Dust Buffalo
- June 30th, 2008
I did some overhauling to my office area this weekend. It was high time I pulled the whole desk apart so I could dust and vacuum behind it and all that jazz.
I consider myself a tidy person. I blow the dust out of my computers and whatnot all the time. I vacuum and dust on a pretty regular basis, but I also leave my windows open a lot for the bay breeze. I had no idea how much dust could accumulate behind a desk. Sweet moses!
To say there were dust bunnies would be a massive understatement. It was more like a stampede of dust sheep. Or maybe like… bison. Lots of dust! Huge dust! Live nude dust! You could see the outline of where my desk and chair mat used to be and I was mortified to the point of almost running to Target to buy a carpet steamer. I figured a good vacuuming and a little foaming carpet cleaner should do the trick. It did! Wow… aside from the usual traffic wear, it looks like new carpet! I’m totally doing this once a season instead of… uh… once a year. 
*looks shifty*
Oh, and that magical Conceal Surge Protector? I was sorely disappointed. It really doesn’t fit anything much. Almost all my plugs had big huge adapters on them, so out of the alleged 7 plugs available I could only fit 3 cords and then it wouldn’t close. Not the most well-thought-out design. 
A good idea in theory, but the execution… c’mon, Belkin! Use your noggin! I’ll be returning that to Fry’s, thank you. I guess I’m stuck with the Electrical Trash Heap for now… but at least it’s hidden. 
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for a couple few bucks, these things are great way to avoid the brick
blocking for your power strip. Just do a Google search for “power strip cord saver”
However, I’m not sure how or if it would work for your new device.
But, it might be worth a shot.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/9010/ Cable Capture to contain cords
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/81f6/ PowerSquid Surge to accommodate a/c adapters.
I bought my brother the cable capture and he loves it. Plus, this site just has fun, geeky stuff to look at.
I need to do that to my home sweet home.
The paper lanterns look great! And how do you get any work done when you have a fab view like that?
Yeah, trying to design a one-size-fits-all cord concealer won’t work out well. I thought it sounded too good to be true.
I wish equipment manufacturers would stop having the adaptor thing actually BE the plug. That’s just assy. Have a couple more feet of cord coming out the other end, fercrissakes.
I agree with Deltus. They should fix the cords. They do that with everything else in creation, printer cords with those power bulbs about a foot from the end…
I was going to recommend the power squid. And you could just make yourself a wooden foot support closed on all sides with a small, drilled out “mouse-hole” on the bottom edge of one side and put the surge protector underneath, letting the cord come out of the drilled area (so the entire unit sits flush to the floor).
I love your place, its so “moxiefied” Lol.