I cleared lots of clutter by replacing cables with ones that were as short as possible for everything. 1' ethernet, 1' computer power cord, 2' ethernet, etc. Monoprice seems to have a reasonable selectiong of differently sized cables.
For cellphone charger clutter, I put all the power bricks on a multi prong extension, stuck it all in a shoebox, and cut small holes for just the ends to stick out -- just laid the charging device on the top of the shoebox. Clean and simple.
I think the Norm quotes are put in there to inspire the reviewers at the Patent Office to start hankering for a beer, and get drunk enough that they validate Amazon's patent.
Will the apparatchiks at Debian take this movement to it's logical extreme? How about only supporting open-source hardware -- I'm sure the patents on Babbage's analytical engine has expired.
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I cleared lots of clutter by replacing cables with ones that were as short as possible for everything. 1' ethernet, 1' computer power cord, 2' ethernet, etc. Monoprice seems to have a reasonable selectiong of differently sized cables.
For cellphone charger clutter, I put all the power bricks on a multi prong extension, stuck it all in a shoebox, and cut small holes for just the ends to stick out -- just laid the charging device on the top of the shoebox. Clean and simple.
I think the Norm quotes are put in there to inspire the reviewers at the Patent Office to start hankering for a beer, and get drunk enough that they validate Amazon's patent.
Will the apparatchiks at Debian take this movement to it's logical extreme? How about only supporting open-source hardware -- I'm sure the patents on Babbage's analytical engine has expired.