The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) probably hasn’t escaped the notice of anyone who has used a computer in the last decade or so. If you haven’t seen it on your own PC, you probably know someone it has happened to.
There is actually a ridiculous amount of BSOD photos to be found around the Web. And not just of PCs. As this post will show you, the blue error screen seems to show up everywhere, and often in highly unexpected locations.
This is a collection of some of the very best ones we could find. Enjoy! 🙂
At a Nine Inch Nails concert
Ok, Trent Reznor, the front man of NiN, has stated that they did this intentionally, but we still had to include it because it’s just plain cool.
Photo by LtRandazzo.
At the Olympic Games
This happened during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. It was only visible for about a second before a backup was switched in.
Found at Mac Amour.
In traffic
We’re not sure, but we think this is taken in France somewhere.
Photo by Jakob Fix.
In Las Vegas
Another billboard malfunctioning. Ouch. This one belongs to the Paris Hotel and Casino.
Photo by Raquel Lonas.
On the Strip in Vegas
Las Vegas seems prone to the BSOD. 🙂
Photo by Woof.
At a NYC subway entrance
According to the photographer, this problem remained for days before it was finally fixed.
Photo by Mike Goren.
On the bus
Picture taken on a London bus.
Photo by Massimo Banzi.
At the ATM
We included this one just because we all know it happens from time to time. We’ve seen this here in Sweden as well.
Found at Shijaz.com.
At the Heathrow airport
Now, that’s not a very informative flight billboard, is it?
Photo by Graham Anderson.
On a vending machine
Well, we think this is a vending machine. Whatever it is, something is broken…
Photo by Limesik.
At the grocery store
We’re not sure what is supposed to be on this screen, but we’re absolutely sure this isn’t it. 🙂
Photo by Hayley.
At a car expo
A not-very-helpful information screen at Nissan’s booth. It remained like that the whole day.
Photo by Francis Roque.
On a Toronto department store
The Bay department store in Toronto has four giant screens. According to the photographer, this was going on for days.
Photo by Sean Galbraith.
And finally, a BSOD cocktail?
We hope you liked this collection of blue screens showing up in unexpected locations. A big thumbs up to all the attentive photographers out there who were able to catch these moments.
Even Microsoft, whose Windows 9x and NT operating systems are among the most famous originators of BSODs, seems to regard the BSOD with some measure of affection. They were even serving a blue cocktail named BSOD at a MSN party somewhere. 🙂 It has become cult.
We haven’t seen the blue screen in years, though. It’s not a problem in Vista, which we all run here at the Pingdom office.
Did we miss your favorite BSOD picture? Add a link to it in the comments!
