1. iPod Adapter
2. Digicam Adapter
3. Speakers
4. Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
5. Desk halogen lamp
6. Cellphone charger
7. Printer/Scanner/Copier
8. IBM Laptop adapter
9. Dell Inspiron adapter
10. 4-port hub
11. TV
12. Samsung Home Theater in a Box
13. Playstation 2

That makes for a whole MESS of wires. I'm amazed that modern people can deal with all this complexity. Case in point: all of the above is in one small area since I use the dell as my media desktop, connected to the tv/theater system, to which the ps2 is also connected. The two laptops are connected by the hub so i can network and remote control from one to the other. The desktop speakers can be patched into the home theater system with a small cable change. The iPod connects to the ibm as does the digicam (one by usb the other by firewire) and the phone would connect by bluetooth if my laptop had it. Ack! Imagine somebody from say 100 years back. Give them even a simple computer set up and how impressed and confounded would they be. F3? QWERTY? Component versus Composite? It'd be like our looking forward to Star Trek-like interface systems. The complexity we deal with everyday in terms of interfaces is staggering. But perhaps it's just that the analog quirks of a wheelbarrow of yesteryears are replaced by a crashing hard drive...