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What's In Your Laptop Bag?
Mudzy writes "TheTechZone is running a cool human interest story showing what their chief editor has inside his laptop bag. Some of the stuff in there could really make a geek salivate - like a mobile VoIP adapter and the world's smallest wireless router."
I keep dead squirrels in my laptop bag. WHO CARES!
A laptop
``What's In Your Laptop Bag?''
Are you sure you want to know?
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
Half eaten pbj, paperwork from the last useless convention i was sent to, and condoms. :)
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
I've always wanted a laptopbag even though I don't have a laptop (yet)
They just seem to have so much room for all these gadgets, but the real trick must be having them easily accessible, how is that for laptop bags?
My UID is prime... is yours?
The real news would be if someone could tell us all how much Slashdot is racking in from this arrangement. Come on OSDN, how stupid do you think your audience is?
Entrepreneur : (noun), French for "unemployed"
Wow thats so awesome, I wonder what he keeps in his glove box? In fact I see the potential for a who series of articles in which we can examine every container he posseses individually. We could even examine the lap top bags of other employees, the possibilities are endless.
Philosophy.
I don't need a laptop bag!
Maybe he has a nice big juicy 1/2 lb hamburger with fries and a milkshake in there. That makes me salivate.
No bag is complete without Goatse.
Hopefully it's more bandwidth in his bag. Site's already down.
1) Black Comb
2) 33 CYP
3) 50 Euros
4) some old cat 5 cable
5) a stack of ATM receipts.
6) Passport
7) Expired Visa
8) Italian Codice Fiscale
9) "Alien Registration Certificate"
10) 3 expired boarding passes
11) carbon copy of a baggage irregularity claim
12) a couple of bizarre connectors.
13) nasty photocopies of latin philosophical texts
14) Year-old Compaq Presario R3000 with 3.00 P4M (Keeps you warm on a cold winter night), Radeon 9600, 60 Gig HDD, and 1 gig of ram. 15) Big-ass power brick. 16) 120 gig HDD in a 3.5 " enclosure (failing, slowly) 17) another big-ass power brick. 18) 4-year-old Nikon E995. 19) Years of future back pain.
A mobile VoIP adapter? Humbug, that's nothing compared to my mobile IPoV adapter!
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.
I'd have cool gadgets in my bag, too, if I had somebody else paying for them!
More CPU and memory server. Disk space for the logs. Bandwidth. Spare cash to pay for his overage.
Perhaps the guy should've spent his money on buying better servers for his website instead :)
i use my laptop bag to store all of my drug stuff in i currently have a quarter bag of mushrooms the psyadelic kind, a scale, a pot pipe, 3 lighters, a few empty baggies that had weed in them at one point, sissors, and a nail for cleaning the pipe
"Drive Fast Kill Slow"
What gives the XPS Gen 2 its blazing gaming speed is the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra video card. The XPS is the first notebook to use NVIDIA's newest and most powerful mobile video processor.
It goes on like that. For 8 pages.
Either Scuttlemonkey is very naive, or something underhanded is afoot (geddit?).
1) Laptop
2) Power Cord
3) 2 Pens, 1 Pencil, and occasionally a legal pad. Nothing beats pen & paper.
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
2 Linear Algebra books 1 OChem book 1 Laptop 1 power adapter 50' Cat 5 God knows how many reciepts 1 Dictionary 3 Notebooks 4 Pens 1 Cell Phone Charger 1 Set of earbuds ~10 papers to read for homework ~3 papers that needed turned in yesterday 1 pair of Chem googles hanging off the side 1 pack of Post-it notes God knows how many lose Post-it notes 1 pair of speedo's, jammers, and a drag suit 1 plastic bag ~5 CD's Sometimes I mangate to squeeze in an external hdd and it's power adapter Yes it's an over the shoulder conventional laptop bag, don't say it; I know, I need a backpack (I've already gone throught 3 straps)
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." - S. G. Colette
- Old 128MB USB key
- A couple CD-RW's (no cases, I live on the edge)
- Half empty package of trident chewing gum
- 6' crossover ethernet cable
- Emergency LED blinky light (leftover from halloween 2003)
- Missing power brick (stays at home. I live on the edge)
- A printout of a favourite curry recipe
- My wallet (empty), rest I stuff in my jeans pockets
- Bottle of HP Sauce (plastic bottle - 400ml)
www.brownsauce.org
I don't need a laptop bag. I own a X41 thinkpad :)
1. Dell Latitude D600
2. Sony PSP with Logitech Hard Case
3. TN200 USB GPS
4. 1GB USB Stick
5. PCMCIA Card Adapter with 4 GB Microdrive
6. 3 Knoppix CD's
7. Zyxel USB 802.11G Adapter and AP
8. USB 2.0 Hub
9. A 160W 12V to 115V power adapter with airline seat power connector
10. A Linksys WPC11 802.11B card (works with Airsnort)
11. Assorted power adapters for all that stuff
Of course I do. Why do you think I asked?
...that's not my bag baby. Honestly.
-Two laptops (Dell Latitude D600 running Mac OS X x86 and a D610 running XP Pro)
- A 200GB LaCie external Firewire hard drive
- One of each kind of USB and Firewire cable
- Multitools
- Network testers
- Cheap wireless access point
- Watch
- Pens
- Paper
- Handi-Snacks (pilfered a PTA closet for those)
- Coinage
- 256MB USB key
And that's about it.
Striking fear in the authors of godawful fanfiction, I am here, appearing in darkness, Tuxedo Jack!
