Moving Wires and Cables
Posted by Sandy Berger on July 26th, 2006
After two days of moving our office furniture to a new location, it was time to unpack the boxes. Files, folders, and computers were no problem at all, but in the end I was left with a gaggle of cables that filled an entire box. No one seemed to know which power cord went with which device. Okay, we were smart enough to mark some of them, but the labels had fallen off some, and many were not properly marked to start with. So here is my complaint. Why can’t companies standardize the power cords so that they are interchangeable? Oh, but they probably make a lot of money selling cables and cords to people who have lost theirs. I guess my wish is only a dream.
July 27th, 2006 at 10:50 am
Sandy:
Having moved more than my share of computers and peripherals over the years I too have tried to label both ends of cables using tape and writing on the tape, etc. Alas, the cord fairy loves to come in when you aren’t looking and remove them. I finally have tried (on the lighter colored cords) to use a permanent marker to write directly on the cord. It’s great EXCEPT for the black cords. Even using a lighter permanent marker doesn’t work get. I may try a gold permanent marker, if I find one.