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What is in your Gadget Bag Jake 2005
I thought it would be cool to update my old post about my gadget bag.
My gadget bag is a nice brown leather attache case that I got at Goodwill for ten bucks. It is waterproof, fits my iBook with room to spare, easy to carry and it makes me look like one smooth bastage.
In my trixy hobbit pocketses I have a:
Leatherman Micra on my key chain. I will never go with out one at my side for the rest of my natural life
Office Depot brand 256-meg USB drive on my key chain It can disconnect from the key chain with a snap and it pretty tiny. I will sometimes not be able to tell that I have it in my pocket without reaching in and finding it.
Now on to my main nerd man sack.
My kick ass Apple 14-inch iBook G4 running Mac OSX Tiger.
Spare batteries for said iBook. With both batteries I can get over nine hours of computing time without having to plug anything in.
A PrePaid Long Distance Calling card that I got from Costco. I still have a nagging feeling in the back of me head that cell phones are for suckers.
My Nintendo DS In a cute custom monster sock that was lovingly hand sown by my girlfriend. It contains a small pouch full of five DS games.
A $20 bill for just in case in cash.
Washington State Ferry Schedule Because 10 minutes too early is better than 10 minutes too late.
My silver iPod Mini 6-Gig chock full of Podcasts, iCal calendar, contacts, VoodooPad notes and assorted tunes
Kodak Digital Camera with 128-meg SD card and rechargeable NiMH batteries
Lexar Single Slot Multi-Card Reader for all your media card to USB needs
Cheap Ballpoint pen or mechanical pencil
Small packet of tissues for allergies or cleaning wet glasses.
Small hand size spiral notebook to take notes on stuff later to enter in VoodooPad and/or iCal.
This is much easier on my back to carry all this around and I don't look like too much of a dork. In fact with that slick black leather jacket that I got from Goodwill for $30 I can look pretty slick while traversing in full nerd capabilities.
Jake at September 15, 2005 
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Comments
Sounds like you have an admirable gadget bag, Jake.
Now a decade into cellphones, my Motorola V600 performs about the same voice functions my original Motorola Startac did ten years ago. It's a way for me to call for help or for others to call me for help. I maybe use 5 minutes a month. I think the data connection and bluetooth as an ISP anywhere is far more valuable than it's ability to place to a call.
I still can't understand why people make the nonsense calls while they're driving. "Hey, how are you doing? ..ok.. how was your day? ..cool, cool" Sh!t like that can wait til people get home, yet people still insist on driving poorly to talk about drivel.
No matter how good technology gets, people still seem to talk 5x louder on cellphones than they do in person. I can't tell if it's supreme arrogance that they think everyone in earshot should hear their business, or if they have so little confidence in their $400 phone's microphone.
Regardless, a cellphone is still the best way to reduce a human being into a screaming ape.
Posted by: Ken at September 16, 2005 6:18 AM
With my cell phone as my only phone, I have to agree with Ken. Then you throw in the fact that some people have weird phones with incredibly loud volume for good freaking-loud measure. And you've also got the occassional person with a volume feedback loop malfunction who will yell YELL YELL!!! and deafen someone even at the lowest volume setting. I guess I'm a sucker, but I am also almost never at home.
Posted by: Robert at September 17, 2005 6:23 AM
Interesting that your PSP doesn't make the cut but the DS does. :)
As a newly outed Nintendo fanboy, I've been thinking about trading in my GBA for a used/new DS.
Posted by: Scott at September 17, 2005 12:29 PM
