Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? 242
An anonymous reader writes "I am not a fan of wireless except for Wi-Fi to a notebook, but have gotten frustrated by the vast amounts of tangled cables around my computers: I have two machines, four monitors, multiple external hard drives, cable modem, network switch, router, USB hubs — everything requires power and connection to the other devices. The tangles and tangles make it almost impossible to move anything without spending twenty or thirty minutes under the desk. I'd rather untie balled-up fishing line than try to snake a monitor cable out from some thirty or so other wires. Anyone have good ways to prevent this?"
uh, label both ends? (Score:5, Funny)
I have also been caught using colored CAT-5 cables.
Something tells me you don't work in IT (Score:5, Funny)
>> vast amounts of tangled cables
Really? How many?
>> I have two machines, four monitors, multiple external hard drives, cable modem, network switch, router, USB hubs — everything requires power and connection
Hmmm...something tells me you don't work in IT.
...and don't forget... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:...and don't forget... (Score:4, Funny)
Be sure to buy the large bucket of it. Leave any extra nearby your computer. You might want to pick up a box or two of tissues.
Re:Unless you have rabbits. (Score:5, Funny)
We had one chew through a lamp cord and it dang near cooked the little beast.
Sounds delicious.
Re:Unless you have rabbits. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unless you have rabbits. (Score:5, Funny)
You really don't want to be electrocuting rabbits. They are best stewed or braised.
Argh! What's he doing! Stupid fat hobbit. You ruins it!
Extreme Cable Management? (Score:5, Funny)
Worst X-games event ever.
Re:Unless you have rabbits. (Score:2, Funny)
I misread that at first, until you started mentioning the "poor thing part" I read it as "no need to waste money on that. Buy a Jalepeno, slice it open (the rabbit) and run it along the length of cable." It didn't look right in my head.
Re:Unless you have rabbits. (Score:5, Funny)