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What's in Your Gadget Bag, Cory?

Posted by michael on from the looks-like-someone-just-had-a-fax dept.

Cory Doctorow has taken a two-second break from his road warrior ways to pen this description of the crud he lugs around. Read it and weep, wanna-bes.

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  1. hahaha by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    what a geek....oh wait.

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  2. What should be in it... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    An Electronic Thumb

    The Guide

    Last, but not least, a towel

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    1. Re:What should be in it... by phallux · · Score: 4, Funny
      You forgot:
      • A thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is
      • A buffered analgesic
      • Pocket fluff
      • No tea
  3. server by CanSpice · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hope he's got a spare webserver in that bag because they're going to need a new one.

  4. Re:CmdrTaco by mrpuffypants · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict that there will be at least two of everything in the bag, and taco won't realize until he actually sees them right next to each other or somebody says "Hey! You've got two PowerBooks! Ha! Dupe!"

  5. Missing! by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't see "a girlfriend" in that list...

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    1. Re:Missing! by avkillick · · Score: 5, Funny

      IIRC, Cory "bats for the other team"

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    2. Re:Missing! by mph · · Score: 4, Funny
      I didn't see "a girlfriend" in that list...
      If your girlfriend's in a bag, it's time to upgrade. Next time, don't pick one out while wearing beer goggles.
    3. Re:Missing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Phew. Well that explains the horrible, horrible manpurse he carries. I don't believe the claim that "Czech plumbers" carry this thing around, but I do believe people who carry one enjoy handling other people's pipes.

  6. Correction - it would be by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey! Youve got too PowerBoocks! Ha! Dupe!"

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  7. Re:One thing's missing... by anethema · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess this is the last time HE will call slashdot unpopular.

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  8. "60 Canadian pesos" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "60 Canadian pesos"

    That's good shit.. We can insult both of our neighbors in one shot.

  9. Appearently... by grasshoppa · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...one of the things he does NOT carry around is bandwidth.

    Site Slashdoted

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  10. Re:CmdrTaco by Pieroxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cory Doctorow has taken a two-second break

    Maybe he should have taken a 4-seconds break. He could then have used the two extra seconds to get a decent hosting service.

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  11. Re:I always want a girl to ask.. by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Is that a gadet in your pocket, or are u just happy to see me?"

    Can't it be both?

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  12. Re:i'm a karma whore - for when it's ./ed by blackmonday · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, look! Anonymous coward Karma Whoring! How long before he gets to moderate? Soon, I hope, because I see him posting all the time.

  13. tisk tisk tisk. safe sex is the way to go. by ocularDeathRay · · Score: 5, Funny

    This guy needs to check his priorities. He has all that crap with him just in case... but what if he gets laid?


    Lets face it... nerds dont get that many chances... so we should all cary condoms at all times. It would be terrible to have the chance of a lifetime and not be prepared. They are much cheaper than child support and antibiotics.

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    1. Re:tisk tisk tisk. safe sex is the way to go. by IO+ERROR · · Score: 4, Funny
      Lets face it... nerds dont get that many chances... so we should all cary condoms at all times. It would be terrible to have the chance of a lifetime and not be prepared. They are much cheaper than child support and antibiotics.

      I used to keep condoms with me at all times, but then they started expiring from disuse... I recently bought another package of them, but haven't had the opportunity to use a single one of them...

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  14. Only two things needed... by edwardd · · Score: 5, Funny

    You only need two things. Duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40.