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And the Winner Is…

The results are in from yesterday’s Coolest Cubicle showdown, and the winner is… Mark MacAskill’s Cubes of War cubicle! Big congrats and $500 in Amazon bucks go to Mark, whose oh-so-cool cubicle pulled away with a commanding lead. As Mark said when he submitted his cubicle, “The war on terror is second only to the war on boredom. And my cube was definitely boring before I transformed it into a weapon of mass destruction.” Hit the jump for one last peek at Mark’s winning cubicle.


March 21, 2008
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The Final Showdown and Monster Roundup

You’ve been with us for parts one, two, and three of this year’s Coolest Cubicle Contest, and now the time has arrived—time for the final vote-off to determine which creative cubicle jockey will hit their commute tomorrow $500 richer (in Amazon bucks). We’ve got a tonne of entries to vote on, so hit the jump, peruse your options, and decide whose cubicle deserves the title of Lifehacker’s Coolest Cubicle of 2008.


March 18, 2008
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Pegboard Gadget Organizer Redux

For the next two weeks, readers are submitting their best life hack for a chance to win an autographed copy of our new book, Upgrade Your Life. Reader Trent writes in with his photographic take on the popular pegboard gadget mount project we posted a while back. Trent says the project took:


March 14, 2008
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Coolest Cubicle Contest, Part Three

We were impressed with part one, part two blew us away, and today we’re back for an incredible third and final installment of the 2008 Coolest Cubicle Contest, with $500 at Amazon up for grabs. Today’s submissions feature some over-the-top cubicles—like race tracks and bunkers—and some incredibly clever and subtle cubicle decor that anyone could pull off with a minimum of effort. Hit the jump to take a look at the last group of cubicles.


March 7, 2008
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Coolest Cubicle Contest, Part Two

Last week we kicked off our Coolest Cubicle Contest with a bang, but we had no idea what kind of cubicles would come pouring in after you saw the first batch. This week, we’re looking at everything from wood-paneled cabins to dungeons and castles and beyond. So hit the jump to see how your fellow Lifehackers are making the most of their company-issued cube-shaped corner of the world.


February 29, 2008
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Coolest Cubicle Contest, Part the First

We’ve seen what you can do with limitless workspace possibilities in our Coolest Workspace Contest, but fact is, most of us don’t have the limitless freedom to tweak our workspaces that many of the Coolest Workspace entries did. With that in mind, and with the idea that necessity is the mother of invention and all that, today we’re kicking off our first Coolest Cubicle Contest, with $500 to Amazon at stake. So without further ado, hit the jump to take a look at this week’s coolest cubicle submissions.