One of the things that's bugged me for ages is the mess of cables and wires you get from all your chargers and adaptors. But, until they perfect wireless power, there's seemingly no alterative to the nasty tangle of charging stuff. But then, yesterday, in a bid to achieve something in an otherwise success-free week I bought a cheap bowl from Habitat, drilled a big hole in the back, poked some wires through and hey presto - domestic wirey neatness.
Then in order to achieve some small measure of greenness I plugged them all into one of those mechanical timer things so it switches everything off after about 2 hours of charging, which should be enough for all of them.
To be honest, I'm quite pleased with myself. I'm not very handy normally, but this actually seemed to work.
Excellent. So sleek. I'm stealing this idea if you don't mind.
Posted by: Rusty-Chubb | July 05, 2007 at 08:17 PM
Russel - not sure if you caught the mobile study we did with the FT last week (http://podcast.ft.com/?section=digital). It highlighted you can have all the fancy gadgets in the world, but without a plug you're kinda powerless (sorry!).
Thought I was turning into a electricity-obsessed freak until I started to get emails and texts from old friends who shared the same pain. Didn't know there were so many people who cared. Freaky stuff.
Liking the 2 hour green thing. Very SEGOR.
Posted by: Matt Connolly | July 06, 2007 at 12:02 AM
I love it! It's the kind of thing Ready Made mag would love! Very nice indeed.
Posted by: birdie | July 06, 2007 at 01:34 AM
domestic wirey neatness.. lovely.
Posted by: lauren | July 06, 2007 at 02:07 AM
I think it's such a great idea. I hate the messy tangles as well, but usually I put them all in one cat bed I obtained when I bought Friskies.
Posted by: Zana | July 06, 2007 at 02:37 AM
Bravo!
Posted by: Diego | July 06, 2007 at 04:03 AM
Really nice idea and less cheaper than the Multipot (http://www.multipot.it/). But have a look at the Wildcharge: http://www.wildcharge.com/
Posted by: alex | July 06, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Of course! So simple! And I've been thinking about spending hard-earned money on one of those fancy gadget valets they sell at Brookstone. I'm totally stealing this idea, only using a disused basket I have lying around the house.
Posted by: Mitzi | July 06, 2007 at 03:16 PM
Such a neat idea -- why didnt I think of this?
Posted by: Mac | July 06, 2007 at 04:31 PM
I feel a new blog coming on, Russell. It would be interesting to chart your rise to 'handiness'.
Posted by: Richard | July 09, 2007 at 08:35 AM
Very impressive
Posted by: Sarah J Edwards | July 11, 2007 at 05:47 PM
I love this idea, wires do my nut too.
Posted by: Sushma | July 18, 2007 at 12:10 PM