cord management

Give Wireless Charging Mats A Natural Wood Look

6:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | Wireless charging mats are a clever way to charge your gadgets without cords or power bricks, but a big black mat can easily stick out in any room. Instructables shows you how to make a more stylish wooden induction charger. More »

Use An Over-Under Wrap To Keep Your Headphones Kink-Free

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Headphones have a magic way of tangling themselves in inexplicably complicated knots. Many techniques for keeping headphones tangle-free work but they badly kink and over-tighten them in the process. Use an over-under wrap for easy and cord-friendly storage. More »

Use Tape To Mark Frequently Moved Cables

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re constantly plugging and unplugging your laptop out of power strips at work and home, you’ll eventually grab the wrong cable. Avoid yanking the plug on your desktop computer or charging station with this simple hack. More »

Identify Which End Is Up On Ambiguous Plugs With A Drop Of Glue

8:30AM Rosa Golijan | Sometimes it’s hard to tell which side is up when when it comes to charging cables or other plugs that can only plug in one way. Try a single drop of glue and you’ll always know which end is up. More »

$6 IKEA Coat Rack Offers Solid Cable Management

3:30AM Adam Pash | Weblog BitsOfMyMind shares a very simple idea that turns an inexpensive coat-hanger rack into a simple and streamlined cord management solution. More »

Use A Chain Sinnet To Tidy Cables

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | 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? More »

Rain Gutters As Cable Management Tools

5:30AM Adam Pash | We’re all about creative cable management here at Lifehacker, so we were instantly drawn to reader Seandavid010’s rain-gutter cable management setup. More »

Laser-Cut Earbud Owl Keeps Your Cords Tangle-Free

8:00AM Adam Pash | We’re already big fans of anything that corrals our cord clutter, but we can’t help but appreciate the craftsmanship that went into this very clever DIY earbud owl. More »

Get Your Cord Clutter Under Control With Cable Lacing

9:00AM Adam Pash | We’ve featured tons of cord decluttering tips over the years, but cable lacing is a simple, classic method of cord management that we’ve somehow overlooked. More »

Turn An Old Contact Lens Case Into An Ear Bud Protector

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re a contact lens wearer with a cluttered stockpile of extra lens cases, don’t toss them out. Use them to protect your bud-style headphones. Instructables user Mowdish shows how to modify an old contact case to both stash your ear buds and keep the wires from getting tangled up. You simply cut away enough material from the side of the case to accommodate the stem of the ear bud when the cap is screwed back on. As shown in the photo above, you can cut away the plastic to make a perfectly sized slot for your particular style of ear buds. Not a contact wearer, or not sure where to drum up a contact case you can mod? Try asking real friendly-like at an optical store, or check out some previously posted methods for keeping your headphones tangle free—the DIY ear bud cord caddy is a starter. more details and pictures, check out Mowdish’s full tutorial below. Thanks Adam! Ear Bud Case from a Contact Lens Case [Instructables] More »