I'm too poor to buy a laptop, let alone a case for it.
Why not get a real pen to carry? ( as in a fountain pen ).
---- Booth was a patriot ----
The possibilities are endless!
1. Hellbox ( nearly dead compaq presario 1200z) .45 with spare clip
2. power and ethernet cables for hellbox
3. pens, paper, and a lighter.
4. Japanise dictionary.
5. Colt 1911
6. playing cards
7. latest copy of Tattoo and 2600
8. other useless crap
--Forest C. Adcock--
It's scary nobody confessed having a pack of condom in his/her bag.
:-))
So either their lying, or even worse, it's true.
How will we get the next generation.
Male Hacker Unite! (preferably with Hackeresses or other female intelectuals, unless of course your tastes differ, in wich case you are excused
All of this in a walmart bag held together by duct tape!
I was in highschool a few years ago when I met on of the most respected men in my life. He came to the school in the form of a "nice" Bofh. Living in a small town I was the only person I knew at school that used linux, until that year when I met my two geek friends. The one I'm talking of in this story though had been a consultant, computer tech, special agent in the military for drug enforcement and a soldier. This is the type of guy that has many stories, and all so good you could sit and listen to him for hours even if you didn't know him. We hit it off and since then have kept in touch although he and the school parted ways, in a not so friendly way.
My sister had been wanting a laptop for a few years, and my dad can be cheap when he wants to be, which is most of the time. He had an employee working for his tree and lawn business who was willing to sell an imac to him for 50$. So he bought the laptop and gave it to my sister for $DEC25(christmas, yule, etc)
A few days after christmas, my sister comes to me with a check she found in the laptop bag for about 150$. "Don't you know this guy?". It was indeed signed by my tech friend, and I asked if I could have it.
I figured this was reasonable, since my fathers employee also did work for my friend on the side, and once he had him clean out a computer shop in town when they moved the business. Everything he thought was junk he left at the shop.
So next time I saw my friend I showed him the check and asks in a very serious tone where I had gotten it from. I told him about the laptop bag and how my father had boughten it off from the mutual employee.
To finish the story, the laptop was stolen!
It was a happy ending though, my sister got to keep the laptop and the guy still works for my friend.
Moral: you never know what you're gonna find in a used *bag
*laptop, purse, tool, etc.
Anyone got one?
So my hat's off to Targus: You guys make great bags.
Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)
http://www.lawrenceperson.com/
1. Sony VAIO TR notebook
3 batteries and the adaptor
2. Sony PSP
in a Logitech PlayGear
3. Sony Clie NX73
4. Sony VAIO Pocket MP3 player
with MDR-EX71SL earphone
5. Sony photocamera P10 (with extra lenses) or DV camera PC330... depends on what day
6. Bunch of Memorysticks (Pro/Duo) totalling over 4gb
7. Lamy Tri-pen and IT-pen
8. Sony-Ericsson K700i mobile phone
9. Wacom CTE-630
10. USB cable and a network cable
11. 2.5" portable harddisk 120gb
12. Sony Microvault with MS-reader (USB flash)
13. books:
Dilbert: the Joy of Work
Course in Contemporary Chinese (Mandarin)
and an o'Reilly book
14. Victorinox Swisslite
15. Bluetooth headset, SE Akono HBH-600
F/OSS & IT Consultant
This is another great example of why we should be able to moderate articles! Really, it is quite beyond me why we should take any interest in the freebies that this tech editor has been presented with by publicity-seeking manufacturers.
Phoenix, Boston, Little Rock, see a pattern?
1) computer
2) condoms
1. Laptop with aa ve filled with porn
2. Power brick for laptop
3. Spare battery for laptop
4. Backup porn (magazines)
5. Roll of $1's for the nudie bar
Is that wrong?
Glock 17 loaded with silvertips in DeSantis Leather. The boss and building security are ok with it, by the way.
My laptop.
Coral cache linticle for the lazy:i d=349
http://www.thetechzone.com.nyud.net:8090/?m=show&
AC for the non-karwhoring.
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
1. My laptop, an old Sony that has had its model number rub off in the three and a half years I've owned it. It's dual booted to Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.
2. Power cables for the lappy.
3. A Knoppix disc (always have one with me).
4. An Ubuntu Live disc (ditto)
5. An Ubuntu install disc (just in case)
6. An old copy of The Daily Cougar (it's just in there).
Haec merda tauri est. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
I've one of those targus rucksack bags so it doubles as a lunch box for me too.
Dell Inspiron 5100, 20g, 256meg, radeon, running debian. Two 802.11b cards, some cat5, some sma/ntype cable, food + drink, print outs of a couple of how-tos.
On some special days I also stuff half a gym kit in there too.
Why UNIX?
... you insensitive clod!
Shouldn't this be a poll question?
If only Sony made graphic tablets and pen knives... you'd be sorted.
it continues..
obligatory:
1) have an interesting skeletal framework for a story, like a laptop bag (because they paid the most), so name the bag first..
2) get advertisements for various elec peripherals and components..
3) Slashdot and Profit!
oil, dead body parts, trash, garbage,
What's in MY bag (backpack actually)? Let's see, shall we?
1. HP ze5375us laptop (2.4 P4, 512 ram, 40 gb hdd, integrated radeon 345 IGP)
2. 2 dying batteries for (1), one of which is usually INSIDE (1).
