Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps? - Gizmodo Comments

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

macserv — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:50:20 EDT

Sean Fallon wrote:
Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

@Sean Fallon: Yeah, tangled wire lamps are ugly too.

macserv

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Purple Dave — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:35:16 EDT

@hooked-on-tronics:
Yeah, try to figure out a nice way to explain that to someone who has no AC in the dog days of summer.

Purple Dave

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

GeekyNerdGuy — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:12:35 EDT

@berribrand: He's a starving artist. He can't afford those expensive swirly bulbs.

GeekyNerdGuy

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

berribrand — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:50:29 EDT

Please tell me this person is not using an ancient incandescent bulb to display his piece of "techno-art."

berribrand

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Guy-Fawkes — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:37:20 EDT

Art can be ugly. I have no idea if that crap is art or not, but it's several orders of magnitude past fugly.

Guy-Fawkes

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

kalashnikov — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:28:17 EDT

Waste of copper. But you might be able to hang yourself if it came to it. Convenience factor there.

kalashnikov

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

sansovino — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:10:33 EDT

No, it isn't just a matter of opinion. That isn't art. It is stupid. It is fugly. It is NOT art.

sansovino

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

HDC — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:53:43 EDT

Looks like something that would be hanging in Buffalo Bill's dungeon.

HDC

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

hooked-on-tronics — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:08:44 EDT

@Gann: I wouldn't say the power is being outright wasted, the dissipated heat will still contribute to the overall warmth of the house. Ugly as sin though, tangled cables hanging all over the house would set me off.

hooked-on-tronics

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

secretmanofagent — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:06:44 EDT

One of them looks like a noose. Suicidal tendencies perhaps?

secretmanofagent

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Gann — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:28:14 EDT

@Purple Dave: My thoughts exactly. If he's pushing current through all of that he's wasting alot of power.

Gann

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

rudeadly — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:46:21 EDT

approval

rudeadly

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

N@tedog — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:39:25 EDT

Still fugly.

N@tedog

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

vote Obama — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:32:39 EDT

Blue String Soup

[www.clangers.co.uk]

vote Obama

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

92BuickLeSabre — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:31:33 EDT

@Git Em SteveDave: Who do you think I am? Richy McRicherton from RichyO'MoneyBanks Road, Apt $$ in RichityRichville?

92BuickLeSabre

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

TheCyberBob — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:21:15 EDT

I think a cord Hammock would've been a better product for this knotty person to make... Knotty get it? Cuz it's wires that are like tangled and knotted together and... ok I'm done now.

TheCyberBob

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

ps61318 — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:47:34 EDT

Well, I don't know, somehow they strike a chord with me....

ps61318

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Rustydog — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:38:46 EDT

Stupid and ugly. And wastefull. He should be crapped on and sent away.

Rustydog

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Poon — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:30:52 EDT

Business Idea: Tangled-up garden hose, hose bibs! Think of the impressive statement that would make to those discerning guests with an eye and appreciation for the finer things in life in visiting your beautiful designer landscape. And for only $2,000 each, delivered and sculpted by one of the world's greatest improvisational sculptors- right before your eyes!! Each one positively unique. Three for only $5,000. Now, now, form a line please.

Poon

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

fernsheldon — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:14:51 EDT

still hella ugly

fernsheldon

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Purple Dave — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:11:16 EDT

@TonyTriple:
Indeed. Many people don't realize that when you bunch up long lengths of electrical cable and run power through it, it tends to generate a lot of heat. A _lot_ of heat. As in, if you coil up a 25' extension cord in a box and use it to power something with a moderate draw, you won't want to carry that extension cord around until it has a chance to cool off. Knots and woven designs are even worse than a simple coil. Now, if this is made with thick-gauge electrical cable, and it's only running a single 60-watt bulb, it probably won't even get as hot as the bulb will, but figure you're going to be sucking a minimum of 200 watts to power that 60-watt bulb. Or, to put it another way, if you go out and buy those energy-efficient CFLs, they'll probably use as much energy plugged into this as if they'd been standard incandescents in a standard fixture, only now you just paid $5 for a single light-bulb.

Purple Dave

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:39:35 EDT

Ugly²?

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Rabid Penguin — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:15:47 EDT

For some reason this reminds me of The Grudge... only this is scarier.

Rabid Penguin

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

FranklinTurtle — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:50:33 EDT

I would actually enjoy that blue mess above my dining room table.

FranklinTurtle

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

something_unique_and_descriptive — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:42:01 EDT

Damn you Giz!

I had almost fully repressed the awful memories of the last major network upgrade I did... but this, this, thing... it brings them all back...

The miles of CAT5E, the dozens of Fiber links, the week spent in crawlspaces that had not been seen by human eyes in decades...

The horror, the horror....

something_unique_and_descriptive

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Zodduska — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:47:38 EDT

Just don't trip near it..

Zodduska

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

keehun — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:24:16 EDT

This scared me for a bit. The first picture looks like one of those sentinels from The Matrix.

keehun

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:02 EDT

@92BuickLeSabre: What, no spool?

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

xthemusicmanx — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:58:18 EDT

um... sound guy here...and I would go totally nuts trying to untangle this piece...I can't stand cords that aren't straightened out...Hideous...

xthemusicmanx

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

strider_mt2k — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:50:29 EDT

I guess he lives in Hazard County.
FIRE Hazard County!
Hyuck hyuck hyuck

strider_mt2k

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Rususeruru — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:45:19 EDT

Can I swing on it?

Rususeruru

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Jaymez — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:39:58 EDT

How many extension cords have I thrown out or cut in frustration? I was sitting on a gold mine!

Jaymez

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Carmen Sucks — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:37:12 EDT

Nope, still ugly.

I have a hard enough time not tripping over my charger for my laptop...i don't need this thing to come loose one day and someone finds me dead in 30 pounds of colorful wire!

Carmen Sucks

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Sheemo44 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:03:16 EDT

NOOOOO!!! THERES NO ESCAPING THE TANGLED WIRES!! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!

Sheemo44

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

92BuickLeSabre — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:48:03 EDT

Will fit well with my "couch" made out of dirty laundry and my kitchen "table" made out of cracked china and pizza boxes.

92BuickLeSabre

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

TonyTriple — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:43:54 EDT

Fire Hazard Chic.

TonyTriple

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

voltron80 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:40:00 EDT

Ugly-er

voltron80

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps?

Cide — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:38:46 EDT

Still ugly. That looks horrible

Cide