PrintpiPod: An iPod-Based Field Guide To NYC Pizzerias
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!
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!
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10 Comments:
Hoo-boy, this is great.
Seriously.
Now, a good database for Chinese restaurants and another for delicatessens is in order!
Cheers!
Slice Foon McMurtry at 11:44AM on 06/22/04
For the first time, I have something to be jealous of NYC for. I want a chicago list!
Slice Benjy at 2:29PM on 06/22/04
reminds me of addyourown.com.
nice job!
Slice crazy eddie at 5:25PM on 06/22/04
Nice idea, done some similar messing about myself but packed it in when I found IPOD Agent from ipodsoft.com - it grabs RSS feeds and synchs them with your 'pod, so now I'm concentrating on publishing RSS feeds and pointing people towards something that'll convert them.
Good work anyway chaps, if you're ever in Kent, England, check out my guide!
PS this site looks funny in mozilla, sections are overlaying other sections.
Slice Folkestone Gerald at 5:14AM on 06/24/04
Jolly idea but not sure about the name. Sounds like an iPod guide to local toilets. Hey, now there's an idea!
Slice Mr.Clicky at 7:35PM on 06/24/04
I love the idea!
But I was really hoping that the reviews would be seperated by neighborhood, so when I'm out and about and want a good slice of pizza, I could just whip out my iPod, look up my neighborhood, and find the best pizza in the neighborhood,
But anyway, great job, guys.
-Steve!
Slice Steve Flack at 12:46AM on 06/25/04
addyourown does have a guide to local toilets... do they export that in an IPOD stylee?
Slice Pauly at 5:21AM on 06/25/04
Steve: I've been thinking about organizing by neighborhood for the next version of piPod (should be out by Tuesday evening). We organize by neighborhood here on Slice, so it only seems natural to do so on piPod ... plus it would be easier for navigation. Also thinking of including a NON-NYC category that would list the best NYC-style pizzerias in other cities (Escape From New York in Portland, Ore., comes to mind as does Slice of New York in Salem, Ore.).
Adam Kuban at 9:11AM on 06/25/04
Good Read
Slice Andrew C Lace at 1:17PM on 11/05/04
this is a genuinely cool use of modern technology. theres plenty of room on the ipods for this kind of thing and its great to see someone taking the initiative.
now all we need are restaurant guides for all the other cities. im sure its on its way.
ivan
www.the-ipod.com
Slice Ivan at 8:42AM on 03/31/05