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Top Ten Geek Wallets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-your-pocket dept.

twentyxtysix writes, "Productdose.com has a rundown of the the top ten wallets for geeks, including an RFID blocking wallet and a wallet made out of Tyvek designed to look like dot-matrix paper. Its an entertaining read that even includes a DIY illuminating wallet."

223 comments

  1. Well, nice, but... by struppi · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Duct-Tape-Wallet

    1. Re:Well, nice, but... by svanstrom · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why bother making yourself an ugly looking wallet, when you could just use a money clip:

      http://www.superiortitanium.com/

      Sure, there's no room for all the rest of the junk you put into a wallet, but, then again, most of it is junk... and as a hardcore geek you've already got too much to carry around in your pockets, so you're better off without one. =)

      What about all the plastic which magically give us money from friendly ATMs and let us into our secret HQ (ie the server room) etc? Well, just put 'em all in your backpocket, they might bend a wee bit, but nowadays they survive such treatment without breaking/stop working.

      --
      perl -e'print$_{$_} for sort%_=`lynx -dump svanstrom.com/t`'
    2. Re:Well, nice, but... by refitman · · Score: 1

      Or if you're too lazy you could just buy one.

      --
      First God made idiots. That was for practice. Then He made Jack Thompson.
    3. Re:Well, nice, but... by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 1
      What about all the plastic which magically give us money from friendly ATMs and let us into our secret HQ (ie the server room) etc? Well, just put 'em all in your backpocket

      As pointed out on the site, as it is non-magnetic, it can take credit cards (but you might need to be careful how you put them in, lest the magnetic stripes might get scratched)

      However, a more serious drawback is that it doesn't take coins.

    4. Re:Well, nice, but... by Ixne · · Score: 1

      The best part is the Boba Fett card in the open wallet display.

    5. Re:Well, nice, but... by svanstrom · · Score: 1

      I can easily carry with me 10+ plastic cards (ATM, memberships, access, coffeemachine, discount...) some days, and that just doesn't fit well in a money clip; so I just put them in my back pocket. I've been doing this (money clip, and plastic cards in my backpocket) for years without any problems whatsoever; no cards have stopped working, no cards have been lost and they only take up a minimum of space.

      So far the money clip from http://www.superiortitanium.com/ is the only one that handles the "20+ bills one day and just a single one the next"-torture without complaining (ie throwing away that single bill instead of holding on to it), day after day, week after week, month after month... (No, I have no financial interest in that company. =))

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      perl -e'print$_{$_} for sort%_=`lynx -dump svanstrom.com/t`'
    6. Re:Well, nice, but... by uniqueSnowflake2 · · Score: 1, Funny

      I like using those black paper binders as money clips. They work well and you can get them from work.

    7. Re:Well, nice, but... by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 1

      Mine does, though there's no coin holder/closable coin pocket.I can put a small amount of coins in the note(bill) pocket and they don't escape into my jeans pocket. Even if you take it out and turn it upside down, when it's closed, the coins don't fall out. I did put a flap in mine that I intended to put coins behind to stop them falling out when the wallet was upside down but I haven't really needed to use it.

      It has space for my driving license (with see-through window), 4-5 credit cards, plenty of notes (bills), my swiss-army card, my FSF bootable membership card (LNX-Bootable Business Card) and several business cards.

      The only real problem is some lifting and peeling, but it's duct/duck/gaffer tape...I don't have to be a machinist/seamstress to repair it :o)

    8. Re:Well, nice, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ya, but whatabbat coins?

    9. Re:Well, nice, but... by Ed+Avis · · Score: 1

      I used to keep my Visa card in a pocket but the signature strip got rubbed off so I decided to get a wallet and keep it in that. Previously, I had used a Game Boy cartridge case for carrying coins.

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      -- Ed Avis ed@membled.com
    10. Re:Well, nice, but... by svanstrom · · Score: 1

      People, people, people... stop complaining about what to do with your coins... coins are just tip-money... you cheap bastards... ;)

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      perl -e'print$_{$_} for sort%_=`lynx -dump svanstrom.com/t`'
    11. Re:Well, nice, but... by teletype · · Score: 1

      Not to folks that live in most countries outside of the US...

    12. Re:Well, nice, but... by svanstrom · · Score: 1

      Outside the US... that'd be me... =p

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      perl -e'print$_{$_} for sort%_=`lynx -dump svanstrom.com/t`'
  2. I prefer... by NecroPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    My black leather wallet. It pisses off all my vegan friends.

    A nice sort of vengence for them always serving me rabbit food.

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    1. Re:I prefer... by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 1

      this is why slimjims easily fit in your pocket.

