Think Like a User » Wacky Website of the Week http://www.thinklikeauser.com how to create a professional, profitable business website Mon, 31 May 2010 10:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Wacky Website of the Week – 22nd January 2010 http://www.thinklikeauser.com/wacky-website-of-the-week-22nd-january-2010/ http://www.thinklikeauser.com/wacky-website-of-the-week-22nd-january-2010/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:06:45 +0000 Colette Mason http://www.thinklikeauser.com/wacky-website-of-the-week-25th-january-2010/

Time again for some Friday Fun :)

This week’s wacky website is phoons.com

According to the site owner, the rules for phoon photography are as follows:

Rules for the Phoon pose

  • Stand sideways to the camera. (A Phoon is always viewed from the side.)
  • Bend your arms at the elbows. (Look like an athletic runner, not a ballerina.)
  • Lift your rear elbow (not your hand) so that it is easy to see behind your back.
  • Lean forward at the waist. This will help you look more energetic and will help you lift your rear ankle.
  • Preferably, do not look at the camera and do not smile.
  • Either arm can be the rear arm. Either leg can be the rear leg.

Advice for the photographer

  • Add distance between the camera and phooners. The phooners should not occupy most of the picture unless they are the most interesting detail.
  • Give the phooners feedback. Imitate what they are doing wrong, and then demonstrate how to do to get it right.
  • Include their feet in the photo.
  • Pay attention to clothes and background. If the phooners are wearing dark clothes, do not put them against a dark background or in shadows.
  • Put your camera in multi-shoot mode if the phooners have difficulty balancing or if they need to get into and out of a location quickly, as in this photo: wedding photo
  • If you do not do the pose very well, do not ask your subjects to imitate your pose. Instead, print a good sample and ask your subjects to imitate it.

http://www.phoons.com/

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Time again for some Friday Fun :) This week’s wacky website is mustachesofthenineteenthcentury.com

According to the site owner, the purpose of the site is this:

“Dear Gentle Reader,

Many of the following pages have graphic and clear images of the masculine mustache in all its forms, both sublime and grotesque. My intent is not to shock or titillate, but merely to inform on the subject. The Nineteenth Century gave us many things, but above all it was a hotbed of facial hair experimentation and this is but a poor sampling of those many lost forms.”

http://mustachesofthenineteenthcentury.blogspot.com/

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Time again for some Friday Fun :)

This week’s wacky website is JudgeMyLunch.com – Rank the Best and Worst Lunches here.

According to the site owner, the purpose of the site is to let other people review what your lunch consists of.  ”Got a gross food-like product in your sack lunch? Is that mystery cafeteria meat the worst thing ever? Post the pic and let everyone vote to eat it or delete it.”

Give each meal a score out of ten, or upload your own.

http://www.judgemylunch.com/

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