LESSON LEARNED: Failure can spawn creativity

This is the essence of what we at Cautionary Fail are invested in. That something good or interesting that can be gleamed from the down moments.

Hack A Day is having a contest a la Twitter. When down for server maintenance, the iconic Fail Whale has been put up as a placeholder instead of the regularly scheduled social networking website.

The whale has apparently become such an icon that it has spawned its own fan blog at failwhale.com and it is all owed to artist Yiying Lu who has made branded mugs, shirts, and babies available.

In any case, the results of the contest can be viewed on their flickr group here. Add an entry!

LESSON LEARNED: Going big can also mean going home

LESSON LEARNED: Things go wrong so quickly

I have a hard time watching most of these clips, but the baby makes me feel like everything is going to be OK somehow

LESSON LEARNED: Protective gear, always protective gear

This is what happens to a guy that decides it would be a good idea to install a NOS kit on his minimoto pocket bike.



Apparently, this trend is not isolated..

LESSON LEARNED: Know the market, watch the trends

Maybe use Travelocity or Expedia instead...

LESSON LEARNED: Ask a Jew

KOSHER FAIL

Cloven hoofed animals be damned.

LESSON LEARNED: Drugs can be good or bad or good AND bad

Joe's first time smoking salvia. He thought the couch was eating him.

Lessons learned: READ TRAFFIC SIGNS, OBEY (most) TRAFFIC LAWS, PAY ATTENTION

Use of automatic bollards to restrict traffic. It appears to be VERY successful judging by this video.

Manchester, England

Lesson Learned: MODERATION

Beer careful

LESSON LEARNED: It helps to have a sense of humor

Promising Start. Let it be known, the auspicious beginnings of Cautionary Fail. The results of trying to publish the first post:



Thanks, Blogger, for reminding us of the reason we started our little ode to obstacles. Always glad to have our humor about us.

Lesson Learned: PHYSICS WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL

Predictable, but hilarious results