
Most people have mastered the art of adapting their online profiles by now - about their Twitter background, the parts of Facebook you can create your own, or the many other social accounts added to the average web addict's list every month. But have you ever think you would be able to tailor your own pet food or high heels - or Beef Jerky for that matter? A few months ago, we wrote about customizable gifts you can create and delivered with a few clicks. From photo books to t-shirts for M & Ms, is booming with web products that can add a whole new meaning to "personal branding." Here is a second wave of products you can customize the web to suit to almost any lifestyle.1. Mix your own chocolate BarGone the day bowed to confectionery, these prefabricated chocolate bars on drug store impulse rack. With German-based chocolate Chocri, all your wildest chocolate dream can now come true (though it looks like chocolate swimming pools are at least a couple years off). Choose the type of chocolate and wealth, mix in nuts, fruit, candy, spices, grains and even (for them, linseed enthusiasts), and finishing with a personal message. For under $ 20, a delicious custom chocolate bar just to get mother to forgive you for forgetting her birthday last year.Carmen Magar, Managing Director of Chocri America, likes to talk about the role that social technologies play in this new wave of product adaptation startups. "During the first wave of mass customization," she says, "all thought it would be the big companies that could make it happen. But their processes are just not flexible enough, and although there are some examples of success (predominantly NikeiD), others have folded (General Mills). This time around the start-ups based adaptation businesses from the ground up - and we're good at it! "2 Custom Dress Shirt Sure, you can always go down to the local tailor and have your dress shirts, custom fitted, but companies like Blank-Label now allows you to build your own dress shirt online. Choose your threads, fit, style (everything from pockets to the collar type), and special extras like monograms and colored lining or buttons. Then simply sit back and watch some videos YouTubeYouTube while these guys sew your shirt from scratch.Danny Wong, the 19-year-old founder of Blank-Label is pumped around the co-design of products with its customers. "Companies are starting to realize more and more that they need to be more user-oriented, and what better way than to work with clients to cooperate to create something?" 3 Custom JewelryMost jewelers lets you adjust the size of stone in your ring or pendant, but the Internet is to make the custom jewelry process even easier while offering more options. Sites which Gemvara let you customize all aspects of your jewelry so you can give that special someone something truly unique.And jewelry is definitely a category where unique is cool. "Did you know that JFK proposed to Jackie with an emerald engagement ring? I think you learn something new (some pieces) every day, "writes Gemvara on TwitterTwitter.4. Custom JerkyFor them uninterested in jewlery, maybe it will tickle your fancy: Custom dehydrated meat. It is true that the guys at SlantShack cooking up batches of what they call "never before seen jerky taste" for your consumption and pleasure, and by your instructions.They 're not taking orders right now, while they renovate the site, but be sure to check back soon. In the meantime, read their About Us page for a hilarious journey into the minds of such people who like to experiment with smoked meat. What we want to know: Can we order a piece in the form of Mark Zuckerberg's head? 5th Custom HandbagsPurse and handbag maker Laudi Vidni want to ensure you never again show up for this service on the Upper East Side with the same orange Gucci clutch as a second guest. Choose the silhouette of the bag, you will create, then add the interior, exterior, and hardware. Seriously, if you want to drop $ 500 on a handbag, why not make it your own? 6th Custom Women ShoesBut why stop at handbags? In the Shoes of Prey, you can design your own unique heels in minutes. The best part about it is paint-by-number interface that lets you fill in each section of your new kick as one of those fuzzy coloring posters from kindergarten. Choose fabric, heel size, buckles and colors, check. The only thing we see missing is an opportunity to slam on a certain influence, triggered LA Lights-style LEDs! 7th Create-your-own Pet FoodWhy should we humans have all the fun with this adaptation stuff? Give Fido control of the cursor and let him do his own brand of pet food at Red Moon. Select the base formula, the energy level of your pet, bag and kibble size, and supplements (like the kind you throw in to Jamba Juice!) To invent a batch puppy or cat chow which is perfect for your little friend needs - or wants depending on who in charge.ConclusionToday, scrappy startups and even large retail chains are using the