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		<title>The Ultra-Minimal Mac Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Ian Michael Smith&#8217;s desktop shows that you don&#8217;t need to have loads of add-ons to make a productive and attractive OS X desktop.
The desktop is a combination of:

Quicksilver (used to open almost everything)
Geektool for clock
Soliq Ceaser Theme (iTunes + Finder)
Personal Adium mod
Custom dock icons
Clean Menu Bar icons


The Ultra-Minimal Mac Desktop [Flickr]
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		<title>Image Sharpening 101</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/image-sharpening-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using sharpening tools can significantly improve your images &#8212; but you need to know what you&#8217;re doing. Photoshop expert Helen Bradley has a useful guide to the basics of sharpening technique.
Sharpening isn&#8217;t a one-click fix, but with a little patience you can get impressive results. While the post talks through some common Photoshop techniques, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Album Covers To Inspire Photo Editing</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/use-album-covers-to-inspire-photo-editing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/use-album-covers-to-inspire-photo-editing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for some ideas on how to jazz up some digital images? Look no further than your CD collection.
Photoshop expert Helen Bradley walks through how she used the cover of the classic 1983 Police album Synchronicity as the inspiration for editing a series of travel images. It&#8217;s a great idea, and one which you could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Your Outdoor Portraits With An Eye For Lighting</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/improve-your-outdoor-portraits-with-an-eye-for-lighting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/improve-your-outdoor-portraits-with-an-eye-for-lighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cameras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The photog gurus at weblog Digital Photography School offer up 13 tips for improving your outdoor portraits, several of which explain how to best take advantage of whatever lighting conditions you&#8217;re shooting in.
Photo by Meredith_Farmer.
We&#8217;ve shown you how to build your own photography softbox for better photos, but Digital Photography School encourages using Mother Nature&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Image Resizer Powertoy Clone Resizes Pictures Easily</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/image-resizer-powertoy-clone-resizes-pictures-easily/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/image-resizer-powertoy-clone-resizes-pictures-easily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[image editing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=332957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: The Image Resizer Powertoy Clone adds an option to the Windows explorer context menu for quickly resizing pictures&#8212;without opening an image editor.
Using the utility couldn&#8217;t be simpler&#8212;just right-click one or more pictures, select Resize Pictures, choose the resolution you want to resize the images to, and the newly resized images will show up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radical Image Optimization Tool Provides Side By Side Image Comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/radical-image-optimization-tool-provides-side-by-side-image-comparison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital images]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[images]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: Radical Image Optimization Tool makes it easy to see how compression affects the image quality of the pictures you&#8217;re optimising with a handy side-by-side interface.
Sample photo by XirannisX back On.
Radical Image Optimization Tool isn&#8217;t the best choice if you&#8217;re looking to bulk re-sample images, but when it comes to squeezing quality out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Swanky Icon Sets For Macs</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/50-swanky-icon-sets-for-macs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/50-swanky-icon-sets-for-macs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=332898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While these eye-catching icon sets are distinctly Mac-centric, many of them are filled with stunning pieces that could be easily co-opted for another operating system.
Over at AppStorm, a blog focused on Mac applications, they&#8217;ve compiled 50 great Mac icon sets. The eye candy factor is off the chart, and non-Mac readers will be tempted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Neon Rings Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/the-neon-rings-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=332881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reader TDuck&#8217;s OS X desktop takes an attractive wallpaper and blends circular system information graphs into the background to create a sleek and unobtrusive overall theme.
The desktop is a combination of:

The iLeopard theme for OS X.
Menu Eclipse to dim the menubar.
Hyperspaces (thanks, MacHeist!)
Geektool for the clock/calendar and the weather radar.
Yahoo Widgets with widescapeWeather widget.
Neon Gauges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Force Firefox To Use Windows Vista ClearType Fonts</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/force-firefox-to-use-windows-vista-cleartype-fonts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/force-firefox-to-use-windows-vista-cleartype-fonts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: Reader Anonymous writes in with an interesting tip for making the web a more readable place&#8212;by forcing Firefox to use Windows Vista fonts, even on XP.
The directions are simple and easy to follow, resulting in Firefox ignoring the fonts picked by web pages and using only the high-quality Windows Vista fonts that you&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abstract Aurora And Colour Spectrum Wallpapers</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/abstract-aurora-and-color-spectrum-wallpapers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/abstract-aurora-and-color-spectrum-wallpapers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for an abstract splash of colour to spruce up your desktop, the collections here should have something that catches your eye. 
Over at the design blog Hongkiat, they have assembled two collections of really colorful wallpaper. One is a collection of 30 wallpapers based on the colour spectrum and another 26 wallpapers [...]]]></description>
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