Mark Bowytz

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

May 2014

Bonecrusher Loves His Cat Food

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Today's Error'd is special! It's our first published article to use our new Discourse-based commenting system! We won't have this for every article for now, but we'd love to see what you all think...especially if you don't normally visit the comments page. Now, on with the article...


"Found this on Amazon UK while searching for Transformers toys," Adam wrote, "'BONECRUSHER hates everything'...except cat food."


Classic WTF: Aggressive Management

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It's a holiday here in the US (Memorial Day), so enjoy this Classic WTF, originally published on Nov 1st, 2011.


Not for the first time, Chuck was happy he didn't have any lawn ornaments. First, they were just plain tacky. But more important, is that the screaming lunatic with foam flying from his lips while beating on your door and screaming like his face was on fire might throw them through a window. In a way, the screaming lunatic was all the lawn ornamentation Chuck needed.


It's not a bug, it's a feature

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"Microsoft is taking the old saying 'That's not a bug, that's a feature' to a new level in this update to Windows Server 2008 R2," D. writes.


Best of Email: Brains, Security, Robots, and a Risky Click

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Before you delete that awful email, think about sending it our way. The Daily WTF inbox loves your terrible emails. Mail in your mail!


When Physicists and Programmers Collide (From Tim)


I Love a Good Food Poisoning!

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"I was looking for a restaurant to meet a client at that was somewhere in between our respective locations when I came across this listing in Google Maps. I'll keep this in mind for clients I am trying to get rid of in the future," Rob P. writes.


Hot in London

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Ed W. wrote, "So what's the rule to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? According to the weather on the my Yahoo page it's: Multiply by 7, divide by 5 and add 32 ... unless you're in London then add 100."