Kimberly Zyville tweaked her Mac's desktop to show her the important details at a quick glance, while leaving the rest of space clean and open. She has quick access to files and commonly used apps at the bottom, but doesn't clutter her working space with icons or widgets. More »

Alex George chose a somewhat photo-realistic route when he made the Wall Mirrored desktop for his Windows system, and the results are not only informative, but extremely slick. He's gone to the trouble of putting together a Rainstaller file to make replicating it one-step easy (install through Rainmeter), but here's a list of components for the more hands-on out there: More »

You find a lot of interesting articles as you browse the web, but you don't always have time to read them right away. Read-it-later services like Instapaper and Read It Later both help solve that problem, but rather than signing up for yet another service, you can actually turn your Google Reader account into a personalized read-it-later archive. More »

This week we're taking a trip to the city to find some wallpapers and, wow, there are a lot of them. This is definitely the biggest collection so far so come on in and start downloading! More »

We love a good live CD, but what if your favorite one doesn't quite have every application or tweak you need? Here's how to roll your own Ubuntu Live CD, with all the packages you want, and some nice customizations, to boot. More »