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Help! There is a Seething Mass of Snakes Under My Desk

posted by janrinok on Wednesday September 09 2015, @09:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the is-it-on-a-plane? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

I have a problem. It is a problem I try to hide out of sight and out of mind, one I try to pretend doesn't exist. But it does, and every so often it raises its ugly head to bite me. Most recently, I needed to replace an Ethernet switch as I needed more ports. As I unplugged the old switch, my monitor turned off. Why? Because under my desk I have a cable catastrophe. The mere act of unplugging the old switch had so disturbed and enraged the rat's nest of cables under my desk that in retaliation it decided to turn off my monitor.

So intertwined and confused is the mess beneath my desk that even the most mundane of acts—plugging in a new gadget, removing an old one, sometimes just even moving my feet—threatens to destroy everything.

TFA addresses the perennial problem of cable jungles. I use zip ties. What are the best solutions Soylentils have come up with, and what are their pros and cons?

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 09 2015, @10:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 09 2015, @10:18AM (#234162)

    Who cares about the cables under the desk? The cables across the room are the real problem!

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday September 09 2015, @10:29AM

    by c0lo (156) on Wednesday September 09 2015, @10:29AM (#234165) Journal

    The cables across the room are the real problem!

    I don't think I know anybody like that [xkcd.com].

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    • (Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday September 10 2015, @03:13AM

      by anubi (2828) on Thursday September 10 2015, @03:13AM (#234497) Journal

      Get a Naughty Bunny [iprimus.com.au].

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  • (Score: 1) by stox on Wednesday September 09 2015, @05:09PM

    by stox (479) on Wednesday September 09 2015, @05:09PM (#234303)

    or those running down the hall, up the stairs, hanging over doorways... sometimes I feel like I need a machete.