3. Annoying power brick for (1)
4. Microshaft wireless Intellimouse Explorer (black fake leather edition) with puck-reciever.
5. Notebook full of random doodles from when I WAS in classes (gotta get me some MONEYS!)
6. Bag of 5-month-old Sour Patch Kids from Uni bookstore
7. 14 swiped pens from the last job faire/college roundup batch
8. 4 highlighter sets from same
9. CD case with 3 linux distros, 2 WinXP install discs, a random utilities disc, and a coupla games like q3arena in it
10. Lighter
11. 64 MB USB key
12. 256 MB USB key (11 and 12 are usually in my pockets at work)
13. Gaming headphones w/ mic (big ol' logitech ones too)
14. Empty Pepsi bottle (1 liter, don't wanna think of how old it may be)
15. About 26 swiped sticky-note pads from a friend
16. A good book (Currently the Hitchhiker's Guide collection book)
17. Magic: the Gathering deck (for whupping on the idjits who bother me on campus)
Sometimes something odd creeps in from someone else, but meh.
--"Hm. It seems the waffle couldn't handle it."
Their editor needs to contribute some of his bag to their servers, since they're obviously not up to a
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
What he eventually ended up with was a bible case. It was cheap, provided excellent protection, was just the right size (this was an A4-sized notebook), and above all else --- who wants to steal a bible?
Laptop, Second laptop, APC power strip, paperwork, USB dongles (2x wireless mice, 802.11G, flash drive), book, a case of about 150 CDs, power supply for wireless router (that's in the backpack, don't get me started on it's contents), lucky charms, keys, spare change, writing utensils, inflatable head pillow for airplane flights.
Synergy is your friend
You insensitive clod!
speedos I know of, but what are jammers and a drag suit?
1) Laptop (obviously) with wireless built-in.
/Dial-up details of a few good nationwide ISP's
2) Backup Mouse (I miss the trackpoint of my old IBM but not enough to use my trackpad that insists on seeing a light tap as a mouse click) with PS/2, USB and even serial adaptors.
3) Two 2m patch cables with adaptors to join them together and join w/crossover.
4) Various (unused) international modem adaptors (including one that looks like some sort of medical device)
5) USB Flash drive (with my SSH Key)
6) 10 CD-R's for burning various CD's/backups
7) Knoppix CD & DVD, Ultimate Boot CD
8) A few floppies, just in case
9) 2.5" USB2-IDE adaptor + Hard drive
10) USB Laplink network cable (for when people don't have a network card)
11) Drivers CD's for everything I carry that's USB (in case of an old 98SE computer), usually those tiny single CD's.
12) 2.5" IDE to 3.5" IDE adaptors (to power up the hard drive in people's computers)
13) 12-25V variable voltage, high power car cigar lighter adaptor for charging laptop etc. while travelling
14) USB Phone Charger
15) TV-out cable + scart adaptors
Not in the bag, but I also usually have on me when "working" (i.e. at work, private jobs or going away from "civilisation"):
* 12V - 220VAC power adaptor (for powering peripherals from car)
* USB amplified Speakers
* Set of good noise-cancelling headphones
* Phone numbers
The laptop also has a repository of vital software, including stuff like Zonealarm, Rawrite etc., and floppy/ISO images of important stuff (e.g. Smart Boot Manager to make old computers boot off of CD and Knoppix ISO's to have something to boot).
There's no mention of Google or Apple and it's already at 100 comments. I'd say they've got a pretty good feel for their audience....
/Didn't RTFA. It could be about Google and Apple merging into a bite size wireless router for all I care.
What's im mine
Tosh
Brick
PCMCI Cards
Netgear 802.11b wireless
3Com abg wireless (madwifi)
IBM abg wireless (bit duff hence the 3Com)
2 * Symbol 2Mb/s 8-2.11 FHSS (Can anybody help get these working in linux)
Breezecom 2Mb/s 802.11 FHSS
Netgear 10/100 Ethernet
Madge 16/4 Cardbus
Compact Flash -> PCMCIA
3G/GPRS
Cables
USB Serial
D9M-D9F
D9F-D9F Null modem
Cisco rollover
Satelcom Megapac Console (Bet no-one eles has one of these)
various 9-25 and 25-25 pin serial adapters
Cat 5, Cat5 crossover
Stubby ratchet screwdriver
Small philips screwdriver
(Small flathead missing) Own up if your out there
Knoppix 3.9, 3.8 with qemu, 3.81, 3.7
Debian 3.1 Free from magazine
SUSE 9.2 Free from magazine
Fedora core 4 ditto
Cable ties
Thinnet T Piece (No I dont know why)
Content of my laptop bag:
1. Mouse (at least right now, not a permanent resident)
2. Cross-over CAT cable.
3. Mouse pad
4. Mini-VGA->SVHS/RCA-converter
5. A piece of micro fiber cloth to clean the screen
What I don't have in my bag:
6. My iBook (It's sitting in my lap as I'm just typing on it)
7. The powerbrick (in the wall!)
I have a really elegant proof for Fermat's last theorem. If this sig was only a bit longer...
Since everyone is doing it, I'll list mine too:
.45 caliber automatic with 2 boxes of ammunition
1. IBM Thinkpad. Couple of years old. No power brick (I'm too lazy to unplug it)
2. Membership card for a long dead video club
3. Spare car keys. I lock myself out of my car every couple of weeks or so.
4. Bloody knife I forgot to dump the last hit.
5. One
6. Four days concentrated emergency rations
7. One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
8. One miniature combination russian phrase book and bible
7. One hundred dollars in rubles
8. One hundred dollars in gold
9. Nine packs of chewing gum
10. One issue of prophylactics
11. Three lipsticks
12. Three pair of nylon stockings.
I'm prepared for pretty much everything.
