I was looking for a CAT5 cable today and I had to scavenge the Parts Boneyard.  It was spread across several boxes which had turned into several solid balls of cable.  So I decided to dump everything on the floor and start working the knots apart.  Now I have this massive pile of parts--cables of all kinds, adapters, mice, goggles, headphones, etc, that I don't know what to do with. 

I have so many different adapters I could probably hook my iPod up to my garden hose.  I don't even know what some of this stuff is, to be honest.  What is this thing?

It's not a mouse, all it has is a single button and an LED.  I have no clue what it is.

Many of the things, like the 3D goggles I found that I forgot I had, I plan to experiment with at some point, so I don't want to get rid of them.

I can't be the only geek out there with this problem.  I'm too lazy to hock all of this stuff on eBay, and I actually like having one of everything so I'm not stopped in my tracks when I'm trying to put something together.  I would actually like to figure out a way to find something when I'm looking for it.

I have a closet I can store this stuff in, but if I just throw everything in a box it's incredibly hard to find anything.  That's why I have 2 or 3 USB hubs :)

How do other people handle this type of problem?  I realize this is a deeply geeky problem to have :)  If the only solution is to twistie everything I suppose I will do, but there must be a better solution.