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The Classic White Workspace

When you want a clean, bright workspace, you stick with white. That’s what reader PennPal did when creating his home office. He keeps things simple and reserves little bits of colour to provide accents.


The Basics Of Music Production: Set Up Your Home Studio

You can have a lot of fun making music, but getting a good recording and arrangement of your song requires some work and knowledge. Over the next few weeks, we’ll help you set up a small recording studio in your home and learn how to use it to create some great music.


Make A Stylish LED Lamp For About $3

Generally speaking, ultra-cheap DIY projects don’t look great. Somehow instructables user maybolicious figured out how to circumvent that unfortunate downside and create a stylish LED lamp for only $US3.25.


Your Desk Job Isn’t Making You Fat, But Other Unhealthy Choices Are

Work used to include more physical activity. Now it mostly consists of death-accelerating sitting. Nevertheless, researchers found that weight gain issues haven’t surfaced due to less physical activity each day. It turns out sitting at your desk for about eight hours doesn’t affect obesity that much.


Set Up The Ultimate Home Theatre This Weekend

When you’ve spent the week getting things done, it’s nice to enjoy a little entertainment over the weekend. If you’ve yet to set up your ultimate home theatre, here’s everything you need to know to make it a reality.


‘Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy’

This quotation from Theodore Roosevelt argues that comparing your work, your life or whatever else will only serve to make you unhappy. Why? Because when you compare yourself to others, you know all the dirty details of your situation or the problems with what you’ve created, but only the seemingly positive surface information about them or their work.


Before You Ask For A Raise, Answer The Questions On Your Employer’s Mind

When you want a raise, you do yourself a disservice if you don’t step into the shoes of your boss. While you may feel you deserve the money, you don’t want your boss to question your worth if he or she won’t come up with a positive answer.


Start A Simple Web Server From Any Directory On Your Mac

Mac: You need only one tiny command to start a web server from any directory through OS X’s terminal. If you’ve got a website lying around and need to test it out, this is possibly the fastest way to make that happen.


Weekly Wallpaper: Feed Your Desktop A Delicious Biscuit

Who doesn’t love a biscuit? Well, your computer probably won’t if you try to shove one into its optical drive, but we’ve found a safer, digital alternative: biscuit wallpapers.


What Photoshop’s Move To The Cloud Actually Means For You

Adobe Photoshop, along with all other Creative Suite applications, just made a move to the cloud. Adobe decided to discontinue software you can actually buy so it can force you to rent the applications for a monthly fee. This change comes with a number of problems but also some advantages. Here’s what the change means for you.


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