Notes from the the Lower East Side counter
Practical notes about computer cables and desk cable management, written by the people who stock it.
A short guide to keeping a rented desk tidy
Coworking desks, shared studio benches and any desk in a rented apartment share a constraint: you cannot drill, and whatever you fit has to come off cleanly. That rules out about h
Why a USB hub can be slower than the port it plugs into
Adding a hub multiplies the number of sockets on a desk but it does not multiply the bandwidth behind them. Everything plugged into a hub shares the single connection back to the c
Monitor light bars: what they fix and what they do not
A monitor light bar is a narrow LED strip that clips to the top edge of a screen and throws light forwards onto the desk rather than back at your eyes. They have become common enou
Replacing a television power cord safely
A missing or damaged television power cord is one of the most common things people come in for, and one of the easiest to get wrong online because the connector names are obscure.
Under-desk cable management without drilling anything
A desk gets messy from underneath. Nobody plans it: a monitor arrives, then a dock, then a laptop charger and a lamp, and within a year there is a knot under the desk that has to b
How to work out the USB-C cable you actually need
Almost every USB-C cable looks the same and almost none of them do the same job. One will charge a laptop at full speed and refuse to carry video; another will show a 4K signal and