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I take building a new desktop computer as something to be done with care.  My builds are usually targeted at a performance sweet spot a standard deviation between “budget” and “performance” with one or two considerations for something I really want which then becomes incorporated into future builds as my new standard e.g. once I started using SSDs all my future computers used them.  I looked over my options this time and found no cases where spending an extra $50 would get me a performance bump so I finally dealt with an air-flow hobgoblin, annoyingly long SATA cables.  The cable goes from the motherboard to the hard drive located a few inches away, and unless you’re building a computer inside a grandfather clock or antique armoire on has no need for the standard 18″ or even 24″ cables.  So I purchased 2 6″ and 2 10″ cables in the vague hope that I could have the following conversation:

Person: Wow, those cables are appropriately lengthed.  Did you make them yourself?
Me: No, I got them a little custom SATA cable boutique I like.
Person: You’re clearly a better person than me.

I could also refer to them artisan cables or small batch cables. That alone is worth the 400% price premium for less cable.

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My firm had fired and hired an entire department’s worth of people in one of the areas to which I don’t pay attention.  Any large turnover brings a change to the tenor of the building and the make-up of the fridge.  There’s more Eastern music emanating from cubes and there is much less yogurt in the fridge to the point where one can again make out the bottom shelf.  This last bit led to either a revelation or coincidence that one of my coworkers has a Batman lunch box.

Not actual box, but looks like it

This single accessory makes its owner more interesting than most people in my building combined.  I must find him or her and see which category this person falls into: new friend, or the greatest of let-downs, a hipster.