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Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/Replying to @lebkuchen@feddit.org
I clean out my SnakeBox pretty regularly. Sometimes there just isn’t a reason to keep them anymore.
It’s worse having to dig through a bunch of garbage to find the cable you want, then to have to order a new cable once every 10 years.
Replying to @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
Yes, but the satisfaction of being able to say “I told you!” when someone who has told you to get rid of the box needs something from said box is exquisite.
Replying to @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
I can’t tell you the next time I’ll need a 50ft null modem cable…but I can tell you it’ll be within a month of throwing mine out.
Replying to @JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
I finally got rid of my FireWire 800 and esata cables. Are you telling me that was a mistake?
Replying to @meat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
No. I work in IT where I dig through a box of cables pretty often. I’ve never once needed a firewire or esata cable.
Replying to @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
I thought that too, but then I needed a VGA cable for work, and my cable hoarding ways were vindicated.
Replying to @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
It's worse having to dig through a bunch of garbage to find the cable you want
Eh. I coil them up in type-sorted ziplocs with labels, and put them in function-sorted drawers (audio, tv/media, PC interior, phone, etc). Doesn't take long to find anything.