piPod: An iPod-Based Field Guide To NYC Pizzerias

Posted by Adam Kuban, June 22, 2004 at 2:00 AM

[piPod now at www.piPodNY.com]
Slice, America's Favorite Pizza Weblog™, is very proud to bring you piPod, a field guide to pizza that takes advantage of the Notes Reader in the latest version of the iPod operating software.

The guide is organized by borough and is meant to be a quick-and-dirty on-the-go reference tool. As such, entries are brief (some not so brief), covering the basics while focusing heavily on how to get to featured pizzerias.

In version 1.0 (downloadable below), we've included our favorite pizzerias, most of which are in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Queens, Staten Island, and (especially) the Bronx are underrepresented, we know. A couple entries are included not because we've been there but because we wanted the info in our iPods for future trips. If you see a glaring omission or factual error, send us the relevant information [adam (at) sliceny dot com] and we'll include it in future releases.

piPod Key: C = Coal-oven; P = Pies only; + = Recommended; ++ = A Slice favorite. Hence [CP]+ = Coal-oven, pies only, recommended.

To install piPod: Download either the ZIP or SITX file and UnZip or UnStuff it. Plug your iPod into your computer. When it shows up on screen, locate the "Notes" folder within it. Simply drag the piPod folder into the Notes folder. piPod is 84K when expanded. (And don't tell us you don't have room for that. Just delete one of those ridiculous Black Album mash-ups wasting disk space on there.)

To use piPod: Go to your iPod's main menu, select Extras > Notes > piPod. Entries are arranged by borough.

DOWNLOAD
piPod 1.2 (.zip)
piPod 1.2 (.sitx)
[DL .zip format if you don't have StuffIt Expander 7.0 or StuffIt Deluxe 7.0 or greater.]

Here's hoping you get some use out of this guide. Happy (p)iPodding!

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iPodLounge: For further reading on all your iPod is capable of.
Pod2Go: A handy tool for synching your iPod's Notes and Contacts. Download news, weather, and horoscopes. You can even use it to get RSS feeds from your favorite blogs on your iPod.

[Slice editors are PC-ignorant. We've tested piPod on Mac OSX 10.2.8, and all instructions are Mac-based. If you have to do something different to store items in the Notes folder on PC, please let us know.]

If you don't own an iPod, click here to buy one from Amazon. It's a car stereo for New Yorkers. It's really changed the way Slice editor-in-chief Adam K. and roving reporter E-Rock listen to music, allowing us to get the skinny on all the hot new bands. Plus, if you don't have one, you can't use piPod!

[piPod now at www.piPodNY.com]

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