Network Cable
Saturday, March 31st, 2007What else can I do in office on a non-working Saturday? Since there’s a "network renovation" (change of network infrastructure) rearrangement going on in office, me & my colleague got addicted to this network cable enthusiasm. We actually helped the network administrator to prepare network cable (i.e. cut it according to appopriate length and install the connector on it). So, since it’s a non-working Saturday, obviously the network guy isn’t around, this two rascals make our own shortest network cable.

(From left) First one is my shortest network cable, followed by Jeffu’s network cable which made my mini network cable (third one) looks gigantic. The key on the right simply normal-size office key.
I did created a real short network cable, but then in 5 minutes time my colleague makes my "short network cable" looks gigantic
. Since I was rather free, I make an effort to make another even shorter. The result is shown in the photo above.
Alright, this network cable is not practical obviously. But I don’t mean it can be used. This is a WORKING cable. So, after installing the connector, we gotta try it out to make sure it’s working. How is it so? We tried pluggin’ into the socket on the wall. With? The laptop of course. So see the funniest part of all :

He can’t help to rotate his "short" network cable, so the only think he can do is to overturn his laptop. I can’t stand to take a photo of it.
Why’s the laptop overturned? Well, the socket on the wall is upright direction, whilst the socket on the laptop is pointing downwards. So usually what we do is we rotate the cable and plug it in. But…but…the cable happened to be too short to rotate, therefore the laptop has to be rotated instead. ![]()