What can you do when white walls are too boring? Wallpaper them with camouflage and blend your workspace right into the urban jungle.
Far too many real estate listing and for-rent postings look like they were shot by a rushed real estate agent. One photographer shows how a few lighting tricks can produce “Architectural Digest on the cheap.”
Windows only: System notification tool Growl for Windows is a slick, customisable, universal alert system for your applications—so you don’t have to be jealous of your Growl-using Mac friends anymore.
Our brains are wired to pay attention to flashy signs and loud noises, so how do we focus on what we want when we’re surrounded by interruptions we’re naturally drawn to?
Mac OS X only: System utility RightZoom runs in the background and modifies the OS X maximise behaviour to fill the whole screen—perfect for readers that recently made the switch to Mac.
More than a few Lifehacker readers were probably intrigued when reports popped up about how easy it was to install OS X on an MSI Wind netbook (and it’s gotten easier lately with the Dell Mini 9). Before you splurge on what seems like a cheap, portable MacBook replacement, consider the experiences of Wired GadgetLab’s Brian X. Chen, as he dealt with software, hardware, and hardware design problems.
