And do you know, I still haven't figured out what to unplug when a storm hits. I do pull the plug on this suppressor-like hunk, and get this intermittent beep, but have no idea what this is supposed to do -really- and then I should, i believe, pull out my airport, but don't know whether at the airport frisbie end or unscrew that heavy cord in the wall which my fingers cannot manage, and now you tell me I also have to pull the plug out of the wall for my wireless phone? The transformer goes into the wall plug and he other one into that hunk of suppressor, I believe . Good grief, now i shall have to start tracing all my connections again! I still have three other wireless and two wired phones all over the place!!!! I always hope the lights will stay on and the lightning will wear itself out before it gets too close. Marta On Aug 16, 2005, at 23:53, Anne Cartwright wrote:
> Marta, > > I think we are in the age of the wireless computer set up! > > I haven't figured out any way to reduce the number the number of > snakes or neaten up the mess they make. > > I had hope when I got my last computers with an Airport, that I was > going to be wireless! In fact I started out with a wireless printer, > but after two of them refused to work, I got one that attaches with a > cable to my computer. > > I do label each snake because I can't tell when I am under the table > what I am about to unplug. I have one printer, a scanner, two > computers, a USB hub, an Airport, three multi-outlet surge bars > (necessary to get the others to plug into an electrical outlet (of > which there are on;t two near my desk and the bricks on four of the > power cords just don't fit side-by-side), an UPS (and sometimes a > Wacom tablet or an external hard drive (backup), or a card reader). > Oh, and also a "cordless" telephone along with it's cord from the > phone jack and to the Airport (I think). Needless to say, I am in no > hurry to buy a new computer and have to make new connections. > > I have the above set so that when I am worried about an electrical > storm, I just have to get down on my knees and crawl under the desk to > turn off the UPS and pull two cords out of the wall sockets. And also > after I get backup, pull the phone cord from the wall jack. > > If you or anyone knows of a better way, please let me know. > > Anne > > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> To all those who gave their input when I asked about a label printer >> :May ye know that I installed my Dymo 400 and am playing with a new >> toy! Thanks for the help. Now a new one: What do you all do with all >> those tangled up snakes behind your computer? Is there any way at all >> to minimize this enormous pile of never ending cords? ( 2 printers, a >> palm pilot, an iPod, a scanner, and now this new thing. I also need >> a larger hub. right now I need to unplug one USB when I need to >> connect my camera. There is also an airport and then this router as >> well as a surge protector. I need an architect to design a structure >> in which or behind which I can hide this sammelsurium of entangled >> worms. >> >> >> Marta -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3193 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050817/1a93fe94/attachment.bin
