Today’s TTT is a low-tech idea with high impact, spotted by Simply Placed fearless leader Debbie Rosemont. Have you ever experienced the frustration of trying to plug in an appliance and having to stop and flip the plug over? It’s a minor annoyance, but wouldn’t it be great to prevent it from happening over and over again? Here’s a quick solution: simply use a permanent marker to mark a small dot on the top of the plug when it’s plugged in. In the future, you’ll be able to tell which side is right-side up at a glance.  Easy, breezy! It’s so simple we wish we had thought of it.

Tell us: what’s your favorite simple trick to wrangle your household technology?