The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Metric Midnight Madness Sale?

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2013-09-27

"Noticed this when attempting to purchase a slackline," writes Brandon Kane, "For my own sanity I had to check that 25 meters really is 82 feet."

67 comments - Last comment @ 2013-12-15

A Careless Merge

by Mark Bowytz in CodeSOD on 2013-09-25

Some time ago, Marla was asked to take a look at a problematic data load to help figure out exactly what the heck was going wrong with it and report back to management.

The process was supposed to be simple: download an XML file from a web service and then merge the data to the database, updating and inserting as needed.

90 comments - Last comment @ 2013-09-30

The Installer's Always Right!

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2013-09-20

"The SkyDrive Pro installer has issued an ultimatum," writes Matt Wanchap, "Either that legacy access application or the SharePoint site has got to go."

73 comments - Last comment @ 2013-09-30

Help me Harry Potter!

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2013-09-13

"Knowing how sketchy the data is that I'm importing, 'a wizard' just won't do - I need an A-List Wizard to look things over," writes Josh P..

75 comments - Last comment @ 2023-08-07

Best of Email: Fun in Alaiowaska, HP Cannot Comment, Mumps Tech Support, and more

by Mark Bowytz in Feature Articles on 2013-09-12

Don't forget, The Daily WTF loves terrible emails. If you have some to share, mail in your mail!

Verizon Maintenance in Alaiowaska (from Bob)

83 comments - Last comment @ 2018-01-29

SQL Developer is a Jerk

by Mark Bowytz in Error'd on 2013-09-06

"I never thought Oracle SQL Developer could make me feel stupid for typing the wrong command," writes Dave Kieras.

44 comments - Last comment @ 2013-09-16

Comments, Errors, and Log Messages...OH MY!

by Mark Bowytz in Coded Smorgasbord on 2013-09-05

Dave wrote, "Found this comment dated from three years ago. I sure hope that vacation ended well."

//TODO: ask terry about this when he comes back from vacation
//row["VERSION"] = (decimal)row["VERSION"] + 1;
row.AcceptChanges();
row.SetAdded();

92 comments - Last comment @ 2013-09-25

Laborious Transitions

by Mark Bowytz in CodeSOD on 2013-09-02

Today is Labor Day in the United States and as a result, many of us have the day off in honor of the working man.

So, if you have the day off - hooray! If not, well, sucks to be you. In either case, please consider the amount of work done by the below JavaScript that Andrew T. sent our way. I hope that if the developer does not have the day off he or she takes the time to work on a better solution.

85 comments - Last comment @ 2013-09-06