Comments on: Where bling and cable management meet: bedazzled pink CAT5 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 11:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743682 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743682 Actually, I think the xbox logo might explain this. Xboxes use ethernet cables (unless you've sprung for an expensive wireless adapter). It certainly would be nuts to expect an adult setting up a home network to want pink sparkly Cat5 - but a tween setting up her xbox might. Actually, I think the xbox logo might explain this. Xboxes use ethernet cables (unless you’ve sprung for an expensive wireless adapter). It certainly would be nuts to expect an adult setting up a home network to want pink sparkly Cat5 – but a tween setting up her xbox might.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-744200 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744200 What's really frustrating is that I like this sort of thing, but I'm a man, and we're forbidden from even LOOKING at things like that. I can't tell you how upset I was when they put Cooking Mama in the "Games for Girls" section of my local game store. I'm glad they finally got rid of the Games for Girls section. What’s really frustrating is that I like this sort of thing, but I’m a man, and we’re forbidden from even LOOKING at things like that.

I can’t tell you how upset I was when they put Cooking Mama in the “Games for Girls” section of my local game store. I’m glad they finally got rid of the Games for Girls section.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-746518 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746518 I do Video teleconferencing at work, and I always use what I refer to as 'Barbie Pink' Cat 5 cables for my connections. No one every mistakes my cables for anything other than mine, even though I haven't grabbed any sparkle bling that we have around for cell phones. I have a supply of pink 25 footers salted away so I'll always have some available for the future. Our other IT folks all have special colors for special uses around here. I do Video teleconferencing at work, and I always use what I refer to as ‘Barbie Pink’ Cat 5 cables for my connections. No one every mistakes my cables for anything other than mine, even though I haven’t grabbed any sparkle bling that we have around for cell phones.

I have a supply of pink 25 footers salted away so I’ll always have some available for the future. Our other IT folks all have special colors for special uses around here.

]]> By: No Imagination http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743715 No Imagination Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743715 Cables Unlimited has been around since 1994. The logo doesn't look all that much like the x-box logo if you view it on their website. Xeni, you missed the flagship of the Ka-Bling (or KaBLING, it's spelled both ways) line: the Audio Unlimited (sister company) KaBLING Pink 900MHz Wireless Speakers! Finally, nicht die Blinkenlichter, die Kristalle. Cables Unlimited has been around since 1994. The logo doesn’t look all that much like the x-box logo if you view it on their website.

Xeni, you missed the flagship of the Ka-Bling (or KaBLING, it’s spelled both ways) line: the Audio Unlimited (sister company) KaBLING Pink 900MHz Wireless Speakers!

Finally, nicht die Blinkenlichter, die Kristalle.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743750 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743750 No, i was implying that they changed the xbox logo slightly and then used it as their own, but then No Imagination pointed out that it is easier to see on their site and blew my trademark infringement case right out of the water. They still look similar though... No, i was implying that they changed the xbox logo slightly and then used it as their own, but then No Imagination pointed out that it is easier to see on their site and blew my trademark infringement case right out of the water.

They still look similar though…

]]> By: Amsterdaam http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743751 Amsterdaam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743751 No, I was implying that they changed the xbox logo slightly and then used it as their own, but then No Imagination pointed out that it is easier to see on their site and blew my trademark infringement case right out of the water. They still look similar though... No, I was implying that they changed the xbox logo slightly and then used it as their own, but then No Imagination pointed out that it is easier to see on their site and blew my trademark infringement case right out of the water.

They still look similar though…

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-744024 MadRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744024 Well I had to admit it's a little suspicious with their logo looking like an Xbox logo so it wouldn't be hard imagine they lied about what they do with their money. But their website says: Cables Unlimited is a Proud Sponsor of the NBCF/ National Breast Cancer Foundation, donating a full 10% of proceeds to this charity and the charity does exist. This caught my eye because my wife had her second breast cancer surgery today. http://www.cablesunlimited.com/products/prod_Group.aspx?groupcode=G0448&itemNo=UTP-1450-07P Well I had to admit it’s a little suspicious with their logo looking like an Xbox logo so it wouldn’t be hard imagine they lied about what they do with their money. But their website says:

Cables Unlimited is a Proud Sponsor of the NBCF/ National Breast Cancer Foundation, donating a full 10% of proceeds to this charity

and the charity does exist. This caught my eye because my wife had her second breast cancer surgery today.

http://www.cablesunlimited.com/products/prod_Group.aspx?groupcode=G0448&itemNo=UTP-1450-07P

]]> By: Phoenicks http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743518 Phoenicks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743518 Sarcasm, Xeni? Sarcasm, Xeni?

]]> By: kevinsky http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743778 kevinsky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743778 So basically what we're seeing here is that the blinging up of $10 HDMI cables so that BestBuy can sell 'em for $140 is now spreading to other types of cables. So basically what we’re seeing here is that the blinging up of $10 HDMI cables so that BestBuy can sell ‘em for $140 is now spreading to other types of cables.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743528 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743528 I hear the NASCAR cable -- covered with sponsorship decals, and with a tendency to burst into flames and whip around and sever other nearby cables -- is popular in Southern states. I hear the NASCAR cable — covered with sponsorship decals, and with a tendency to burst into flames and whip around and sever other nearby cables — is popular in Southern states.

