[Robotgroup] I'm on Boing Boing... for cables...?

[TomD]

A musican friend showed me a trick for cables, he was a keyboardist with
a big MIDI setup.

Take the cable and fold it in half, ends together.
Then keep folding until it's short enough to tie a
simple, but loose overhand knot. It will stay tied
in a box, it does take up a little more room than
tightly coiled cables, but no ties are needed, nor
will they tangle when you untie the overhand.

It probably wont work for a 100 ft extension, or really stiff cords.
But for everything from earbud cords to Cat6 to SCSI cables, it works well.