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Cable Management

Dear God in Heaven...help a guy out.

So, heres what we have

1. Wooden Desk. About 21 inches deep, and three feet long. I am not above pound nails, drilling, sawing whatever.

2. 1 G4 POwerbook.

3. Two external hard drive, a lacie and a mybook

4. Ipod

5. Power strip

6. Belkin 4 port usb hub

7. Mouse, with cord

AND CABLES

I want as clean a work space. I want to be able to shut my powerbook, and move it so I can write on my desk.

Help me out with suggestions for cable manuevering

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I don't know how much...

I don't know how much help this is, but I keep my powerstrip on the floor under my desk, for starters!

I've also seen velcro strips you can use to tie cables together. I've seen them many places, but here's a link:

http://cableorganizer.com/wire-wrap/

Maybe others will be more useful!

 
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