties
I upgraded a few of 60 in 3’s plug ins yesterday and this caused a slight issue on the site with some links to old series being broken. If you notice a broken link, please let me know. Also, if you notice any odd behavior on the site, let me know that as well.
Thank you for your patience,
Gal
Review - Healthranker.com
As you can see by my weekend roundups, I like reading about fitness and health news. The only problem is, where to find quality information that is well written and worth reading? I can do Google searches and that sometimes yields good stuff but it’s a bit random. I have a few newspapers which I enjoy reading online, and I sometimes link to articles in their health section, but this is a limited selection of information. I’ve tried looking on places like Digg and Reddit to see what health related articles other people are reading, but I’ve never been able to find useful things on those sites without getting lost in the incredible amount of other stuff that’s there.
So I was really interested when someone sent me a link to Health Ranker. It’s essentially a Digg style social bookmarking site but with an emphasis on health related articles. Users can submit and rank articles from any source and then subscribe to feeds which show them more articles they might be interested in. I’ve only been a user for a few days now, but I’ve already seen multiple useful articles, some of which I intend to link to in this week’s weekend roundup.
Overall, the site really does feel a lot like Digg. You can submit articles, add your approval to already submitted articles or bury articles you think do not belong. It does suffer a little from the crowd mentality of Digg in which certain articles seem more popular than others for not particular reason. However, I’ve found that the majority of the top ranked articles really do deserve their ranking.
My only complaint is the lack of a plug in that I can add to 60 in 3 to allow users to rank articles for health rankers. Right now, they only offer code which I have to enter in to every single post. So if someone from health ranker happens to read this (hint, hint) let me know if there is a way to include your ranking tool in each post automatically or if I’m just technically inept and completely missed something.
In the meantime, why don’t you head on over to Health Ranker and check it out for yourself?
NOTE - I am not affiliated with Health Ranker in any way. As usual, I only review sites and products I am personally interested in. I do not accept payment in return for reviews.
Holiday Announcement
My wife and I are about to leave on our vacation to Israel. I’ve convinced her that 60 in 3 is a hobby and not a job, so I’ll still be posting during our absence :) However, the normal post schedule may be a bit off. We’ll be back to our normal schedule on Jan 2nd.
Happy Holidays,
Gal