No sig
I wouldn't miss this late-breaking news for the world.
Laptop, Dell Latitude D610
Mini-Maglite and Sheath
Gerber Multitool and Sheath
Logitech Wireless Laptop Mouse
DVD drive for laptop
Extra PCMCIA Wireless Adapter
/. zen: Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Beowulf clusters...
playstation portable, headphones, pain killers and a jacket. I probably fit the stalker profile right about now
did you forget to take your meds?
Okay, here we go my Computer Repair/Laptop bag:
A blue and black laptop backpack, with the Sun logo (swag from a Sun Java confrence in 2004 - my brother went to Apple's WWDC and they gave them cross-over passes)
Inside is my Powerbook G4 450, a MacAlly AC Adapter (the apple one is plugged into the wall), Svideo/Video adapter, composite video cable, an iMouse Jr. (tiny two-button MacAlly mouse), 128 mb Flashdrive, a CD holder with every major Windows from 95, every major Mac OS release from System 7.5, and recent Red Hat and Umbuntu, USB Cable, USB extension, Camera cable, Cat5 Cable, computer repair toolkit (screw drivers, screws, chip exracter, ect.), a pocketknife, some blank CDs, a DOS floppy, a blank floppy, and usually a pack of Spearmint gum.
THere ya go.
Since I use a backpack to carry my laptop(s) in, just about anything could be in there at any given time, but the only techie things are either the G4 17" PowerBook or the aging Dell Inspiron 5000 (one of these days I will replace that guy for a lighter PC lapper) and my piece of crap Dell Axim x5 (soon to be replaced by a Zaurus).
My backpack is one of those made specifically to carry a laptop in.
I have several very important things:
1) My Doom3 disk
2) Several printouts of the London Times daily Su Doku puzzles
3) A jar of Kalamata olives
4) 2 Wifi cards. The Dlink G card I use myself, and the $10 B card that I loan to others at the pub in exchange for a beer.
HP Laptop
Large power brick for laptop
Wifi finder
USB flash drive
Outlet power tester
Cat 5 cables
USB extension cable
USB camera cables (both tiny ends)
USB flash card reader
cr2032 batteries
Blank invoices
Spare NIC cards
exit air Mask (expired)
XP SP2
Network cable tester
Screw driver
Extra SD cards
Pens
Laser pointer
pocket voltmeter
CD case with XP install disc
Knoppix CD
Spyware tools CD
2 blank CD's
2 blank DVDs
Former Visitors
Digital camera
usb floppy drive
floppies
pocket knife
pliers
cell phone
disposeable rain coat
Apple iBook G4 12"
Apple Wireless Mouse
Apple VGA and Video adapter for iBook
SmartDisk FireLite 40GB Backup drive
6pin-6pin FireWire cable for the FireLite, and a 6pin to iPod adapter for my iPod
Retactable Modem and Ethernet cables
Kensington FlexLight
Nikon Coolpix camera & cable
15" Aluminum Powerbook 20GB 3rd Gen iPod 1GB iPod Shuffle (Flash Drive) 5GB PCMCIA Hard Drive Airport Express Mighty Mouse Palm Treo 650 (1GB SD Card) 5 in 1 reader with 4GB Microdrive...from a fallen iPod Mini Ethernet Cable Cisco Aironet 350, OrInOcO Gold, 7db Antenna ...stumblin gear
A/V Cables
Highlighter
Pen and some paperwork ...oh yeah, 4 condoms
An adapter for SD memory cards that fits into a USB socket. Much neater to carry around than the cable that came with the camera.
C'mon. It's a joke. Have a sense of humor.
Toshiba Satelite M45-S165 w/ power brick
Dell Axim x30 PDA
Garmin Geko 201 GPS unit w/ cable
Logitec Optical Mouse
Rio Carbon mp3 player
256MB USB drive
USB SD/MMC card adapter
512MB SD card
USB bluetooth dongle
Mini USB cable
10' Cat 5 cable
PS/2 to USB adapter
assorted pens
papers
definitely news for nerds and stuff that matters.
"Brick, you're just looking around the room and saying you love things that you see." No real news, huh TheTechZone?
Vaguely Secret Compartment
* ballpoint pen: "Be a part of a usability study! http://www.adobe.com/usability
Laptop compartment:
* Heating assembly for fancy soldering iron (wire tangled w/ Sony wraparound headphones & phone wire)
* Wiring Simplified, New 31st Edition (1975 Code!)
* Sony Clie
* Smelly wallet, containing:
1. Washington ID Card
2. Seattle Central Community College Student ID
3. Metro GoPass (expired)
4. Zig-Zag Kutcorners
5. Social Security Card
6. Household Bank Gold (account closed)
7. Business card for job I should pursue
8. Ticket stub for Star Wars Episode III, 5/19/05, East Valley 13 Cinem customer copy
9. Oseao business card
10. Fitness club membership card I found while riding my bike on Capitol Hill
11. Garfield Student ID card I found after getting off the bus
12. Food Handler card (expires 2007)
13. Receipt from Check Masters - Capitol Hill (last paycheck from That's Amore)
* Sony DCR-TRV27 Handycam (case cracked)
* cannister of Butane
* Flex Scraper
Middle compartment:
* Multimeter
* Sunglasses
* Crescent wrench
* Monkey wrench
* Lineman's pliers
* wire strippers
* saw
* level
* tile cutters
* butane-powered soldering iron
* phone
* my favorite screwdriver
Various zippery pockets
* Tiff's digicam
* red-insulated alligator clip
* miniDV tape label: MOTTMAID
more shit here
I can't believe people stuff so much stuff into their bags! I like to keep it fairly simple:
This is light and compact enough for me to carry almost all the time. What else do you really need?
