tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60070521576070934812011-04-21T20:56:26.120-07:00Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-62493987709925455712008-10-22T09:31:00.000-07:002008-10-22T10:56:12.990-07:00Today I witnessed a triumph of the human spirit.<br /><br />After 1589 submissions, a digg user (<a href="http://digg.com/users/MondoPest">MondoPest</a>) had his first popular story. More impressive than <a href="http://digg.com/pc_games/LucasArts_Announces_Star_Wars_The_Old_Republic_MMORPG">LucasArts announcing a new Star Wars MMORPG</a> is MondoPest's own triumphant story: a remarkable journey through digging adversity.<br /><br />Unfortunately, his popularity success ratio is still at 0%, but Diggers know that MondoPest is truly a MondoSuccess. I'd like to extend my heartiest congratulations and hope this is only the first of many more to come.<br /><br />3 cheers for MondoPest!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_myPvFtAw4bQ/SP9j5JF6Y7I/AAAAAAAAAAU/Fg4SSCnGUFo/s1600-h/mondopest1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 591px; height: 96px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_myPvFtAw4bQ/SP9j5JF6Y7I/AAAAAAAAAAU/Fg4SSCnGUFo/s400/mondopest1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260032723136439218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_myPvFtAw4bQ/SP9jyst9sTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7fpWSSyEP_k/s1600-h/mondopest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_myPvFtAw4bQ/SP9jyst9sTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7fpWSSyEP_k/s400/mondopest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260032612440584498" border="0" /></a><br />Certainly fills me with <span style="font-style: italic;">A New Hope.</span>..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-6249398770992545571?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-80657509982043281592008-10-03T13:58:00.000-07:002008-10-03T14:04:42.226-07:00<blockquote>A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile.<br /></blockquote><a href="http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Boy_fed_zoo_reptiles_to_crocodile">http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Boy_fed_zoo_reptiles_to_crocodile</a><br /><br />If that was my kid there's really no way I could hide my pride here. I mean really, that kid was brought up properly and there's no denying it. 3 cheers for the parents of that kid!<b><br /><blockquote></blockquote></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-8065750998204328159?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-51272886345439270842008-09-23T13:20:00.000-07:002008-09-23T13:27:13.708-07:00<blockquote>For most of us, security issues happen to "other people"—we block popup ads, we carefully examine dialog boxes and, for those of us on the Mac platform, we snicker when confronted with something that attempts to mimic a Windows system warning. But everyone knows that they are exceptional—what's the behavior of a more typical user like? Some researchers have tested how college students respond to fake dialog boxes in browser popup windows and found that the students are so anxious to get the dialog out of the way, they click right through obvious warning signs...</blockquote><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080923-study-confirms-users-are-idiots.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a><blockquote><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080923-study-confirms-users-are-idiots.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Read More</span></a></blockquote>After having worked 5 years in tech support this doesn't really come as a surprise...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-5127288634543927084?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-80567321555361447732008-08-13T06:17:00.000-07:002008-08-13T07:10:24.576-07:00Who would have thought a map with select countries colored in red would be so hilarious?<br /><br /><a href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/Here_s_A_Map_Of_Nations_That_Don_t_Use_The_Metric_System">http://digg.com/general_sciences/Here_s_A_Map_Of_Nations_That_Don_t_Use_The_Metric_System</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-8056732155536144773?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-79403549939694934962008-08-06T12:49:00.000-07:002008-08-06T12:53:36.171-07:00Another homepage for the munch-master with an epic 2400+ diggs and 700+ comments<br /><br /><a href="http://digg.com/arts_culture/Top_5_Popular_Women_s_Styles_Men_Hate">http://digg.com/arts_culture/Top_5_Popular_Women_s_Styles_Men_Hate</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-7940354993969493496?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-78621284130110649822008-07-30T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-30T11:44:22.418-07:00I got my first homepage article! Woot!<br /><br /><a href="http://digg.com/other_sports/Top_10_Losingest_Sports_Cities">http://digg.com/other_sports/Top_10_Losingest_Sports_Cities</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-7862128413011064982?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-64977879692589803372008-07-28T10:49:00.000-07:002008-07-28T11:02:57.544-07:00from article on howtomakeuseof.com:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />I’m sure most of you have heard of emulation somewhere. So what is it exactly? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wikipedia says that “an emulator duplicates the functions of one system, using a different system, so that the second system behaves like (and appears to be) the first system.” This means that we can make our PC mimic a specific system, which thereby enables us to run those system-specific games on our computers.<br /><br /></span>digg link: <a href="http://digg.com/pc_games/How_To_play_Sony_PlayStation_Games_on_your_PC">http://digg.com/pc_games/How_To_play_Sony_PlayStation_Games_on_your_PC</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>My take: The author certainly made use of his 8th grade essay writing skills... In all seriousness, the article does have good tips. I've been playing roms ever since the first reliable SNES rom emulators came out. It's worth a look!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-6497787969258980337?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007052157607093481.post-58946756212728022732008-07-25T13:09:00.000-07:002008-07-25T13:26:16.568-07:00Hey everyone! MrMunchies here. Thank you for coming to my website! I'll take this time to explain a bit about myself. I'm a 23 year old university student and avid web 2.0 advocate. I spent a lot of time on social news websites like digg, reddit, stumbleupon etc. I will post the best of the best content I find throughout the week on this website!<br /><br />Check back for periodic updates and add me IM me if you have some content to share<br /><ul class="compact"><li class="link yahoo"><span>mrmunchies@ymail.com</span></li><li class="link gtalk"><span>mrmunchies84@gmail.com</span></li><li class="link aim"><a href="aim:goim?screenname=mrmunchies84">mrmunchies84</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6007052157607093481-5894675621272802273?l=mrmunchies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tom McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03455066073907211581noreply@blogger.com0