Instead of hiding dust-ball-hunting spaghetti cable monsters behind furniture, I've decided to embrace chaos and transform it. Actually, my wife has. These decorative cable clips seem perfect for it, and simpler than squiggling cords on the wall . [ PA-Design via Unplggd ]
This is just too weird not to post. CNET UK has reported that the Internet has a weight, and by taking the sum total of all peripherals, computers, etc. you can actually formulate a number. So what do the intertubes weight? 498,438,559,990 kilograms to be exact. About 570,937,778 computers are connected to the Internet and are being estimated to weigh in at 22.83 billion kg, while 175,480,931 serv...
These little 4x4-inch Cablox pads are sticky on one side and loaded with tiny little nodules on the other, so you can wind your cables through and line them up just the way you like them. They actually seem pretty useful if, like me, you have a really nasty tendency to kick loose cables by accident and put undue stress on whatever they're plugged into, since it stretches the cables tight. They'r...
At your work station you can use a wire basket under your desk to stash cables or other containment strategies. What about for cables you take with you for laptops and portable devices? How about using a chain sinnet? What is this mysterious and loopy creature? At The Closet Entrepreneur they explain the handy method of cable taming: Never made one before and the text instructions aren't cle...
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Hay muchas soluciones para evitar desorden con los cables pero Cordotz ofrece algo especial. El sistema consta de 3 partes. En primer lugar, tiene Dotz Identificadores para diferenciar cada cable con su franja de potencia, ademas tiene un accesorio que permite mantener los cables juntos. Por último, los Dots Winder permiten enrollar cables evitando de esta forma el desorden y desorganizacion.
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Power Plugs and Sockets all over the World [ Eurocom via Gizmodo ]
Number 1: Nuts. Number 2: Really nuts. More diabolic cables on the link. [ Dark Roasted Blend ]
The down side of more technology is its dependence on power and hence the need for unsightly cables. Power cables and data cables often stretch across the field of vision and detract from the natural beauty of a room. There are new ways to hide cables in both the kitchen and home office area. I bring up the kitchen area since there are so many small appliances that litter our countertops as wel...
Whatever kind of work you do at home, your office is one place you want to spend the time to make comfortable and convenient. Take 10 of our tips on organizing, fixing, and streamlining that space. Photo by pdsphil . 10. Get more natural or ambient light If you aren't blessed with ample windows or non-annoying overhead lighting, getting a bit of illumination around your workspace can be...
Got a Mini DisplayPort equipped laptop or video card and need to connect it to something... um, not Mini DisplayPort? If you've got a crisp Andrew Jackson, then Monoprice has an adapter for you with HDMI, DVI and VGA outs, all of which are now shipping for $14.25 and up. Unless you don't like saving money, nor enjoy your peripherals actually working with your new machine, it'll be hard to fi...
I long for a life without cables. Wireless TVs, wireless speakers, wireless computers, wireless everything, even wireless bungee jumping. I just hate how they tangle in incomprehensible masses of clusterfraking knots . Like Christoph Niemann shows: Head to Cristoph's NYT column for the rest of his funny series. [ NYT —Thanks OMGPonies!]
Source [Flickr via Reddit via CrunchGear ]
Source [Flickr via Reddit via CrunchGear ]
While we wait patiently for wireless power systems to come of age, managing unsightly cables remains an annoying problem. Perhaps camouflage is the answer. This vine-shaped cellphone charging cable from Microworks is one application of this idea. It's only a design concept at the moment, but I can picture something more elaborate—like a faux houseplant that is actually a gadget hub, with m...
If you need to plug in your guitar to an amp, then chances are that you aren't some hippie activist—so you'll be able to appreciate this Pistol Instrument Cable . Because while guns aren't officially part of the Holy Trinity that is sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, just like leather jackets and the propensity to not wash one's hair, they do go hand-in-hand with the lifestyle. Of course yo...