Friday, September 5, 2008

Life Support


Look at this thing. It's a surge protector for my computer system. It's big, scary, heavy, and complicated. And I need TWO of them to handle The Beast's appetite for power. Here is a list of plugs I need in my side of the office:

Mac Pro
Apple Cinema Display
Wacom drawing tablet
Harmon Kardon speakers
Canon flatbed scanner
Epson 13" printer
Canon printer/fax
Epson 8" printer
Black Hole drive
Blue Whale drive
Orange Julius drive
White Dwarf drive
Purple Popsicle drive (x2)
Powered USB hub #1
Powered USB hub #2
6500K desk light
Airport Extreme WiFi router
Cable bridge
Shredder
Tiny fan
Aqua Wave off-site drive (occasional)
MacBook (occasional)
Spares for other occasional devices (2)

If I counted right, that's 25 outlets!!! And many of them have huge transformers at the end that make them not play nice with their neighbors.

All I can say is, it's a good thing the new house has 150 Amp service and nine smoke detectors!

2 comments:

Dennis said...

Your beast is starting to look like an octopus.

wildmary said...

Your beast is getting the best of you!