URL shortening is like watching TV (to bit.ly)
June 05, 2009 (lunch time)
I got this great error page over at bit.ly today. Perhaps it is possible to shorten URLs too much?
Sorry to interrupt your show, but there seems to be a problem.
dfbills.com blog
Pushups logger is keeping me from my workout…
May 18, 2009 (late afternoon)
Oh man- like I need another excuse to keep me form doing my pushups!
We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.
Wolfram|Alpha “service down” is HAL all the way
May 16, 2009 (late evening)
Wolfram|Alpha, now in soft launch state, is showing sweet HAL references as overload indicators.
A new Twitter 404 image
May 02, 2009 (late morning)
A nice new Twitter 404 image. These guys really do it up classy.
The Hootsuite fail owl
March 24, 2009 (edited since original posting)
Props to the folks over at Hootsuite. Their 404 page was great, but the “fail whale” page is better! Nice to see someone acknowledge a tech issue.
Thanks to David Steinberger for the grab.
Fowl not found
February 24, 2009 (late morning)
Sweet 404 page over at HootSuite. I guess we’re there because “[We] like 404 pages”
404 Fowl Not Found
Perhaps you are here because:
• The page has moved
• The page no longer exists
• You were looking for a puppy and got lost
• You like 404 pages
Thanks to David Steinberger for the grab.
A boring Apple web error
February 18, 2009 (late at night)
Apple really needs to spruce up their error pages. I know this isn’t a 404, but hey- it’s Apple!
140it Says “Rur-Roh”
January 27, 2009 (mid-morning)
Regaining my focus on the clever 404 pages of the world wide web (now on computers for those of you who were waiting), I caught this humorous error screen this morning at 140it.com. 140it exists for one reason- to makes your tweet less than 140 characters.
Rur-Roh
We’ve noticed an error and are working on getting it fixed.
Facebook error
January 23, 2009 (late afternoon)
Even big bad Facebook isn’t immune to the occasional web app error. It is a bit rough when you get this on their homepage.
Sorry, an error has occurred.
We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.
SolarWinds have blown over the web server
January 20, 2009 (the wee hours)
Not too comforting to find an application error in the website of a network security package you are about to evaluate. SolarWinds needs a lesson in .Net application security. Quite the verbose error message for a hacker looking to get started.
