This Is Lifehacker, Episode 8: Tangle-Free Headphones, SSD Upgrade, and Skipping Floors on Elevators

This week's episode of Lifehacker is focused around customization—from your apartment and iPhone to your headphones and hard drive. We're also going to see if we can force an elevator to skip floors using a shortcut we've heard countless times. Specifically, this episode takes a closer look at: How to make a simple DIY cord wrapper to keep your earbuds tangle-free How to decorate your apartment without pissing off your landlord Whether or not a simple shortcut will send an elevator directly to your floor(ignoring everyone else who's called it) How to install an SSD in a MacBook When you might be better of not doing it yourself—how to get help executing your DIY ideas How to customize your iOS lockscreen on a jailbroken device We've been incorporating more original video with our posts in the past year, but the Lifehacker show represents a fun new supplement to the site. It doesn't replace what we do here every day, but our hope is that it will offer a new perspective on a few of our favorite tips. Last week we supercharged your camera, and before that we: Shared some of our favorite clever repurposing tricks cracked Windows passwords, padlocks, and Wi-Fi untangled your wires and boosted your Wi-Fi hacked our weekends upgraded our office learned a little about urban survival Give it a watch and let us know what you think! Grab it in any format you like: If you don't want to watch it in your browser right now, you can catch the show wherever you want, and in nearly whatever format you like. Visit the episode page on Revision3 to download HD or phone-friendly versions of the show in MP4 or WMV. You can also subscribe in iTunes or via RSS. Customized: MacBook SSD Boost, iOS Home Screens, and Skipping Floors on Elevator | Revision3