#fail — Posts - Andrew's Folly

Azure password limit is 16 characters: "correct horse battery staple" won't work

October 10, 2017

Azure password limit is 16 characters: "correct horse battery staple" won't work. security fail

Hilarious fail - it seems that +Microsoft Azure validates the CNAME for a domain

October 12, 2016

Hilarious fail - it seems that +Microsoft Azure validates the CNAME for a domain case-sensitively...The error page that tells me they found a CNAME of myprojec...

#google-plus #fail #life

Zurich Time

June 25, 2014

Zurich TimeThere's a floral clock on the waterfront in Zurich, I guess because we all know how important the measurement of time has been to the Swiss. I took ...

#google-plus #zurich #waterfront #clock #floral #garden #fail

In a restaurant tonight being handed an Apple tablet with a photo of the menu

November 18, 2013

In a restaurant tonight being handed an Apple tablet with a photo of the menu. wtf ? Are they trying to be cool? If so it is quite the fail ...

#google-plus #wtf #fail

OK, so I tried KDE for the last couple of days, and there were some nice things, and some annoying

November 11, 2013

OK, so I tried KDE for the last couple of days, and there were some nice things, and some annoying things. I decided to try and track down why the "Gnome Flash...

#google-plus #fail #gnomefail

Just had lots of fun on the phone with my bank's helpdesk lamenting their unexplained (and

October 14, 2013

Just had lots of fun on the phone with my bank's helpdesk lamenting their unexplained (and inexplicable) password restrictions for something called +MasterCard ...

#google-plus #insecure #passwords #fail #mastercard #banks

AutoAwesome fail, I think - fantails move fast

October 13, 2013

AutoAwesome fail, I think - fantails move fast!

#google-plus #fail

Copenhagen airport must have the hardest free wifi in the world

October 4, 2013

Copenhagen airport must have the hardest free wifi in the world. After about 30 minutes of attempting to get free wifi during breakfast I gave up.One thing CPH...

#google-plus #cph #wifigratis #fail #d800 #airport #copenhagen

"Passwords may only contain numbers and letters (0-9a-zA-Z)

July 5, 2013

"Passwords may only contain numbers and letters (0-9a-zA-Z)."Well done +Hilton Hotels & Resorts .Not. security fail

#google-plus #security #fail

Just got a lovely friendly e-mail from a local business where I was addressed as:

September 13, 2012

Just got a lovely friendly e-mail from a local business where I was addressed as:Dear <a id="etapDataTag" name="" class="etapDataTag" title="category=category.c...

#google-plus #fail

What a wonderful way to fail - include your private key in your shipped code

May 24, 2012

What a wonderful way to fail - include your private key in your shipped code.

#google-plus #fail

Everyone with an Android device should definitely go to http://www

December 20, 2011

Everyone with an Android device should definitely go to http://www.asb.co.nz/experience with it in Portrait mode. fail

#google-plus #fail