Assume I was drunk when I posted this.
I've got to say, TheTechZone is one of the poorest excuses for a hardware site that I have come across. The writing is terrible and their "reviews" are a joke. In their review of the Acer Travelmate 290E, the reviewer claimed he couldn't get any benchmarks for a laptop because his daughter took it. Talk about a professional review!
Dumping out the backpack I received last year for attending BFG's invite-only LAN event I found. 1) 12" Powerbook G4 1.33GHz, 1.25GB RAM. 2) Power brick for said 12" powerbook G4 3) 40GB iPod (4th Gen) 4) Power brick for said 40GB iPod 5) Dock and dock cable for 40GB iPod mentioned as item number 2 6) Sony Cybershot T-1 digital still camera 7) Sony Handycam DCR-PC55/R 8) 3 mini DV tapes 9) 4 Memory Stick Duo 256MB sticks 10) Expired exchange order for Japan Rail Pass 11) Expired Japan Rail Pass 12) Street map of Tokyo metropolitan area 13) 230 yen 14) United States Passport 15) Expired boading passes to/from Tokyo 16) Sony Playstation ball-point pen procured from a Sony sales rep 17) 4 packs of tissues advertising various stores and nightclubs in Shibuya and Tachikawa Wow......no wonder it's been a pain to lug back and forth to work since I got back from vacation. I'm glad this post was made....it's much lighter now!
I've got my 12" PowerBook
Power adapter
128MB USB flash drive (it was $10!)
4 blank CDs
1 Linux-based CD that can overwrite the SAM files of Windows computers, thus allowing admin access
Earbud headphones that roll into their own case
Small mini-mouse thing
CAT5 cable (not a crossover cable, PowerBook is smart enough not to need it)
Various USB/FireWire/etc. cables depending on what is needed
Oh, and the laptop bag is a 15" bag.. but it was a present. So I can go on vacation for about a week on what I pack in my laptop case. Heavy as hell though....
...or a dead cat. Depends on who's looking.
--"It's Bradford Company, slash your last name, dot your first name"
I'm becoming less geeky as I age. But..
A laptop (thinkpad x23, next one will be a powerbook)
power brick for laptop.
leather gloves - It gets cold in canada.
palm pilot - for appointments and stuff
ipod/headphones - people bother me.
copy of the economist/harpers/newspaper - I like to read.
cell phone
chapstick
Notebook/stormbraining book - for, uh, notes and brain storming.
bic griproller pens - the only pen I can write legiblly with.
Then there's parking tickets, passport(s) if i'm traveling and various other documents for my current todo list.
Hmm...what do have in there...
1. Notebook, kind of crummy 4-year old Toshiba P3 that still miraculously works.
2. AC adapter
3. CAT5 cable
4. Phone cable for modem (never used)
5. Bag of replacement tips for notebook's trackpoint-type pointing device (nice thought on their part, but never needed)
6. WiFi card
7. USB sound pod, which I need because I gouged out the built-in headphone jack so the internal speakers don't cut out when headphones are plugged in (why do I have this if I'm not carrying any headphones or speakers?)
8. DOS and Linux floppy boot disks (why do I have these if I don't have a floppy drive?)
9. Legal pad
10. Pen
11. Mechanical pencil
12. Pile of handouts from old meetings
13. Pile of scratch paper to write on (why do I have this if I also have the legal pad?)
14. Book from library. Some translated fragments and poetry by Novalis.
15. A couple of Coke bottle caps I can redeem for free Coca-Cola products some time (and hey! they aren't even expired)
16. An empty envelope. I don't have any idea where it came from.
"(Man) tries to live his own life as if he were telling a story. But you have to choose: live or tell." --Sartre
How useful is it when only pages 1,3,and 6 come up in an 8 page article? The rest come up Error: 500 Internal Server Error .And that's when Coral cache it working well. I loath it for /. articles because it never works. I know your trying to be helpful but it end up being annoying for the person trying to follow your link.
Btw holy fucking paid advertisement batman. Every page is about 15% content and 85% ads. What a shitty shitty website. I'll never go there ever again.
If you wanna get rich, you know that payback is a bitch
1. Presario R3275US: P43.0Ghz, 1Gig Ram, 7200RPM 60 gig HD, crappy Radeon 9200 (sigh). :-)
2. 80GB 2.5" in USB enclosure
3. Creative Audigy 2ZS PCMCIA Card
4. Ipaq 4300
5. Spare battery for same.
6. Ipaq Cradle
7. Ipaq Bluetooth GPS
8. Sandisk 1GB WMA player
9. USB Cable for that.
10. Three of those USB 2.0 cables with the square end.
11. Cell phone charger.
12. Spare cell phone battery.
13. Audio cables.
14. Power cables for a couple things.
15. A/V cables to hook up a DVD player.
16. My dick is bigger than yours.
Whee! That was pointless.
