I like mood lighting as much as the next guy, but the Mac user in today's featured setup may be taking things a bit too far.

He's decked out his office with Nanoleaf's smart lights, which create colorful patterns on the wall. But the overall effect is less calming home office and more neon-lit strip club.

But who's to judge? Maybe he does his best work in front of a stripper pole.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! We'll be taking a break for a couple of days and back to regular programming on Monday.

In the meantime, enjoy the turkey, don't drink too much, and we hope you pick up some great Apple deals over the big shopping weekend.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

Trader smart-lights up office like a ‘strip club’ [Setups] — www.cultofmac.com

Modern computer setups lean more and more on smart lighting for practical uses and to set the mood. Some of it can even pulse and change colors in sync to music or action on your screen. Today’s featured MacBook Pro setup leans heavily on colorful Nanoleaf smart-light patterns on the walls — so much so that people compared it to a strip club.

Violent protests over COVID-19 controls and pay erupt at world’s largest iPhone plant — www.cultofmac.com

Protests over unpaid bonuses, COVID-19 controls and even food quality lead hundreds of workers to clash with police at Foxconn's "iPhone City" complex in China.

Set HomeKit scenes with Aqara’s new Cube controller — www.cultofmac.com

Smart-home accessories maker Aqara unveiled its new Cube T1 Pro on Wednesday. It adds HomeKit and Amazon Alexa support so you can control a range of smart home devices with it.

Black Friday blowout: Get up to 85% off secure pCloud storage — www.cultofmac.com

You can never have too much cloud storage -- or too few monthly fees. With these Black Friday deals from pCloud, you can pay once and enjoy a lifetime of secure cloud storage (up to 10TB).

The best Black Friday deals on AirPods, MacBooks, iPads and Apple Watch — www.cultofmac.com

Black Friday is just around the corner, and that means you can get hefty discounts on Apple products. While the shopping event is a few days away, Black Friday deals have already gone live across various retailers.

Show your iPhone 14’s guts with bold new schematic wallpaper — www.cultofmac.com

Here's a set of detailed and layered iPhone 14 schematics you can download in your choice of colors. It’s kind of like displaying an X-ray of your iPhone on the device itself.

Satechi offers up to 30% off everything for Black Friday — www.cultofmac.com

The company just took the wraps off its big Black Friday sale, offering up to 30% discounts on a wide range of popular accessories for Apple products. That’s a lot of deals for you on chargers, hubs, keyboards, mice, stands, bags, cases and more.

'Spirited' with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds becomes holiday hit for Apple TV+ — www.cultofmac.com

The new musical comedy version of A Christmas Carol pulls in a sizable audience, becoming one of last week's top five streaming shows.

Today in Apple history: Rare Apple-1 sells for crazy money — www.cultofmac.com

On November 23, 2010, an early Apple-1 computer -- complete with its original packaging and a letter signed by Steve Jobs -- sold for big bucks.

Get Microsoft Office for Mac (or PC) at its lowest price ever — www.cultofmac.com

With this early Black Friday sale, you can get Microsoft Office 2021 on sale for just $29.99, its lowest price ever!

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One more thing ...

"We're great at figuring out how to divide things up into these great teams that we have and all work on the same thing, touch bases frequently, and bring it all together into a product." -- Steve Jobs, D8 conference, 2010.