Wacky office tools: 3-way USB thingamajig
The geeks of the world tell us that we’re not supposed to put our computers on the floor. Say what you will about dust and whatnot, but I refuse to put my honking behemoth of a computer on my desk in my line of sight and to take up vital real estate. So it’s under my desk. Which works.
Except…
On the random occasion I need to plug something into the USB ports, I end up on my hands and knees trying to find the plug in. It’s hard to see under there, even though they face forward. I couldn’t tell if the plug was facing the right direction and there was usually cursing involved, I’m sorry to say.
Until I got this cool thingamijig!
It looks like a 4-armed octopus. A quadipus. One end plugs into a USB port and stays there. Then you can choose any flexible arm to plug something into. You can lift it, turn it, bring it into the light. Other USB “splitters” are square and boxy. I like this one because it’s not only saved me a bunch of hassle, but it’s also kind of silly and fun.
The one featured is from Amazon, but I got mine at Staples.
659 days ago,
Mike said:
I just bought something similar to this–what a time-saver.
654 days ago,
Sheila said:
There are white ones like that are shaped like a little man. Search for USB Man Hub and you’ll find them on lots of sites like geekchic.ca or amazon.
638 days ago,
Qrystal said:
Heheh, funny you should mention that it’s often hard to know whether the plug is facing the right direction when you first try to plug in a USB cable. I’ve recently come to accept that the right way is almost always going to be the way I try second. However, I still have to be careful enough to be sure that my first attempt isn’t the right way after all, because I really don’t like having to try a third way on a two-option problem.
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