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Controlling the Cable Congestion?
JaytheMover asks: "I've just moved, and my wife won't allow me to set up my desk as I had before. I had a gaggle of cables under my desk which only NOW seems to bother her in the new house. How do you guys keep this mess under control? I Googled 'Cable Organizer' and found this thing called the cable organizer at cable-safe.com which hangs the cords like in a closet or this cable snake thing which binds them all together. What do Slashdot readers use to keep their cable clean and their wives happy?"
Well, almost. Before we bought our new house I bargained with her. I get the garage and the nerd room (home office), she gets the rest of the house.
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What do Slashdot readers use to keep their cable clean and their wives happy?
First off, I avoid straight lines like that at all costs.
-- MaruksQ
I've seen too many accidents with staple guns to recommend going that route...
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Just to find a different wife? One that would go into the kitchen and make you some pie instead of bitching about cables?
"Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
I just keep my wife out of the office. It's worked so far.
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And have her arrange the cables anyway she wants. All you care about is your stuff is connected - who cares what it looks like, so tell her what needs to run to what - and have her do it
I have mod points and I am not afraid to use them
A. Most slashdot readers are sadly (?) not constrained by this requirement. Perhaps you could explain to the majority of the readership here, what a wife is, and how you get one.
B. Most slashdot wifes probably accept the cable mess as "one of those things I love about him." Anyhow, I suspect slashdot wives in general have a fairly high tolerance of cable messes.
C. Which those married readers with wives who aren't particularly tolerant of the mess.
I've found buying shiny things are helpful for generating tolerance.
Power & network cables?? ;)
Real slashdotters use use Tesla coils and wi-fi!
(and don't have wifes
Disconnect the main cable from the car's battery. Get a handful of likely looking wires which could have come from the car. Wait.
"Sweetheart? The car won't start."
"I know. I thought about what you said about the wires on the computers and decided you were right. They're an eyesore. So when I was working on the car, I decided all those ugly wires under the hood had to go. See?" [Hold up handful of wires].
"But the car won't run without those!"
"I know. Neither will the computers."
If she's not fully convinced yet, walk over to the TV and start fiddling around with the coax cable.
"I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid." -- Bishop 341-B