Michael I still type a lot on the computer, writing articles, creating open-source software, and sending sharp-tongued emails or posts on social media. In my later years, I have also discovered the standing desk for myself. Or, rather, an adjustable desk that moves up or down with a motor, depending on whether I want to sit down or stand up while working.

The problem with this flexible setting, however, is that the cables running from the power outlet to the desk, which include monitor and computer power, a network cable, USB connection to the scanner, and so on, tend to coil loosely on the floor when the desk is lowered, but need to tighten when the desk is raised for standing. Additionally, one should be able to walk around the desk or quickly vacuum under it, and with my previous setup, due to a lack of cable management, thick dust bunnies had already formed under the chaotic tangle of wires. Unacceptable!

By chance, I discovered some newfangled cable guides on Amazon called "Vertebrae," which, similar to a spine, assume a curved shape without kinking when compressed. The links are freely attached to each other like vertebrae and allow rotation around a single axis (unlike the spine in two dimensions!). The size is sufficient for up to half a dozen cables to stay neatly within the vertebrae, and on Amazon, several vendors offer this product for around 35 dollars. I got it on eBay from a Chinese seller for just over 20 dollars. Worth every cent, as my study has never been this clean since I started whizzing around with our also brand new Dyson vacuum cleaner. Top product!

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