Comment by neilv

In my otherwise minimal-cruft apartment, I have a shelf of 18 of those clear plastic shoeboxes, labelmakered with what goes in each.

The majority is computer parts and cables (e.g., "USB Cables", "USB and Other Chargers", "Video Cables").

Every few years, I go through and cull (e.g., give away enough misc. apartment repair screws/etc. that what I keep fits into one shoebox rather than two, and give away those old-technology cables that I'm 99% sure I'll never need, while keeping 2 VGA cables that I still use for servers).

The Sterilite clear plastic shoeboxes are sold at some stores for about a dollar each.