1. Dell latitude D600
2. Power adapter for dell
3. Linksys portable WRT54GC router and power cord
4. 3 10' cat 5 parch cords
5. 1 7' crossover cable
6. 1 cat 5 coupler
7. 1 verizon EDVO PCMCIA card
9. Cable tester and Remote
10. cat 5 crimps
11. cat 5 punch down tool
12. leatherman wave tool
13. 10" phone cable
14. red sharpie marker
15. black sharpie marker
16. leather binder with pad for meetings
17. 1 DSL filter
18. USB Ethernet adapter
19. 3' USB extension
20. Misc pens
21. 32 cd holder with around 20 cd's with Misc operating systems, programs and blank cd's and DVD's
22. 256mb USB drive
23. 512mb USB Drive
24. Blackberry USB cable
25. USB Floppy drive
26. Mini label maker
I think that about covers it but i'm sure i missed somthing..
I know, that article is a slashvertisement, but my laptop bag contain usuallt these small things:
Keys to my home,
Tama Iron Cobral bass pedal,
four pairs of drumsticks,
one roll of duct tape,
a couple of cd's,
poer adapter for the laptop,
a pair of socks,
swiss army knfie + sometimes Paiste Rude 14"Hi-hat cymbals.
Here are my tips for a laptop "bag". Never carry yout laptop in bag that says "laptop" eg targus and other well-known brands, because thieves know, that theres a big chance, that there a laptop in one.
I wear mine in a casual backbag (ok, it's a big backbag, because I'm also a drummer and need to carry my usual gear in there but still) and in that way, I will not draw any attention to myself.
Aside from my laptop accessories, Every velcro-sealed compartment on my laptop contains shurikens or throwing knives. With the shurikens, I need some practice, but with knives, I'm accurately and deadly from a distance.
It's only naturally a security measure when you walk through bad neighborhoods on your way to work, and carry more than a few thousand dollars of equipment on you. I've chased off a would-be mugger before he limped away through this method.
It makes it hard to get through airport security, though. There's an incredible amount of explaining to do.
Solomon Chang
"Twice half-assed makes an ass whole." --Solomon K. Chang
A lot of things, but definitely no notebook.
You are at SlashDot.
You currently have :
- A laptop bag
What do you want to do ?
> look laptop bag
Your laptop bag contains the following items:
An iBook laptop in a neoprene sleeve
An iBook power supply
A mouse with a retractable USB cable
A motion alarm with a retractable cable
A Canon G3 Camera
A miniature tripod
An iRiver H320 with earphones
An iMP550 remote for the iRiver
An ultimate Boot CD
A Debian CD
A PalmIIIx
Sunglasses
A piece of microfibre thing for cleaning stuff
A bluetooth earpiece
Business cards
An (empty) metal cigarette case
A 20 minute white Cyalume stick (new)
Two moleskine notebooks
The latest issue of Misc magazine
A copy of Le Monde Diplomatique
A USB cable
A few old (but edible) candies
A small orientable mirror at the end of a telescopic wand
Two ballpens
A very wide white water based marker
A pocket microscope
A flashlight
A tie microphone for the iRiver
Lots of bits of papers (including signatures from a key signing reunion)
Tiny post-its to be used as bookmarks
A disposable lighter
The manual for your watch
What do you want to do?
> Post contents of laptop bag to SlashDot
You have been eaten by a large grue.
Your score is 3 out of a possible 32650.
Play again (Y/N)
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
Fujitsu Lifebook 2010 plus power brick (has wifi) .5 L water bottle .9 mechanical pencil with extra leads and erasers
Sony Clie SJ20 with four extra 128 MB sticks and 400+ books
Sony DSC-S60 digital camera with 1+.5 G memory sticks
Virgin mobile 3g phone
Alphasmart NEO keyboard
Panasonic MP3 + fm player with several music cd compilations
10x magnifier
8x21 monocular
clip on sunlasses
piezo lighter
container floss
extra 2400mah AA batteries
swiss army knife tinker
led flashlight
large bandana
reporter's notebook
Panasonic WS-200S digital voice recorder with extra condensor lapel microphone
Lexar 1 G flash driver
leakproof roller ball pens
small IIIa laser
fox whistle
microfiber cloth
mylar emergency blanket
benzlyakonium wipes
couple bandaids
tiny sewing kits with carpet thread needles and safety pins
pelikan fountain pen with extra aurora fountain pen ink
crane stationery with stamps
called "whatsinyourbag" Let's take a look at http://flickr.com/photos/tags/whatsinyourbag/ 'cause is very cool :)
Who needs a bag? I just grab my 4 year old iBook and go. Why would I need to carry around any other crap other than rarely pocketing the power adapter if I'm going to be using it a lot before I get home.
- RustyTaco
Just in case some one says something bad about my bag.
Well, what the fuck is it then?
1. Digital Camera
2. USB cable for camera
3. Work ID and RSA Securid
4. Credit card sized LED light (Juniper gaveaway)
5. Two sheets of paper with phone numbers for suppliers, team members and helpdesks at work
6. 4 Pens
7. 1 GB USB Pen drive
8. 256MB USB pen drive
9. 20 of my business cards
10. Today's mail I picked up earlier
11. Very small bag of peppermints
12. 2 paper based notebooks (approx A5 sized)
13. Small can of mints
14. Box of headache pills
15
16. Small pink elephant (giveaway from pinkelephant.com training)
17. Reading book ("The Road to Mecca" by Muhammad Asad)
18. ITIL's training books from training last week.
19. 120GB USB Hard drive.
20. $60 in $US dollars from trip 6 months ago that I forgot about!. (Thanks slashdot!)
No laptop, I don't own one
"To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.