      (And other beef jerky, or beef jerky like products.)

      --
      Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
    2. Re:I prefer... by Don_dumb · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding? Do they really think that stone age man wore fur clothes because they were too cruel to grow cotton?

      I dont mind selective diets, but I am often amazed at many peoples reasons for doing so, so many people are so naive and uninformed as to the reasons livestock even exist.

      The old joke "If eating meat is cruel then why are animals made of meat?" is more insightful than some people realise.

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    3. Re:I prefer... by Qadesh · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It doesn't really matter if the particular animals we eat were "created" or exist naturally - they are still living beings. If you think it is cruel to eat them and use them in other ways it doesn't matter why they live in the first place. In fact perhaps it is more cruel to raise an animal simply to kill it.

    4. Re:I prefer... by Kesch · · Score: 4, Funny

      What if we were to create an animal that wants to be eaten? I think Douglas Adams had it right.

      --
      If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
    5. Re:I prefer... by Threni · · Score: 5, Insightful

      > Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed
      > roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding?

      Americans used to breed slaves. Does using `created` slaves make it ok?

    6. Re:I prefer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      So why is human made of meat?

    7. Re:I prefer... by indifferent+children · · Score: 0

      Come on over to my place Saturday night. Bring some Chianti. We'll ruminate over this issue, until we get to the meat of the matter.

      --
      Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
    8. Re:I prefer... by Don_dumb · · Score: 1

      That's a very good point.
      I dont intend to disagree, however I dont think it is quite the same, the point here is about killing an animal for food NOT forced labour.
      But to clarify, slaves were not 'created', a slave in America or free man in Africa the human would have existed anyway (perhaps not that exact one DNAwise). American slaves were I believe Homo Sapiens even after a few generations they were still so. We use dogs as slaves so why is that right? Probably because they are a different species, a different order even. A species that would not exist if we hadn't bred them to, for sheparding, fighting, companionship etc. over dozens of millenia. And after that amount of selective breeding you end up with a animal that is suited to the job and enjoys it.

      Human slaves were intelligent enough to know that they were no different from their enslavers and they knew what freedom was, they were simply prevented from having it - unfair and unnecessary cruelty. I dont know if Scraps has any idea of the abstract concept of freedom and he doesn't seem to mind pulling a sleigh (perhaps even enjoys it) - not cruel IMHO.

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    9. Re:I prefer... by aplusjimages · · Score: 1, Funny

      Like humans. Why can't we eat humans? It's a natural resource that we don't use. Instead we take up more natural resources, like land, to keep their rotting bodies in. We could eat them, turn their skin to leather, and use their bounds for other great products. I would like a human skin wallet.

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      Can I bum a sig?
    10. Re:I prefer... by Threni · · Score: 2, Insightful

      > We use dogs as slaves so why is that right? Probably because they are a different species, a
      > different order even.

      It's only "right" if you think it is. But you're practicing Speciesism. Be aware that that's what you are doing and question whether or not it's justified under the circumstances of the situation you're focusing on.

      > A species that would not exist if we hadn't bred them to, for sheparding, fighting, companionship
      > etc. over dozens of millenia

      So after a few generations of slaves we end up with a new `species` - that's ok because they'd not have existed in the wild?

      > I dont know if Scraps has any idea of the abstract concept of freedom and he doesn't seem to mind
      > pulling a sleigh (perhaps even enjoys it) - not cruel IMHO.

      Animals don't have to understand the concept of rights to be afforded them. Animal rights isn't about giving animals the right to vote, for instance - it's about giving them the right to a life without unnecessary suffering.

    11. Re:I prefer... by Zaatxe · · Score: 2, Interesting

      If you think it is cruel to eat them and use them in other ways it doesn't matter why they live in the first place.

      Down with the lions!!! They chase, harass and kill the zebras! And the zebras deserve more than just be used as food.
      Remember kids, we weren't on the top of the food chain all the time! Some few million years ago we used to be eaten by smilodons.

      --
      So say we all
    12. Re:I prefer... by aaronwormus · · Score: 1

      For all of those who are humor-deprived here is the context...

      --

      A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips.

      'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?'

      It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.

      Its gaze was met by looks of startled bewilderment from Arthur and Trillian, a resigned shrug from Ford Prefect and naked hunger from Zaphod Beeblebrox.

      'Something off the shoulder perhaps?' suggested the animal, 'Braised in a white wine sauce?'

      'Er, your shoulder?' said Arthur in a horrified whisper.

      'But naturallymy shoulder, sir,' mooed the animal contentedly, 'nobody else's is mine to offer.'

