Tip: always use a pop filter. Not to reduce pops - they're actually only so-so at that - but to enforce a minimum distance between your expensive microphone and an unschooled rock screamer's spit-hole.
Tip: use Velcro to attach your microphone cables to the stand and gaffer's tape to tape them to the floor. The drummer may have an uncanny ability to synchronize all four limbs, but he'll invariably be the one who trips over the mic cable and brings the boom - and your expensive microphone - crashing to the floor.
Tip: you can get a Velcro-like paper tape at the garden department of Home Depot that's intended for tying up tomato plants but works great for keeping cables tidy. It's cheap and you can cut it to any length. You can even write on it, e.g. "L" and "R" for audio cables and "IN"/"OUT" for MIDI cables.
Tip: when tidying up those cables, don't get carried away with bundling them all together. Keep power, Firewire and USB cables physically separated from audio signal cables. MIDI cables, you can do anything you want with them.
Tip: Plug all of your audio devices into the same physical circuit if possible, and ideally add a separate circuit to the room just for that purpose. When installing said circuit, always use a dedicated ground wire that goes all the way back to the service panel. Never rely on conduit for grounding and don't daisy-chain grounds. And always use grounded plugs - ban ground-lifters from your studio, or at least hide them until they're genuinely needed for the occasional two-wire guitar amplifier. Hum is caused by improper grounding, not the third conductor on the plug.
Oh, wait, it's Saturday. Never mind.