The Cable Fondler, A Desk-Tidy For Tree-Huggers And Retro-Hippies
I’m posting this cute little gadget mostly for the benefit of Cult of Mac’s esteemed deputy editor John “olde-worlde” Brownlee, a man so reverent of natural materials that he once swapped out the ugly, modern sheet of borosilicate glass atop his induction hob for a shiny sheet of vintage, tanned pigskin.
With hilarious (and bacon-scented) results.
So this cable wrangler should be right up his street, especially as it is called the “Cable Fondler,” a name which will appear to Mr. Brownlee’s other weakness: he’s a colossal perv.
The Cable Fondler is as simple and eco-friendly as it gets. It ships flat, and the two halves are cut from a single sheet of bamboo “wood.” When separated, the teeth of one half slot through holes in the other to form a base, and the teeth of the top half then make a place to stow unplugged cables.
It’s as if the Fondler was a baleen plate and the cables were oversized plastic krill. This is doubly appropriate for our deviant deputy ed, as he has had his eye on a set of these whale foreskin barstools for some time.
The Fondler is secured to the desk-edge with a strip of re-stickable adhesive tape, and adds a little rustic “charm” to your otherwise perfectly handsome and high-tech desk setup.
The price is a mere $15. Easy for you to rustle up, but likely far more than the Cult of Mac team will manage to collect for Mr. Brownlee’s Christmas gift. Last year we managed only $3.14, plus a Galaxy Tab — hardly a great haul.
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Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
