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Discovered the twist-tie anchor trick for my desk rats nest after 3 months of hating it
I had this huge tangle of USB and charger cables just hanging off the back of my desk in Austin, drove me nuts every time I tried to unplug something. I got a pack of 100 bread twist ties for like $2 at the grocery store and wrapped the base of each cable once around the edge of the desk leg. Then I used the tie to clip the loose part flat against the leg, it keeps them all separated and out of the way. It looks way cleaner now, not perfect but I can actually find the right cord without playing tug of war. Has anyone else used twist ties or do you swear by those cable sleeves instead?
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the_kim4d ago
The part about playing tug of war with your cords made me laugh because that was basically my whole life until last year. I actually tried the twist tie thing after seeing it somewhere, and it worked okay for about two weeks, then I got lazy and stopped re-tying them every time I moved a cable. My desk ended up looking like a spider got into the office supplies. Now I use a mix of both, a sleeve for the ones that never move and twist ties for anything I plug and unplug a lot. The real trick is labeling the ends with a little tape so you know which is which without following the whole cord. Two bucks for 100 ties is hard to beat though, and you can't really mess it up.
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