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Dine-o-Matic 2 will be released tomorrow
Phill Ryu did us a solid and dropped a quick note about an early preview of Dine-o-Matic 2 from Iconfactory. Just install the widget, punch in the names and numbers of your favorite restaurants, and a meal decision is only one click away. New in this version is categorization of the different places, more restaurant information, price filtering, and Google maps integration. I don't know if the original version had this, but the satisfying coin click and the neon buzzing are nice touches.No more arguing about what to eat, or passive-aggressive "I don't care, whatever you're in the mood for is fine" back-and-forth. It is kind of a bummer that you have to type everything in (would be nice to integrate it with Grubhub or some other site like that) but considering that I only order from maybe five or six different places anyway, it's easy enough to punch them all in and have them ready to go when I'm up for some random ordering. If you're the type that orders out almost as much as you eat in (guilty as charged), Dine-O-Matic is worth checking out.
Thanks, Phill!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John said 10:28PM on 8-22-2007
"Dine-o-Matic 2 released tomorrow"
Released tomorrow? Is that past tense or future?
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Mike Schramm said 10:53PM on 8-22-2007
I almost put "wioll haven be released tomorrow" (if you're a HHGTTG fan)
Fixed, thanks.
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Sham The Sam said 11:03PM on 8-22-2007
@John: Read "Dine-o-Matic 2 [will be] released tomorrow" - the title as it stands is a perfectly acceptable use of concise language that clearly communicates its message. What a cruel fate it is to be adding this critical comment on someone else's critical comment, but unnecessary hating is worthless.
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Andy said 11:50PM on 8-22-2007
This widget does what exactly?
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Johnny said 10:33AM on 8-23-2007
I once made a FileMaker database that did this. I called it 'The Lunchinator'. I even went so far as to put the logos into it which flashed across the screen quickly and then slowed down as it got to the choice like a slot machine or something. I must have been really bored that day. It was very helpful at first, but eventually I would never accept where it landed and stopped using it.
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Francesco Caporusso said 1:37PM on 8-23-2007
It would be much better if you didn't have to input everything manually. I live in NYC and it's not really helpful because of the number of restaurants around.
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