Jake came out from under the desk tonight and I decided to stick a flashlight in there and see if I needed to do any kitty hair removal. Nope. But, apparently, he threw up down there some time ago - all over the power strip and cords and plugs... nice. And dried and ick.
I've been thinking I should get under there and organize the hardware a bit better. Now I think probably sooner than later... Although apparently dried kitty vomit does not cause immediate hardware malfunction.