igny - Slashdot User

Submission + - Cable management 1

Submitted by igny on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @03:28PM

igny writes: I have just recently cleaned up my home office, reducing the clutter, but I could not come up with a neat solution to my cable problem. I believe my cable usage is even below average for a slashdotter, but still I have 3 computers with a bunch of ethernet and power cables, 2 cellphones, video, photo, with several proprietary chargers/AC adapters, printer, two NASes with a couple of external drives, phone, audio system, routers/switches, modem... Everything requires cables of different kinds.
I believe that AC adapters still draw some power even with no device hooked to it. So I organized my power cables by usage with several power strips to turn off adapters which I use less frequently.
I am asking for advice from experienced slashdotters. How do you cope with your cable problem? Do you use dedicated tables, shelves, armoire for the cables? I am still looking for a neat, efficient, and safe (I have small kids) solution.

Submission + - Sharpest images with "Lucky" Telescope (cam.ac.uk) 1

Submitted by igny on Monday September 03, 2007 @05:37PM

igny writes: British astronomers from the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a new camera that gives much more detailed pictures of stars and nebula than even the Hubble Space Telescope, and it does all this from the ground. A new technique, called "Lucky imaging", have been used to diminish atmospheric noise in the visible range, creating the most detailed pictures of sky in history.

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