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MalekTips Web Travels - Pizza on the Internet
What goes better with computing than pizza? Computer users, for ages, have subsisted on carry-out or delivery pizza. Many operating systems were probably developed over a bed of pizza crust. College students can go through a half dozen or more pizzas in a week as they stay up long nights working out a C++ problem. So, since pizza is vitally important to the diet of computer users, I decided to go straight to the source on the Internet.
But first, people have asked me, "how do you come up with ideas for the Web Travels articles? It's almost like you are looking for web addresses everywhere, or you are just entering random addresses into your web browser." That's exactly what I do.
I typed in http://www.pizza.com into my web browser to see what it would come up with. Not much, unfortunately, but I found out for a cool three hundred grand I could buy that domain. Hmm... tempting offer, but I will have to pass. I did notice another interesting web address mentioned on the page, http://www.pizzaclub.com. "Mail-order Gourmet Pizza Club - Makes a great gift!" the page says.
If it's not delivered in thirty minutes, is it free?
So I was curious. I ventured forth into uncharted territory and was told there were six clubs I could join. Mail order beer? Chocolates? This site has something for everyone. But I came here on a mission - I must find information about pizza on the Internet. I clicked on the Gourmet Pizza Club link...
Lo and behold, it was exactly what I expected. For just a few dozen dollars a month, I could receive specialty Chicago-style pizza delivered straight to my doorstep. Beef pizza and shrimp pizza were mentioned on this page, and I learned that if I joined I would even receive a newsletter giving 'insights' on the specific pizzas I could receive.
Very interesting offer. Unfortunately, when I want a pizza, I usually want it within the same day, so I will have to pass for now. I next tried http://www.pizzadelivery.com, but just got an 'under construction' site. Fine - since I'm looking for pizza on the web, how about http://www.pizzaontheweb.com? Yes - that is a site, and it has some very interesting information. For example, did you know that in the United States, 350 slices of pizza are consumed every second? But back to the good stuff - if you are in Saugus, Villa Park, or Newhall, California (the only locations I could find), you can read pizza store menus or even order pizza online.
Unfortunately, that's still quite a bit of a drive for me (or for the delivery person to my house), so I went to a pizza store that most cities have - Pizza Hut. Typing in http://www.pizzahut.com brought me the choice of two versions of their site, both a high bandwidth and a low bandwidth version - a great idea! Surfing through the site, I found news releases, descriptions of their specialty pizzas, history of the chain, fun facts (doesn't everyone love pizza trivia?), and much more. I could even find the nearest restaurant and the directions to drive there -a nice touch.
I'd write more, but I'm really starting to get hungry now. Think I'll have mushrooms and black olives, perhaps a little extra cheese...
Article copyright 1998 Andrew Malek - All Rights Reserved. This article may not be redistributed without permission of Andrew Malek. All trademarks mentioned in this article are owned by their respective companies.
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