Yes, its Halloween time again and the hacks are going to be crawling out of the woodwork for the rest of the month. [Rich Osgood] is off to a good start promising one hack every week until Halloween.

Consider the lowly switch plate: cheap and plastic, pasty in color, and typically overlooked by even the most discerning aesthete. We obsess over paints and wallpapers and even the color of the trim, ...