Lifehacker reader Sean installed a new glass-topped desk for himself, only to find his laser mouse immediately stopped working. The solution wasn’t a clumsy mouse pad, but a cheap roll of automotive window tint. More »
Buying a fish whole almost always means a cheaper, fresher meal, but how do you turn it into dinner? We asked a chef to show us how to filet a fish, and we filmed it for good measure. More »
Palm Pre owners making the jump from the iPhone, or anyone looking to get more organisational synchronisation going, take note: Evernote has quietly dropped an official client in the Pre’s App Catalog for download. More »
If (like most people) you’ve abandoned CDs for digital music, then here’s a neat way of using any leftover cases you have lying around: converting them into a photo wall. More »
The limited search capabilities on Bing Maps, Microsoft’s web map system, might make it look like a poor cousin to Google, but it does have one interesting feature the Big G lacks — a bird’s-eye view of selected Australian cities. More »
There’s a prevailing opinion that Windows 7 is a big improvement on Vista — but my own experience of the Windows 7 RC so far suggests that it can be just as bad, if not worse. More »
Using sharpening tools can significantly improve your images — but you need to know what you’re doing. Photoshop expert Helen Bradley has a useful guide to the basics of sharpening technique. More »
We recently introduced you to JetPack, a new Firefox project that allows developers and tech-savvy users to extend their browser using regular HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Today Mozilla introduced a new JetPack update that introduces three new enticing features to the fold. More »
We’ve already shown you how to use a Greasemonkey script to prevent the Google Search Wiki buttons from cluttering up your search results—but now Google has finally added an option to the search preferences to let you disable it yourself. Just head to the search preferences page and check the box for “Hide the ability to share, promote, remove, comment, or add your own results”. [Google Operating System]
We’re fairly certain that such high tech offerings have never been housed in such a soothingly rustic alcove. Multiple monitors, lots of computing power and a flexible ergonomic desk make for quite a workspace. More »
