Once a week we round up some of the great tips readers mail in and share the with everyone. This week we’re looking at DIY flash diffusers, homemade Ethernet cable testers, and how to get the Windows 8 Metro UI in Windows 7.

推出你自己的闪光扩散穹顶

罗恩写了以下摄影小贴士：

I was looking into buying Gary Fong’s “Light Sphere” but I didn’t want to shell out $40 sight unseen. I found this DIY tutorial that turns a Tupperware container into a Light Sphere knock off. It works really darn well and if I upgrade at all, it’ll be for the aesthetic and not for the performance. Cheers!

我们查看了教程；对于相当于50美分的食物容器和飞溅的喷漆，它肯定会产生很好的效果。谢谢分享！

diy以太网电缆测试仪测试便宜的电缆

Mitch写了一篇关于如何使用自己的电缆测试仪的文章：

Ethernet cable testers are expensive and I like having them in more than one place (I work in a big building and I don’t like hauling my tools everywhere all the time). I followed this guide and turned a simple power box into a tester. Once you’ve made one it’s easy to crank out a few in a row. They’re cheap!

他们所缺少的是口袋里的东西，当然是价格上的弥补。很好的发现！

皮肤Windows7使用Windows8Metro用户界面

使用以下用户界面调整标记写入：

I found a great program called Mosaic Project that layers the Windows 8 Metro look over Windows 7. It’s not permanent, the program is portable, and over all I’d say it works pretty well. It doesn’t 100% emulate the interface but it looks nice and gets the job done.

虽然不是每个人都喜欢新的Windows外观，但是您的提示会很好地服务于那些喜欢的人。谢谢马克！