The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Colophony

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2025-06-20

Just a quick note this week: I discovered that many people have been sending in submissions for this column and designating them for CodeSod by mistakes. Consequently, there is an immense backlog of material from which to choose. An abundance of riches! We will be seeing some older items in the future. For today, a collection of colons:

Bill NoLastName , giving away clues to his banking security questions online: "If had known there was a limit, I would have changed my daughter's middle name. I've been caught by this before - my dad has only a middle initial (no middle name)."

25 comments - Last comment @ 2025-06-23

Squaring the Circle

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2025-06-13

Time Lord Jason H. has lost control of his calendar. "This is from my credit card company. A major company you have definitely heard of and depending upon the size of the area you live in, they may even have a bank branch near you. I've reloaded the page and clicked the sort button multiple times to order the rows by date in both ascending and descending order. It always ends up the same. May 17th and 18th happened twice, but not in the expected order." I must say that it is more fun when we know who they are.

10 comments - Last comment @ 2025-06-16

There's No Place Like

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2025-06-06

... London!
This week, we're showcasing some multiple submissions from two regular participants who fell into the theme. Everybody else is just going to have to wait for their turn next week.

Frist up it's Daniel D. "I wanted to see events for the dates I would be in London. Is Skiddle (the website in question) telling me I should come to London more often?" They're certainly being very generous with their interpretation of dates.

14 comments - Last comment @ 2025-06-09

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Colophony

Squaring the Circle

There's No Place Like