I was away from the computer all day and have only turned it on tonight after moving my computer desk and rearranging the USB hubs behind my monitor. I have two 7-port hubs to support all of the cables. A whole bunch of them are device cables that don't need the powerful links (several camera cables, mp3 player, phone cable, etc.)

Of course though what I intended the desk move, I didn't start there. I sorted through several boxes of papers in the office closet to clear the floor in case I needed to move any of the equipment to the closet. In the process I pulled out my Dad's old APC battery backup and read the booklet - I'll put that in service if I can buy a replacement. Otherwise, it's e-trash and will go to the bin at work.

Now I can see the floor in the closet AND I can move behind my computer desk easily to see all of the wires and cables. No more crawling on my hands and knees with a flashlight to reach the cables. This was the kind of job that involved frequently running the vacuum cleaner and shredder.

On a health note, I ran into an artificial sweetener this week that has the same effect as nutrasweet - it causes diarrhea a couple of hours after consumed. I accidentally got into it via a sports drink. Acesulfame potassium is often times combined with aspartame in foods and drinks - maybe this is what was always getting me. I suspect they're using just this and not also nutrasweet because people are onto nutrasweet. And now they need to be onto this stuff.

SRS