]]> By: boingaddict http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743536 boingaddict Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743536 i want zombiefied cat5 cables i would so enjoy those i want zombiefied cat5 cables i would so enjoy those

]]> By: Amsterdaam http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743547 Amsterdaam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743547 It's very strange that they use the xbox 360 logo on the box... It’s very strange that they use the xbox 360 logo on the box…

]]> By: shatterjack http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743549 shatterjack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743549 hahaha cables unlimited is my dad's old company. They sell every cable you could imagine. My favorite is the mickey mouse power cable...If any place might have zombie cat5, it would be this place. hahaha cables unlimited is my dad’s old company. They sell every cable you could imagine. My favorite is the mickey mouse power cable…If any place might have zombie cat5, it would be this place.

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-744063 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744063 I can see my almost-7-year-old wanting these for her computer. Thankfully, it's a laptop with a wireless LAN card, so these are not needed. I can see my almost-7-year-old wanting these for her computer. Thankfully, it’s a laptop with a wireless LAN card, so these are not needed.

]]> By: absimiliard http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743555 absimiliard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743555 "As a female user of computers, I can assure you that this is relevant to my interests, because it is pink and contains sparkles. " BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I love you Xeni, let's all move to Utah so my wife and I can marry you! -abs isn't actually serious, but damn your sense of humor matches his pretty perfectly some days “As a female user of computers, I can assure you that this is relevant to my interests, because it is pink and contains sparkles. ”

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

I love you Xeni, let’s all move to Utah so my wife and I can marry you!

-abs isn’t actually serious, but damn your sense of humor matches his pretty perfectly some days

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743811 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743811 I have seen the pink "bling" cables for sale, probably at Micro Center. IIRC women bought them, too. I have seen the pink “bling” cables for sale, probably at Micro Center. IIRC women bought them, too.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743560 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743560 Sorry, no zombie cat5, but you CAN get LOLcat5. Sorry, no zombie cat5, but you CAN get LOLcat5.

]]> By: Summer Seale http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-745096 Summer Seale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745096 Those rock, and I want to buy some today. =) Those rock, and I want to buy some today. =)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743826 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743826 It's funny because sticking plastic gems on RJ-45's is actually more useful than gold-plating them. It’s funny because sticking plastic gems on RJ-45′s is actually more useful than gold-plating them.

]]> By: Stephen http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743827 Stephen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743827 But the markup is much smaller than "audiophile" cables, some of the money goes to fight breast cancer, and they come in Pink OR Hot Pink! But the markup is much smaller than “audiophile” cables, some of the money goes to fight breast cancer, and they come in Pink OR Hot Pink!

]]> By: SpacelordMother http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743574 SpacelordMother Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743574 My gosh is that similar. My girlfriend was discussing earlier today why they don't make CAT-5 couplers for girls. It's such a male dominated market right now it seems. Now I see this. Well I'll be damned.... :\ My gosh is that similar.

My girlfriend was discussing earlier today why they don’t make CAT-5 couplers for girls. It’s such a male dominated market right now it seems. Now I see this. Well I’ll be damned…. :\

]]> By: GrrrlRomeo http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743577 GrrrlRomeo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743577 The color pink haunts me. I cannot escape it. The color pink haunts me. I cannot escape it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743580 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743580 see i didn't pick up on the sarcasm right away and now i'm sad because i really do want these because they're pink and shiny. see i didn’t pick up on the sarcasm right away and now i’m sad because i really do want these because they’re pink and shiny.

]]> By: miss eliza sea http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743840 miss eliza sea Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743840 I'm sure any good geeky girl worth her salt has access to a hot glue gun and a handful of sparklies. I'll bedazzle my $10 lavender 50ft cat5 myself, thank you very much, I’m sure any good geeky girl worth her salt has access to a hot glue gun and a handful of sparklies. I’ll bedazzle my $10 lavender 50ft cat5 myself, thank you very much,

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743591 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743591 AND it has the Breast Cancer ribbon. Ow, I just headdesked. AND it has the Breast Cancer ribbon.

Ow, I just headdesked.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743857 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743857 The cable shown above is androgynous, after all, it has male ends on it. The cable shown above is androgynous, after all, it has male ends on it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743871 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743871 A sys admin friend of mine wired up his companys conference room with bright purple cat5 cables to stop people from "borrowing" the cables. Easy to spot if someone took them due to the slagging their workmates would give them. A sys admin friend of mine wired up his companys conference room with bright purple cat5 cables to stop people from “borrowing” the cables. Easy to spot if someone took them due to the slagging their workmates would give them.

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743872 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743872 If it pleases and sparkles... If it pleases and sparkles…

]]> By: Elizabeth Krumbach http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-743621 Elizabeth Krumbach Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-743621 I took this picture in my living room, the actual source of this image is my blog: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2652 I took this picture in my living room, the actual source of this image is my blog:

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2652

]]> By: sithlet http://boingboing.net/2010/03/24/where-bling-and-cabl.html#comment-744654 sithlet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-744654 I have a pink ethernet cable at work (came from what was formerly known as the Hello Kitty Network), but it has no gems. Time to make good on my promise to put glitter glue on it. I have a pink ethernet cable at work (came from what was formerly known as the Hello Kitty Network), but it has no gems. Time to make good on my promise to put glitter glue on it.

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