Tip: Label Your Cords

Since we've just had to move twice in two months, we've really gone through everything we own with a critical eye. We've organized and culled and donated and recycled and sold until we're about as minimal as we can be. So we're a little puzzled at how our collection of cords is such an embarrassment.

The real question is how we've managed to hold onto so many of them although we don't have the faintest clue what they're for. It occurred to us that if we'd been smart, we would have labeled them as they entered our household -- instead of trying to belatedly figure out what piece of electronic equipment they belong to. Tags like these would be perfect.

We're wondering whether anyone else is in the same situation, or whether we're the last to realize how simple it would be to attach a label and end the future bewilderment. . .

Comments (2)

oh yeah. plenty of times. i finally started storing them in ziplock bags with a note identifying it.

posted by Lourdes on 2007-02-13 13:44:53

The best way to do this is with a printing self-adhesive label maker. You simply type out the type of cord and stick it on long-ways. Nothing to get snagged, nothing to rip off easily.

posted by Max on 2007-02-13 17:37:34