cable management
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Build Your Own Magnetic Cable Catcher With Repurposed Materials
Magnetic cable catchers like the MOS Organiser are great, but they’re fdairly expensive considering it’s just a block of magnets. If you’d prefer to make one for yourself, Makeuseof has a guide for doing it with repurposed materials.
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Tame Under-The-Desk Cables With A Broken Three-Ring Binder
1You can buy all kinds of different products to help you tame cable clutter under your desk, but it’s just as easy to make something for yourself. I tamed mine using the metal rings from a broken three-ring binder.
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Keep Adaptors Attached To Their Cable With Sugru
Cable adaptors are great, but they’re also so darn small and easy to lose. Here’s a neat hack to keep them together: all you need is some Sugru, that magical material for DIY miracles.
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Ask LH: How Should I Label My Cables?
Hey Lifehacker, Do you have any tips on how to best label cables? I tend to label everything from network cables (what it’s connected to), power cables (what they charge; who owns it) and data cables. My current method is using an electronic labeller, and printing the text twice before using the cut button. Then…