2005 17" PowerBook G4 1.67 Ghz, 2GB RAM/100GB HD :-D
PowerBook Power Adaptor
Canon PowerShot S500
1 5GB iPod (1st gen)
Apple in-ear headphones (3rd gen)
Apple iSight w/ mount
Apple Mighty Mouse
1 100GB Firewire/USB2 micro hard drive
1 100GB Firewire micro hard drive
Nokia N-Gage (1st gen, 1GB MMC card)
Sony MDR-V200 Headphones
Firewire cable
Retractible RJ11
Retractible Cat 5
USB charger for N-Gage
3 blank DVD-R
5 blank CD/RW
Wacom 4X6 USB tablet w/ stylus
Jabra BT250 and charger
Mini USB to standard USB cable (for phone and camera)
DVI to VGA display adaptor
S-Video to RCA adaptor
3 Pin grounded power to 2 pin standard (orange)
3 Plug grounded mini surge suppressor
2 keys to my PowerEdge 2850
1 Mechanical pencil (.05)
1 Pen
50 business cards
Yeah, I use OS X... so sue me.
I have a Laptop Bag of Holding. And inside, I have a car. And inside of that, I have a Powerbook.
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
Not to mention rubbers and a ton of weed.
So this is basically a giant ad, so I'll try and mostly ignore the brands chosen.
Let's see what I think of his "suggestions":
Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Gaming Notebook
That's not a laptop, that's a small desktop. Not something I'd ever want to lug around, which given some of the other items seems to be the goal for this system. For those wondering, I know that I don't want to carry such a beast around from experience as last summer I got the joy of having to a drag a 10lb 300mhz beast to work every other day on the NYC subway (I said screw it at some point and just left it at work, this year I bought a 3.5 laptop and no longer mind carrying it around). I mean I'm not so addicted to games as to be unable to live without being able to play the latest ones for more than a few hours.
Self Retracting NIC & Modem Cables
Now this is something I could use.
Kensington WiFi Finder
Interesting, although not very useful for me from what a quick google search shows. Seems it detects all wireless networks (wep or not), last time I looked in NYC my laptop found around 5 different ones althrough I could connect to only one (others were encrypted, etc.).
Also, it seems the thing is cheap and shitty from what I garner and will probably not find even an open wireless network. Maybe a fun toy but not worth the space to carry around.
I'd find a cell phone with some internet access package much more useful for getting internet access.
Logitech V200 Cordless Notebook Mouse
Useful although I don't find the touchpad that bad for short usage or in cramped spaces, on my "to buy" list.
Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 8-in-1 Card Reader
Useful if you regularly need to access various solid state media.
Asus WL-530g Pocket Wireless Router
nifty.
Linksys PAP2 VoIP Phone Adapter
Potentially useful although you could just use your computer to pick up calls (do Bluetooth cellphone headsets work with computers?) which I assume is more versatile (no need to connect actual phones to said device).
Kensington Microsaver Security Cable Lock
Is this the one which requires only a bic pen to crack?
Pip: Joe, do you know anything about girls?
Joe: Sure! They're those things with vaginas in them!
Joe: Oh, I don't know about that! I just like to keep to me blacksmiffin'!
(Episode #405: Great Expectations)
My laptop, a radio scanner, a voice recorder, my cellphone, a lockpick kit, room for dumpster diving, coffee mints, Jolt energy gum and misc. hardware for my laptop, including an antenna for wardriving... that covers it I believe.
"Instant gratification takes too long." - Carrie Fisher
1 Dell Laptop
1 usb mouse
1 set of lockpicks (16 piece)
1 3.2 megapixel digital camera
1 usb adapter cable
1 usb secure digital adapter
1 checkbook
1 patch cable (cat5, 6ft)
1 phone cable
1 digital voice recorder
1 AC adapter for Dell laptop
1 mini-notebook (1.99 at Frys)
1 ink pen
1 copy of 2600 magazine
1 set extra batteries
Optional for trips: one reference book of some kind, and one sci-fiction book... heinlein is my taste atm... also, second laptop for penetrations/general hacking.
Yep, I am a hax0r. I am also a forensics investigator. I do lots of stuff.
Oh, the bag is a targus backpack.
I find the flickr whatsinyourbag photo thread to be a lot more fascinating and less biased.
Protective padded sleeve
Silica gel desiccator bags
Powerbook G4
Power supply for laptop
DVI to DB-15 adapter
8' ethernet cable
Modem cable
S-VHS to Composite video adapter
Retractable mini two button + scroll wheel mouse
iPod 2nd Generation in case
Firewire cable for iPod
Bang & Olufsen A8 earphones and case
512MB Sandisk Titanium Cruzer
Charger for Treo 180
USB cable for the Treo 180
Leatherman Wave and holder
Case for my glasses and microfiber cleaning cloth
A few Pepto-Bismols
A few Imodium A-Ds
A few Benadryls
Airport Express wireless router (when travelling)
Microsoft Office Professional CDs (temporary)
Planner
Some business cards
Folding umbrella
A ballpoint pen
A White Out pen
A green highlighter pen
Mechanical pencil
Eraser pen
Pencil leads HB standard
The Gita paperback
my laptop, Ultra connector kit, CD's, backup hard drive, USB keys, 8 in 1 memory thingy, all my tools for work, glass cleaner, solvents, towels all kinds of stuff! I went to my doctor this spring complaining of heel pain...gave me a shot in the heel (real fun). Told me that the extra weight on my right shoulder from carrying that bag around probably did it. I told him it wasn't that heavy. We weighed it.....topped out at 48 pounds! I now PULL my laptop/toolbag on a wheelie carrier :)
I just got my bag back from JanSport... my old one was dead, sent it in, and voila, brand new bag. It's huge, and waterproof. Inside, a padded pocket for laptop with a big spongy base. I love it!
