These are actually a couple of years old, so avid users of Flickr may have already seen them. I just came across them for the first time last night, however, via a link on Hacker News and found them very amusing, so I thought I’d share. They make a nice, light Friday post.
The following are illustrations from cartoonist Adam Koford (who seems to spend most of his time now writing a comic strip about a pair of hobo LOLcats). They’re rather ingenious illustrations of HTTP errors. I’ve included a few of most clever below, but there are more at the original Flickr set (16 to be precise).
Which are your favorites? I rather like “400 Bad Request” (pictured at right) and “405 Method Not Allowed” (not pictured). Adam, if you’re reading: please make these available as a set of prints or postcards!
408 Request Timeout
413 Requested Entity Too Large
415 Unsupported Media Type
Remember to see all 16 illustrations at the original Flickr set. Then come back here to let us know which are your favorites.
LOL, very funny! good job. My favorite is 405:Method Not Allowed. Hilarious!!
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
414 is my favorite, I think.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:32 am
415 is very funny!
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
Best little funny bit I’ve seen in a while. Needs to get Digged.
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 am
415…lol
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Absolutely classic stuff, but where’s 412 Precondition Failed?
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Is the hotdog the equivalent of the Meatball Sunday? 415 Gets my vote. Is that an ABBA record? Digital Underground, perhaps?
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
LOL…415 had me rolling :D
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 am
413 Requested Entity Too Large
Great I liked this.
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:05 am
my favorite is 404-Not Found
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm
has to be 400 – bad request
November 24th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Error is the difference between a measured value and the true value of a quantity or attribute. It is the factor that limits the precision and accuracy of the result of a measurement. Errors can be divided into two components such as random error and systematic error. Random error is always present in a measurement. It is caused by inherently unpredictable fluctuations in the readings of a measurement apparatus or in the experimenter’s interpretation of the instrumental reading. Systematic error is predictable, and typically constant or proportional to the true value. If the cause of the systematic error can be identified, then it can usually be eliminated. The total error, which results from the sum of the two components, is also referred to as uncertaint.
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Lucycaty
Sunshine Coast
November 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
415 lolz
November 24th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
415 looks good ;)
November 24th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
415 loooolll
November 24th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
These are unique and funny. My favourites are 404, 406, and 408.
I’ll need to see if I can get an illustrator to do some of these for me and my sites.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
very funny… stress burster…
November 25th, 2008 at 12:07 am
These are very lovely..
My choice is “415″.
November 25th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I like “unsupported media type”.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:34 am
My choice is 415
December 9th, 2008 at 3:13 am