So here is a very different sort of post. It is more a plea than a post, but now that I have over 100 subscribers (woo hoo!) I feel there is someone out there who can solve this problem for me. Or at least make some heartily good suggestions.
Here is the situation ((and yes, I know this is a first-world problem and I am significantly spoiled):
I have one desk. Medium large size I guess. I have a desktop and a laptop. More and more I am using them simultaneously. I also have an iPad and an iPhone that I plug into the surge protectors which sit behind my desktop on my desk. I have (and deeply love) my relatively new AirPods; this little device can save your marriage. Seriously. I have a lamp on my desk as well. And I have cords. Surge protectors and cords, cords, cords. And I have very limited wall outlets. The one under my desk is the only one.
I have a tangle of cords that roost upon my desk and I don’t like it. I don’t like this mess of cords. More and more we have simplified our lives but somehow these cords seem to shout to me, “Liar! Liar! Liar!” Nothing looks simplified about my desk or this traffic pileup of surge protector and cords.
There must be a solution. There must be some simple utilitarian device that can organize this Medusa-like mess of cords. I am counting on you, dear readers, to offer up some solutions.
Is there a big jumbo surge protector so I only have to have one? Is that safe? We seem to have quite a bit of lightning in these parts at times. I need the surge protectors to sit on my desk because it is just too hard to crawl on my hands and knees every time I need to plug or unplug devices. My crawling efforts are only for emergencies these days. I need a good day-to=day solution.
Every cord seems to be a different length. Some devices can’t seem to plug in right next to another device because of the size of their plug heads.
So if you could be most cord-ial and help me out with this mess, I will be most grateful. Suggestions? Pity? Anything.
I don't like cords, either! I saw some under desk shelving on amazon--shelves that attach to the underside of the desk, so you can reach them, but they don' take up precious desk space.
Google "USB charging station". Many of your devices can plug into that.