Contents:
Older than Dirt IBM T23 1GhZ 512mb ram 15" display 30gb drive
2x Power Bricks for same
Mini-Tripod
2.4ghz 8dbi omni antenna
3x Orinoco 802.11b cards
1x Logitech Optical Mouse
1x UltraBay Floppy Drive
IBM UltraPort WebCam
1x 25' ethernet cable
1x 16' ethernet cable
2x 3' ethernet cable
2x 6' crossover ethernet cable
1x Null Modem Adapter
1x RS-232 DB25F-DB9F
5x Console Cable (Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, etc.)
6' USB cable
1 large bag of assorted gender benders/ethernet mating connectors/DB9-RJ45/etc.
1 cd case of useful CDs (Fedora install/Linux Rescue/etc)
1 1gb USB flash disk
Cellphone charging brick
Olympus D-360 cheap-ass digicam w/ 1gb flash
1gb flash MPIO MP3 Player
Sony behind-the-head headphones
Medkit (Immodium, No-Doz, Tums, Tagamet, Tylenol Severe Allergy, Halls, Halls Active sore-throat lozenges, Vicodin, Motrin, Aleve)
2 decks of cards
4 pens (Pilot 0.7mm Gel pens)
2 notebooks (one scratch, one recording)
Lip Balm
Lots of Dentyne Ice Peppermint
Assortment of AA and AAA batteries
Sewing Kit (clothes repair)
I know my shix is pretty random, but it does the job. I spend ~300 days a year on the road doing networking work.
One thing I noticed also is holmes in TFA says he uses his wireless mouse on the plane... that's against FAA rules, no radio transmitting equipment may be used while flight is in progress. Infrared is fine, but not RF emitting devices.
Peace!
-cheez
I have one :>
:P)
Its actually an old Discman + CD holder bag, that I took everything out of (who uses CDs, let alone a Discman?
I carry all my shit around, and it dangles around like a purse, but I'm over it. The convenience outweighs conformity.
I was kind of surprised that for such a well traveled person he has such a crappy backpack (the one that came with). I would figure he would atleast have a spire or any real geek that wants large capacity would choose a Tom Bign (also which has its own luggage gadgets).
1 laptop carry case with Huge Evil News corporation logo (free) feilled with: .22 GSP ownership (What is it with laptop cases and handguns?)
1 Apple PowerBook 15" 1,25 mHz
1 Network cable
1 Laptop lock (Fuck you, asshole university students who steal from other students)
2 Applications for Glock 17 9mm and
1 Canon EOS 20D camera
1 USB camera cable
1 Uni paper, rated excellent
A paintball gun, a hopper, a 20oz CO2 tank, and some assorted tools and spare parts.
Nobody said I *had* to put a laptop in there.
FTA:"This laptop was designed for one thing and one thing only - to win the game and look good doing it."
makes you wonder a bit, will he start up his laptop to do the math?
Currently in my timbuk2 messenger bag:
1. Foam padded laptop sleeve
2. Titanium powerbook
3. Firewire drive
4. Small CD binder
5. Torx screwdriver
6. Micro screwdriver set
7. Eyeglass cleaner fluid, cloth and eyeglass hard case.
8. Small change pouch (bus still not compatible with DC metro rail smart cards, damn them!)
9. Hardcover book (currently David Silva's Mark of the Assassin)
10. Small pouch with pain killers and prescription drugs
11. Leatherman pocket knife
12. AA and AAA batteries
13. Dead 5GB iPod (bad battery, bad firewire plug, no warranty but qualifies for class action $50 gimme)
14. Dead 20 GB click-wheel iPod (dead but still in warranty)
15. Sony earbuds
16. Business cards
17. Sony DSC-T1 digital camera
18. Spare memory stick duo pro plus adapter
19. ethernet cable
20. Riccola cough drops
21. Spare keys
22. pay stubs
23. usb->ps/2 mice plug
24. Spare apple power supply prongs
25. iPod case
26. Firewire and USB2 cables
Pedro
----
The Insomniac Coder
You fail the geek test ;-)
All bow to his Noodliness!! His Noodle Appendage has touched me!
They are reported (with promising pictures) in TFA and its predecessor, but the one vendor link still working shows an only 4-foot short version - insufficient for most places where Ethernet cables are required. Now that /.ers are unlikely to join M$ TechNet for the privilege, where else could one buy the "just-about-long-enough" 10-foot/3+ meters (or more) "Microsoft" model shown on the TTZ pages?
I agree that it's annoying not to be able to find a 10' cat5 cable when my retractable phone cord is 10'.
The only solution I've ever come up with is to use two of them and a connector.
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Looks like I spoke too soon since I just found one online (though it was several pages into a google)
http://www.conectl.com/premier/network.htm
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Originally, the line was "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff" But after the Kennedy assasination, Dr. Strangelove was pushed back for obvious reasons, and the line was overdubbed, however the scene was not reshot. As a result, Slim Pickens' mouth says "Dallas," but his voice says "Vegas"
This sig is false.
One man's "cool human interest story" is another man's "slow news day."
I used to carry on my laptop on a very old crappy bag....nobody would ever imagine that there was a laptop in.. i forget my laptop many times (in a bar, in the reception of an hotel, in the parking and even in the street ) but nobody ever bother to take the bag.
I think that's the most secure one : an old crappy bag !