Cords taking over the House....Help!?

Somebody please give me some advice....
Digital Cameras
Camcorders
Computers
Printers, Scanners, Fax and ect.
PS2. X-Box
TV, VCR, DVD, Stereo Systems and
The list goes on and on..
With so many Cords, remotes, software and all the other stuff for each item ...
how do people keep track and know where everything is?
and where do they put it? And how do know what goes with what? help me please.............

Two things. Power strips and cable ties. (The colored cable ties are better since you can color code your items.) Break each item down into common components, i.e. printers and faxes, monitors and camera items, external drives and other external misc. like speakers, etc.

Plug them into common power strips, and cable tie those puppies! Problem with an item! You will know exactly where to go to look for the culprit. I use the method myself, and it's great. Looks cool also if you are the nerdy type.

easy because there smart and organized

Tell me about it! For seldom used items, they have their own decorative box (old shoe boxes covered with pretty paper), labeled and containing the device, it's cord, and instructions plus any other auxillary item.

Cords that are in use are first labeled at their junction with the device and outlet plus a place inbetween if it is a long run. Ideally I tape the suckers under tables, behind cabinets, etc to get them off the floor. If that's not possible, they get put into cord holders and run along baseboards (I hate that because the dust bunnies like to hide there too). Wish they had snap out baseboards so you could tuck those cords away!

That doesn't mean I'm neat and tidy, but it helps.

I thought we were the wire family....LOL....I look at them and just stress in amazement, what to do with all of them?...but we NEED all those cords, and remotes, AHHHH....I know what you mean!!!....what the problem is, is we don't have the $$$ to condense it into a unit that will allow us to access all the "stuff" we have, like in a universal type behind the walls system...so we have CORDS all over the place...but, hey, how obnoxiously cool that we are able to have all that stuff, when some people can't afford 2 television sets...so I don't bit*ch....I just look at it and look away....check to make sure no fire hazzard, and enjoy what I got!!!!