Slashdot Mirror
Cable Management To Defeat Clutter?
igny writes "I have just recently cleaned up my home office, reducing the clutter, but I could not come up with a neat solution to my cable problem. I believe my cable usage is even below average for a slashdotter, but still I have three computers with a bunch of ethernet and power cables, two cellphones, video and photo cables, with several proprietary chargers/AC adapters, printer, two NASes with a couple of external drives, phone, audio system, routers/switches, modem ... Everything requires cables of different kinds. I believe that AC adapters still draw some power even with no device hooked to it. So I organized my power cables by usage with several power strips to turn off adapters which I use less frequently. I am asking for advice from experienced slashdotters. How do you cope with your cable problem? Do you use dedicated tables, shelves, armoire for the cables? I am still looking for a neat, efficient, and safe (I have small kids) solution."
You will feel more comfortable if you don't see all those cables
Give up, and embrace the Electric Spaghetti.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
Ah yes, I read really great reviews about that Belkin product on Amazon... hey... wait a second...
Ikea have a whole section of their catalogue dedicated to Cable Managment. I have one of their horizontal SIGNUM cable management thingos attached to the under side of my desk.
I didn't have such good luck with their stuff. I bought their vertical cabling system called SIGHUP
NO CARRIER
John