Internet to create unique products in all sorts of categories - and you do not even have to buy in bulk like the old days. If these trends continue, it will not be long before usage is very Hipper than "brand name." Magar said, "startups in co-creation space is not only" open "for their input or 'tolerate' it so they can sell through social media - we need it and cherish it to create a great product! And hopefully we can be an inspiration for other companies to make contact with their customers one step further. "Have you found any other major product adaptation sites? Share some links in comments.More gift guide resources from Mashable: - 10 unique gifts you can make with help from the Internet - 5 must-have Geek Collectibles - Twitter Gift Guide: 15 Ways to Shop on Twitter obsessed - Mac Gift Guide: 10 Buy Ideas for Apple Fans - 10 Great Gifts for Digital Social Media Lovers - 10 Romantic Gifts for your loved GeekImage courtesy of iStockphotoiStockphoto, nicolas_ James says a Papa John's delivery dude called him a "f * gg * tm * th * rf * ck * r "as part of a blowup in a dispute about whether the driver rang during a failed delivery forsøg.James writes: I have been ordering from the local Papa John's for about six months. I order a lot of pizza. Well over $ 100 worth every month when I moved to this adresse.I the past I've had a problem where they send me pepperoni instead of pineapple. It is not the most surprising mistakes well. I generally order online, and I generally late at night, so most times it is too late to call back and have a replacement sent aften.Det same happened again a little over a week ago. I decided to go to the store and speak with a manager as I did. He was very friendly, even gave me his personal cell number in case I had a problem in fremtiden.I Last night I ordered my typical pizza online: extra large green pepper, onion, spicy Italian sausage and pineapple. I waited … and waited. Two hours went by. I gave them leeway because it was Saturday evening and there is a great festival started in the city. After two hours I called to find out what foregik.Lang story short the manager on duty - not the same guy I had talked to - said they had no record of the order. He also said that other people had called to say they had the same problem tonight (online orders not going through.) He eventually offered to send me free pizza, but with modvilje.Så came and it was pepperoni in Instead ananas.I today (Sunday), I went back over to the store. The leader I had previously spoken with were at work, but apparently away from the shop. The sub-manager (I guess?) A beautiful young woman listened to me and agreed to send a replacement pizza order pizza from the night before. I asked her to have it delivered within a time.Jeg came home and waited a little, then decided to take a quick shower. It's 90 degrees today, so … go 30 blocks made me pretty sweaty. I get out of the shower and my roommate says "have you order a pizza?" It turns out that the driver came during that four minutes, but instead of getting out of his ass and squeezed, he shouted. Again and again. My roommate had made a long distance call on my cell phone, and asked the guy to come to your door. As he never did. So he has forladt.Så I called the store again and talk to the young woman. I told her to tell the driver to call. Fifteen minutes later, my roommate - who was still on the phone long distance - got another call from him saying he was udenfor.Jeg ran down and the guy was still sitting in his car. I went to him and I asked him why he had not telephoned? I was angry, but calm and polite. He swore up and down that he called "20 times" even said I could ask my elderly neighbor who sat on her bow. I did not feel like arguing, so I took my pizza and went to bukke.Da I got there I asked my neighbor if he had run the clock. She shook her head no. So I hear over my shoulder: "I called 20 times! F * GG * TM * TH * RF * CK * R! "I think it's basically the end of my story. I do not even know where to go with it. I know that in my state - PA - discrimination against a company based on sexual orientation is a federal crime. I do not know if nicknames are technically discrimination, but it seemed to justify fyring.Min inclination is to discuss it with customer service, but they do not have a number where you can talk to one person - you can only complain online, or leave a voicemail complaint. So I guess that's what I want gøre.Det is so sad to go through a series of mistakes by other people - and carelessness on one in particular - and then be hit with an epithet. It is not really evil, because I'm better than that. But it still shocked mig.Åh and for the record … I opened the door to my little apartment complex (only 3 apartments) rang and I could hear it ringing in my apartment from all the way down. I do not think I would have missed 20 low, nor would my værelseskammerat.Sandsynligvis not a good way to ensure future business.