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Currently they're in types in ziploc baggies but there must be a better way

the baggies:

  • USB A > USB C
  • USB C <> USB C
  • USB A > USB B Micro
  • Ethernet
  • HDMI to different sized HDMI
  • HDMI to USB B
  • HDMI to other USB
  • HDMI to HDMI
  • USB female to male and extenders
  • Dongles, converters, and USB hubs
  • VGA
  • USB A to lightning bolt
  • A few old ipod charging cables

Not pictured: separate drawer for guitar cables, XLR, headphones jack to jack and adapters, phono and midi; separate duffel bag for long power cables; separate baggie in another drawer for international adapters and plugs

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Toiletpaper-rolls works 👍

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Right, sorry, I got carried away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Which this solution is. No excitement or other problems. Just grab a cable and off you go.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

That's a great hack. Reduces the cleanup of having them zip tied together too. Grab and go

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What did you do with all that toilet paper, though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That's a great idea, plus you can label them on the outside of the roll!

I mostly use assorted small cardboard boxes – usually from computer peripherals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why you need so many though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It just feels wrong to throw away cables...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I joined the conversation only to post this question. To it, you beat me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I may be dull, but I'm certainly not organized or motivated!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hehe

I just noticed the empty drawer just below the pile.

Hm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The plastic box?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Shit, THAT'S where that thing has been.

Thanks :)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How are you organizing your spare cable drawer?

Should I be?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Throw them in and let them become one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Like a techno rat king!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For those that haven't yet discovered them, reusable cable ties exist. They make keeping cables properly coiled a lot easier. No more rat kings!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

No drawers in the server closet, so 3D printer to the rescue:

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Wait, you're supposed to organize your spare cables??

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are you kidding me? I have 21 drawers of cables and bs.

(Not all of these are filled / bottom right are empty)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I was about to ask if you could show off some of your assorted cables, then I couldn't stop thinking of Professor Farnsworth

Prof. Farnsworth: Let me show you around. That’s my lab table and this is my work-stool. And over there is my intergalactic spaceship! And here’s where I keep assorted lengths of wire.

Fry: Whoa! A real live spaceship!

Prof. Farnsworth: I designed it myself. Let me show you some of the different lengths of wire I used.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

There is no better way. Any more structure, like hooks or dividers, reduces the usable storage space.

Label your ziplocs and call it a day.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Michael's store sells thee 16 5x7 photo organizers in a carry case.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's called Simply Tidy: Photo and Craft Keeper. Also fits 3.5 inch HDDs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Ponytail hair rubber bands. soft on the cables, reusable, cheap...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shockingly similar. Ziplocs with labels.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

my bags are transparent so i didnt label them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago
[–] leftzero 5 points 3 months ago

It's a box. It's full of cables.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Rubber band everything and throw them in a series of different drawers of varying sizes with a vague organizational scheme

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Loose in box that u have to go digging through to find anything. Its the technological version of a rat king. I did go through it lat week and threw out 90% of the shit. I found cables I didn't even know existed.

Its kinda a useless box now since the only 3 cables I need in my life are USBC HDMI and power.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Just wait. In 3 days you're going to need that null modem cable and it's going to ruin you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

velcro ties, in fabric grocery bags

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I used to have a big plastic tub that I just tossed all the cables into. After a few years, it was literally all one piece; no matter where you pulled, the entire thing would come out. It took 5 minutes of untangling to get anything out. My brother called it an abomination.

I bag each type separately, as you do. I have fewer audio cables, so they are also bagged in the same bin, quarter and eighth inch phone cables separately. No Apple stuff. Extras like DE9 serial and MIDI cables. IEC power cables are in the bin, extension cords coiled, hanging from the basement ceiling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Into nooses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Like that photo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I prefer a more stochastic approach.

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