Solid Block of Ise

I just found something that solves one of my many irritations. See, I have home-theater-junkie tendencies. If it wasn’t for my limited economy, I would have a totally bitchin’ setup.

However, even on my relatively humble scale there is one thing that annoys me to no end. I have given my pain a name, and that name is “cables”.

I tolerate them around my computer, because it’s a messy area no matter how you turn, and thus it kind of disappears into the entropy. But I’ve thought long about how to solve the issue of making a neat theater-installation without having a bunch of cables running around the place.

(I should point out that I’m also very skeptical towards any wireless solutions. It’s not that I don’t like wireless, it’s just that in my experience they’re always too unreliable and while removing one annoyance they add several others instead.)

Managing cables and stringing them up in a neat configuration helps, but they’re still there. However, now I’ve found a product that is as ingenious as it is useful. It’s called Flat Wire and it is exactly what the name implies - a cable that is almost perfectly flat.

It’s beautiful. Attach them to the wall, then paint or wallpaper over them. They’re invisible!

The only drawback about these are probably that since they’re clever they’re also expensive. I haven’t found a price for them (even though I admittedly haven’t searched very hard) but that’s again my experience with smart solutions.

But isn’t it gorgeous?

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