Enter Lifehacker's Coolest Cubicle Contest and Win a $500

Think your cubicle is pimp? Put your workspace decor savvy to the test by entering Lifehacker's Coolest Cubicle Contest and you could take home a $500 Amazon Gift Card.

We're looking for the coolest cubicle on the block, and over the next few weeks we'll feature our favorite submissions every Thursday on Lifehacker. Once the submissions are exhausted, your fellow readers will vote for the cubicle they think is the coolest, and the winner will take home a $500 Amazon Gift Card!

Of course, if you need one or two more things to put your cube on top, style your workspace at Cube-Star.com

Generation Y, Watch Your Boss for These Warning Signs

To help managers deal with our overweening self-importance, BusinessWeek has come up with a bullet-pointed Generation Y workplace survival guide. No, it doesn't include anything helpful, like how to use Facebook or Twitter as management tools. It does suggest exactly the kind of boss behavior Gen Y will see right through, once we learn to recognize it. So how do you know if your boss is trying to game you into productivity? Here are the signs:

Read the full story on Valleywag or read the BusinessWeek story Communicating with Twentysomethings.

Turning Office Clutter into Art

In describing the "Office Space" exhibit at the New Art Center in Newtonville, Mass., Chris Bergeron poses the question, "If Dilbert shared an office cubicle with Yoko Ono, what curious ideas might result?" The resulting perspective is curious indeed.

Tamiko Kawata fashioned rubber bands into something resembling the most dazzling condom display you've ever seen.

Um, office condoms? Seriously?

G. Jesse Sadia's burned Xerox paper with incense until a haunting face appeared.

Can't wait to copy my next report on Patchouli-infused paper with apparition watermarks, er smokemarks.

In her striking "Adaptive ReUse" installation, Molly Blieden wove a carpet from thousands of elastic bands that look like dried noodles.

Noodle rugs? What kind of office are we running here, anyway?

Find out more by reading the article, Turning office clutter into art, or checking out the exhibit, New Art Center presents Office Space.

My Cubicle, A James Blunt Parody

This is the video every cube denizen dreams of making. And Judhi Prasetyo of Singapore went and did it!

The video was posted about a year ago, but we found it recently on the personal blog of Chris Garrett, a professional blogger and Internet marketing and new media consultant in Yorkshire, England. Props to Chris for drawing attention to it. Check out his professional blog for first-rate thoughts and advice on the business of new media, blogging and online marketing.

Bring Home the Office with a Stay-at-Home Server

The marketing folks at Microsoft have a little fun explaining the benefits of having a home server. Check out what they say about life in the office, complete with cubicle illustrations, in "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?".

Resolve to Improve Your Cubicle Wellness in the New Year

It's that time of year again. Sitting in your cubicle, you're surrounded by well-intentioned co-workers enthusiastically pronouncing their new year's resolutions. Eat healthier. Workout at the gym during lunch. Say no to the boss's over-reaching demands. We all know how these will turn out. And, of course, everyone wants to know what inspiring resolutions you've made.

Now there's a book to help you deal with all the inquiries. Cubicle dweller and computer programmer William R. Vitanyi, Jr.'s "The Official Guide to Office Wellness" will set you on the path to new year's resolution nirvana. The hardcover book features 100 office workers demonstrating animal-inspired positions, stances, and movements carefully designed to alleviate office maladies.

That's right, it's a 120-page spoof on exercise programs geared for the office or cubicle, featuring goofy photos and accompanying text. Just the ticket to put new year's resolutions (and corporate wellness programs) in their proper perspective.

And the best part? It's available now at Cube-Star for just $14. Pick up a copy today and resolve to work out those new year's resolutions.

Wired Offers Fantastic Fixes for Your Cubicle

As a follow-up to their Saddest Cubicle contest, Wired reviews Kelley Moore's book Cube Chic which offers 22 workspace makeovers, including "zen cube" pictured here. The book provides suggestions and step-by-step instructions for giving your cube a whole new look.

Hey, this is our whole reason for existing as a blog and webstore, so read Fantastic Fixes Help Your Sad, Pathetic Cubicle and then buy the book and your decorating accessories at Cube-Star.com.