Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

<p>We have posted pics of some <a href="http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=234">truly messy data center cabling</a> in the past, but this time we figured it was time to do the opposite: Show how some people have managed to organize cables into something <strong>close to art</strong>.</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2216487104_63647a252e_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 1"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/digitalslurp/208731724/">Digital:Slurp</a>.</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/2216487094_f46d8e6182_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 2"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/chrisdag/865724585/">ChrisDag</a>.</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/2216487046_b7ca640f56_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 3"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbm3290/120563181/">mbm3290</a>. Swedish colors! How could we NOT include it?</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2216487078_08333e6915_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 4"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmayo/88000572/">mmayo</a>.</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2215694547_54a425c877_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 5"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42629356@N00/491617896/">Jef Newsom</a>.</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/2216487008_462d65d7df_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 6"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://precisionfiberoptics.com/workmanship.php?photo_num=3">Precision Fiber Optics</a>.</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2323/2215694517_67870685ca_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 7"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tim_d/184018928/">tim d</a>.</em><br> &#x2014;</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2215694485_ec3583babd_o.jpg" alt="Artful cabling 8"><br> <em>Courtesy of <a href="http://nw1.gmotion.us/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Data-Center&amp;id=DSC00476">Network1 Cabling</a>. (We&#x2019;re not sure this is practical or not, but it LOOKS impressive&#x2026;)</em></p>