Byline: Craig Crossman
Sep. 5--Anyone who works with a computer at their desk will tell you that there's never enough power outlets nearby. This axiom seems to resurrect itself every time you get a new piece of equipment and you have to locate a new place to plug it in. I speak from personal experience with this one. I think I've got things under control from the last time this happened only to discover that once again, I'm coming up short when I need to plug something in.
The answer of course is to use power strips. But power strips are definitely not all created equal. The most basic of power strips merely provide extra plugs into which you can plug things in. Most ...