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

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: 3, Interesting) by cosurgi on Wednesday September 09 2015, @11:13AM

    by cosurgi (272) on Wednesday September 09 2015, @11:13AM (#234183) Journal

    Actually I had to change it, because it broke few months ago (after few years of use). I did some research earlier and I decided that I like a particular model so I bought exactly the same mouse. Then I used the vendor's software to pair the new mouse with existing wireless mouse&keyboard receiver, and unpair the previous mouse. And that was it.

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