Mark Bowytz

Besides contributing at @TheDailyWTF, I write DevDisasters for Visual Studio Magazine, and involved in various side projects including child rearing and marriage.

Aug 2010

There is No Survey Currently Running

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Kristján writes, "I agree. No, wait..."


Stoned!

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When Greg was shopping for jobs at his college’s career fair, there was a whole lot of business as usual.

The larger banks were on-hand looking to swoon the upcoming Financial grads. Several representatives from a few big name manufacturing corporations were there to interview the Chemistry majors and a few IT firms were on the lookout for the soon-to-be CS grads, like Greg, to add to their ranks. However, amid the ocean of pamphlets and  suits there was one aerospace corporation with one particular position that caught Greg’s attention. The position that he applied and was ultimately hired for could be summed up in one sentence:


Is Your PC Frozen?

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Bob was in the process of shutting down a software company that he had built over the past seven years. He had found a buyer for all of the software that he'd developed, collected his "eff you money" and was now retiring.

In fact, things were at the point where Bob had already closed the building and redirected the phones to his home phone with a distinctive ring so that he could tie up loose ends while the building was up for sale.


Nothing to See Here

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Alex G. writes, "This is what my GPS had to say when I was trying to find a lookout in Cabris in the South of France."


Best of the Email: Aloe Vera, The Cables that Store the Internet, and more!

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It's baaaaaack...yep it's THAT time again.  It's Share Your Bizarre Email day!


"This one by far is the greatest email I have ever received," wrote Kelly, "Apparently, corporate IT support is the great know it all!"


We Use BobX

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Christian’s first day at his new job started out just like many others in the professional IT world.

“Welcome aboard!” exclaimed Brian with an outstretched hand, “Great to see you again, c’mon in and we’ll get you all set up.”