CD/DVD Spindle Cable Organizer. Adam Pash. March 28, 2008 Reader Geoffrey writes in with this clever cable decluttering tip for repurposing CD or DVD spindles: ...

This repurposing hack takes an old 100-count CD or DVD spindle and converts into an ambient light that accepts up to a 25w bulb (you could boost the brightness by using brighter LED bulbs but you ...

The original CD-ROM drive (1x) transferred data at 150KB per second. By doubling the spindle RPMs, the data transfer rate increased to 300KB/sec (2x) and so on. See CD-ROM and DVD drives.