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I'm pretty partial to this one: http://newslily.com/default.jpg

(It's called default because it used to be the placeholder photo on my website for people who hadn't uploaded a profile pic. I don't know who originally took it, or how to ask them for permission to use it, so I replaced it with something else. I keep it around because it's really funny though)

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I think both don't work. The point of a placeholder pic is to have something tangible there while looking at a layout. If the picture is more interesting than the layout, then people will focus on the picture. That's the motivation behind "lorem ipsum": it superficially looks like English, but it's gibberish and people won't focus on it instead of the layout.

http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/post/253757614/i-sent-out-...

I have a _programmer_ friend that acts like that customer...

I feel sorry for you mapleoin

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