4 clever Ethernet cable hacks

April 10, 2014
Entertaining new video from the benevolent geniuses at Tinkernut.

The technology wags/benevolent geniuses at Tinkernut have created this entertaining video describing several extra-intuitive ways to manipulate standard Ethernet cabling for extended applications.

Related: Knowing when to use solid vs. stranded Ethernet cables

"Even though wireless technology is making Ethernet cables obsolete, let's take a look at some ways to breathe new life into these technological wonders," writes the site's editor. While you may disagree with the first half of that statement (and, indeed, several of the video's Youtube commenters do), the cleverness of these "hacks" is hard to dispute.

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