While this is a food blog, there is no doubt that the techie in me wants to take every opportunity to drop some nugget of wisdom every once in a blue moon. Today is just such a day. UrbanSpoon, a social review site for restaurants, just launched an Android version of their popular iPhone app.
For those of you with accounts (like me), you can use the app to login to the site and go about your daily business. However, the coolest feature doesn’t require an account. As you’ll see below, they have a slot machine toy. Shake your phone, and US will suggest a nearby location for you to eat based on neighborhood, cuisine type, and budget. Pretty slick and I’m glad they’ve ported the application over to the Android ecosystem.
For those of you who are still with me, this only works on Droid and Nexus One phones. If you’ve got the barcode scanner, here’s the direct link to install:
Though slightly off-topic, we here at Foodie Buddha do recognize the symbiotic relationship between drink and morsel. Hence, this post!
We all know the feeling. You’ve had a few too many, you’re either completely elated or totally depressed, and all you want to do is call that person. Perhaps it’s your wife and you want to tell your you love her (don’t – you’ll sound like an ass), perhaps it’s your significant other (don’t – you’ll sound clingy), or perhaps it’s the one that got away (DEFINITELY don’t – you’ll sound like a dwebe because you are one).
So while we all know these are things we shouldn’t do … we end up knee deep in the shit. Thankfully, technology is here to help. Enter The Bad Decision Blocker (website).
So yes, this little phone app is here to prevent you from drunk dialing. Sadly, it is only available on the evil empires platform…but rest assured, it will probably end up on a phone near you sometime soon.
