News

Man Busted For Streaming Cartoon Porn In McDonald’s PlayPlace

Ronnie Hobbs, 53, was arrested when police spotted him watching cartoon porn, on his laptop, in plain sight, while sitting inside a McDonalds PlayPlace.


August 31, 2011
Computing

I Didn’t Know You Could Buy iPads In McDonald’s Parking Lots, Let Alone Wooden Ones

Poor 22-year-old Ashley McDowell was approached by two dudes in a McDonald’s parking lot claiming they were selling iPads for cheap. Good deal? She forked over $US180 to the pair, only to discover they sold her a block of wood. Dick.


August 26, 2011
Geek Out

FPSRussia Drives A Tank Through McDonald’s Drive Thru

Do we actually know how FPSRussia — everyone’s favourite faux-Russian artillery maniac — isn’t constantly arrested for doing things like, oh, driving an armoured infantry vehicle with a live .50 calibre machine gun down populated streets and into a McDonalds? Because I’d like to.


August 18, 2011
Geek Out

Fired IT Bro Destroys Employer’s Servers From A McDonald’s

Being fired sucks, and naturally everyone thirsts for revenge. With this in mind, Japanese pharma firm Shionogi maybe should have been more careful when it canned IT peon Jason Cornish. Like, maybe change your passwords? Cornish got his vengeance.


July 26, 2011
Mobile

Not Even McDonald’s Can Make Windows Networking Easy

Here’s a horribly depressing scenario for you: you’re at a McDonalds, laptop in tow, and struggling to configure your complimentary cheeseburger wireless. Why do you need Wi-Fi? Are you Googling what happened to your life? Nugget liveblog?


July 9, 2011
Geek Out

Sauce-Injected Nuggets Mark Mankind’s Most Brilliant Hour

It’s a little sad that the shuttle program is coming to an end, but, on the bright side, we have no reason to fear human ingenuity is ending. Why? Just look at these syringe-pumped McNuggets. Our future is bright, humans.


June 13, 2011
Online

‘Seriously McDonalds’ Hoax Pic Angers Internet, McDonald’s

Over the weekend, many people became acquainted with this photo for the first time. It’s a hoax: McDonald’s isn’t charging African-American McDonald’s customers an extra $US1.50 “as an insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies”. Nevertheless, the pic seems to have caused yet another PR problem for the dream McJob-generating giant of fast foods.


June 6, 2011
Gaming

Play Pong Using Your iPhone, Just Try Not To Be Brainwashed

Loathe them all you like (except when it’s midnight; you’ve had a few drinks, and have 20 minutes to kill before your bus comes), McDonalds has done good with this billboard that lets iPhone users play Pong. It’s that simple.


May 20, 2011
Geek Out

Man Eats 25,000 Big Macs And Lives To Tell About It

Don Gorske started eating Big Macs on May 17, 1972 and he never stopped. He has eaten his way through an astonishing 25,000 Big Macs and is now in the Guiness Book of World Records.


May 17, 2011
News

I Want To Order McDonald’s From A Touchscreen Too

I’m not envious of Europe often, but I’m super jealous of this: McDonald’s in Europe is starting to roll out new touchscreen terminals that only accept credit/debit card transactions. This will replace cashiers and cash from the ordering process.