Lately, I’ve been feeling the impact of this 30″ Apple display and its toll on my eyes. As a result, I started to wear sunglasses when at the computer. Oddly enough, it helps a lot. Jen reminds me, however, that the sunglasses while on the computer aren’t really helping my cool factor, but I’d rather feel good than have an aching headache by 6. If you’re not much of a sunglasses-inside kind of guy, try out ScreenShade. This little menubar app lets you dial down the brightness of the screen past the minimum setting allowed. It even has global hotkeys, so you can raise or lower the brightness from any app with option+plus and option+minus.

Unfortunately, there are two downsides. For one, I had search around software websites just to find the downloadable app. Any link to the developer’s site no longer work. Secondly, the way in which ScreenShade is able to dial down the brightness is by drawing a transparent fill over the screen. This isn’t a big deal unless you plan to take any screenshots—any image you capture will be darker as a result of the overlay.

via @zacislost