DIY flexible cable ties (CHEAP)

I bought some reusable wire ties from MicroCenter (GearTie was the brand i bought: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GEARTIE-REUSABLE-rubber-twist-tie-/131065447831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e841c0597) and cleaned up my cabling quite a bit. In retrospect, it was not very inexpensive and i was thinking there had to be a better alternative. Today on Lifehacker i ran across a DIY showing how to make your own reusable wire …

Inexpensive temp monitoring for data closets or small server rooms

A college introduced me to this product today, the Watchdog 15. a small self contained monitoring solution for small server rooms and data closets. http://www.itwatchdogs.com/DataSheets/WatchDog15%28P%29_Datasheet_%2820120822%29.pdf   I have not used these, but i thought i would share. I may pick one of these up for a customer who has a large number of IDF closets …