dear Elelctonic Expert!

I had a system that would rival yours Davo - but I did as Gandalph suggested by fastening the multi socket extension to the wall behind my monitor and also shortened each power lead to its minimum length to reach its target.

It was 2 hours work well spent

oh no alan you haven't been playing with the superglue again have you??? fire dept!!!!!!!!!!!

problem is I can never get my times to match with their times!

I don't like to see wires trailing and go to some trouble to hide them. It might be a throwback to the job I did. Had to keep television/video recorder leads neat and tidy ..out of sight altogether if possible.

I've got a desk with a back on it for putting my computers and the associated parts on (built to purpose). There's also a television with a surround-sound unit standing on it. It's the usual 'plate of spaghetti' behind the desk but a minimal amount of wires are showing above it. Only the ends of phone charger leads are visible.

There are a couple of convenient but hidden mains switches for turning items right off instead of leaving them in stand-by.

will there ever be a day without wires I wonder??

davo wrote:

will there ever be a day without wires I wonder??

There already is davo. I won't go into boring depth with it though. It consists of a large circle of wire hidden behind the wall and is wired to the mains of the House. On the consumer side of things you need the right type of pick-ups to manage the electricity flow from it to run your gear. It's called inductance wiring but hasn't taken off yet but I think it will in future House Builds.

  Gandalph                         I won't go into boring depth with it though.              .

Gandalph wrote:

davo wrote:

will there ever be a day without wires I wonder??

There already is davo. I won't go into boring depth with it though. It consists of a large circle of wire hidden behind the wall and is wired to the mains of the House. On the consumer side of things you need the right type of pick-ups to manage the electricity flow from it to run your gear. It's called inductance wiring but hasn't taken off yet but I think it will in future House Builds.

can you give me a sense in years I ain't got  long really and I am sure as hell not putting it in for others!!

Here's my computer corner and where I watch most TV:



Telly on the left, a Linux laptop in the middle and W.10 Desktop computer on the right.

you didn't tidy all that up for the shot did ya?  no snooze chair?? and not a wire in sight

The laptop was sitting where the fan is placed Davo but it was a bit awkward to use there, so I shifted it earlier today to where you see it now. Even so, that's about how it looked before. The wires were hidden as they are now. All tucked down behind the desk and running from one side to the other in a channel that I built for them.

I do sometimes snooze in that chair. Note the footrest under the desk. All very comfy. :)

I have a bed in my office for late night sessions! and masses of cases for books and dvds cds etc ma man hole but I like it untidy - I look out onto the bush and in the distance the granny flat - will take a pic soon [not of the man cave]

ah well here it is part of the ozzie bush outside of me man cave [window open but fly screen in place!] this was taken at 730am 12C shutter speed - fast -flash speed - bloody fast - what I hate about takin these photos is having to attach  the bloody camera to the pc and wait for download - I need a camera that takes pics and then I just point it at the pc press a button and pics are magically transferred - any suggestions gandalph; mart; catgate - oh OK then gldie as well and we may as well include those other two shy ones Mal and Alan Ho Ho Ho! there are often one or two wallabies feeding right outside too but someone cut the wild grass a few weeks back [not me] and so they are foraging elsewhere.

I don't think there are any cameras on the market that will do what you want davo. It's still a case of taking out the SD card or camera and plugging it into the computer and doing the transfer manually.

Gandalph wrote:

I don't think there are any cameras on the market that will do what you want davo. It's still a case of taking out the SD card or camera and plugging it into the computer and doing the transfer manually.

in this day and age unbelievable!!

davo wrote:

I have a bed in my office for late night sessions! and masses of cases for books and dvds cds etc ma man hole but I like it untidy - I look out onto the bush and in the distance the granny flat - will take a pic soon [not of the man cave]

I'd never say any preference is the right way Davo. The preferences a person has is only the right way for them. Regarding photos, have a read of this:

https://www.howtogeek.com/209493/how-to-automatically-upload-photos-from-a-digital-camera-not-just-a-smartphone/