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the tastiest thing in your ipod

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The annual restaurant guide is set to be published on April 27th. It looks like it's going to be a good one - we're listing over 100 local restaurants, and I'm putting together an expanded online component for year-round reference. But what happens if you're out and about, you got the hunger, and you're one of these people who doesn't carry a computer with them at all times?

You look it up on your iPod, duh. iPods have this great underutilized feature called Note Reader [devnotes ] that lets you put plain text and hyperlinked content on your iPod. I want to preview this in front of some 'normal people' before unleashing the beast, so if you're interested, try this out.

1. Download the menu guide from gather:0801401001144445585 and unzip it. [Note: this prerelease is incomplete. The final version will have more listings and will be searchable by neighborhood, cuisine, and price range.]

2. Connect your iPod to your computer. If it does not show up on your desktop:
- in iTunes, select iPod in the Source list and click the Options button.
- Click General and select "Enable disk use."

3. Copy the "Menus" folder from your desktop into the "Notes" folder on your iPod.

4. Eject the iPod from your desktop and disconnect it. That's it! The restaurant guide is now available on your iPod by selecting Extras -> Notes -> Menus.

Please let me know your opinions on this - is it good? bad? dumb? too hard to use? needs more features?

- Z
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💬 9 comments

  1. jenks ·

    haven't tried it yet, but I love it... great idea!

  2. uncutsaniflush ·

    You forgot the first and most important step:

    1. Obtain an iPod.

    Yes. Believe it or not, there people in this or any other universe who don't have iPods. Well, there are at least 2.

  3. paul ·

    I also don;t have an ipod but that isnt goign to stop me from making the journals available in ipod format. I will make @mike install the menus and test it on his nano. Will it work on there too?

  4. zobar ·

    Saniflush: Jesus Creeping God, that's not natural. I don't even have a TV but I've still got a beat up old 10G.

    Paul: Should work on any iPod with a screen. Am v. interested to know how well it translates to a Mini/Nano.

    - Z

  5. uncutsaniflush ·

    paul, zobar, you guys should do whatever you want with the technology around.

    As to the "not natural" thing, to quote the love and rockets song:

    "You cannot go against nature
    Because when you do
    Go against nature
    It's part of nature too"

    So ha.

    An aside: I'm starting to think that desktop linux users like me are the vegetarians of the computer world.

  6. jenks ·

    umm, probably a stupid question, but where did gather go? Things are acting all funky in safari today... Paul suggesting clearing the cache, which helped some stuff, but not the rest. (the he suggested a new computer, which may be a bit extreme.) I just assumed some upgrades are going on... But point is- I can't find this to download to demo it for you. (and i'm ashamed to admit it, but I have more than 1 ipod, and can demo it on different screens for you.)

  7. twisted ·

    OMG, that is so cool! Now I want to try Tsunami's Crème brulée “tasting” featuring servings of four variations: chocolate, passion fruit, Kona coffee and classic vanilla so bad!!! They offer take-out, but no delivery! Especially not to California.

    I keep my shopping list synched to my iPod. (The ingredients for your Pumpkin Ginger Soup are there right now, in fact.) This would be a great resource to carry with me as well. When does the SF edition come out? ;-)

  8. twisted ·

    p.s. - that's "creme brulee" but with a bunch of accents. They look very impressive on my iPod.

  9. museumchick ·

    I thought the restaurant guide was fantastic. What a great resource!

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