      Zaphod leapt to his feet and started prodding and feeling the animal's shoulder appreciatively.

      'Or the rump is very good,' murmured the animal. 'I've been exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot of good meat there.'

      It gave a mellow grunt, gurgled again and started to chew the cud. It swallowed the cud again.

      'Or a casselore of me perhaps?' it added.

      'You mean this animal actually wants us to eat it?' whispered Trillian to Ford.

      'Me?' said Ford, with a glazed look in his eyes, 'I don't mean anything.'

      'That's absolutely horrible,' exclaimed Arthur, 'the most revolting thing I've ever heard.'

      'What's the problem Earthman?' said Zaphod, now transfering his attention to the animal's enormous rump.

      'I just don't want to eat an animal that's standing there inviting me to,' said Arthur, 'It's heartless.'

      'Better than eating an animal that doesn't want to be eaten,' said Zaphod.

      'That's not the point,' Arthur protested. Then he thought about it for a moment. 'Alright,' he said, 'maybe it is the point. I don't care, I'm not going to think about it now. I'll just ... er ... I think I'll just have a green salad,' he muttered.

      'May I urge you to consider my liver?' asked the animal, 'it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.'

      'A green salad,' said Arthur emphatically.

      'A green salad?' said the animal, rolling his eyes disapprovingly at Arthur.

      'Are you going to tell me,' said Arthur, 'that I shouldn't have green salad?'

      'Well,' said the animal, 'I know many vegetables that are very clear on that point. Which is why it was eventually decided to cut through the whoile tangled problem and breed an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am.'

      It managed a very slight bow.

      'Glass of water please,' said Arthur.

      'Look,' said Zaphod, 'we want to eat, we don't want to make a meal of the issues. Four rare stakes please, and hurry. We haven't eaten in five hundred and sevebty-six thousand million years.'

      The animal staggered to its feet. It gave a mellow gurgle. 'A very wise coice, sir, if I may say so. Very good,' it said, 'I'll just nip off and shoot myself.'

      He turned and gave a friendly wink to Arthur. 'Don't worry, sir,' he said, 'I'll be very humane.'

      It waddled unhurriedly off to the kitchen.

    13. Re:I prefer... by Morphine007 · · Score: 1

      Yes, they're called robots.... I think car manufacturers use the odd one or two...

      --
      Oh god, that woman is John Romero!
    14. Re:I prefer... by denebian+devil · · Score: 1

      One word: Kuru.

    15. Re:I prefer... by BobNET · · Score: 1
      Animal rights isn't about giving animals the right to vote, for instance - it's about giving them the right to a life without unnecessary suffering.

      That's why I eat veal and lamb. This limits their suffering to only a few months, until they're tasty enough to eat...

    16. Re:I prefer... by Don_dumb · · Score: 1
      As I said, slavery and slaughter are different things, I dont personally see the parallel. I was trying to explain why.

      It's only "right" if you think it is. But you're practicing Speciesism. Be aware that that's what you are doing and question whether or not it's justified under the circumstances of the situation you're focusing on.
      Practicing 'speciesism'? I give one, albeit bad, reason for why people may think it is ok for dogs to be enslaved and I am Speciesist? Up until now I did not know such a phenomenon existed, I think you 'created' it.
      Perhaps I am not a great philosopher. Indulge me, in your opinion, Why is it right that dogs are enslaved?

      So after a few generations of slaves we end up with a new `species` - that's ok because they'd not have existed in the wild?
      Did I say it was OK?
      And no we wouldn't end up with a new species unless humans engineered it so, either by selective breeding or by genetic engineering.

      Animal rights . . . is about giving them the right to a life without unnecessary suffering.
      I didn't say anything about animal rights and anyway your definition supports the principle that killing an animal for meat does not violate it's rights (if slaughtered humainly). Which is kind of the point I was making in the grandparent. Should animal rights be different to human rights? now who is being Speciesist?
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    17. Re:I prefer... by Ed+Avis · · Score: 1
      Why can't we eat humans?
      I've heard that meat-eating animals don't taste good, only herbivores. So the only humans worth eating would be vegetarians.
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      -- Ed Avis ed@membled.com
    18. Re:I prefer... by Zephyros · · Score: 3, Funny
      So the only humans worth eating would be vegetarians.

      ...you say that like it's a bad thing.

    19. Re:I prefer... by hackstraw · · Score: 0, Troll

      Americans used to breed slaves. Does using `created` slaves make it ok?

      As long as they are in china or are here from south of the border, sure its OK.

    20. Re:I prefer... by FusionDragon2099 · · Score: 1

      Or, if you wanted to, you could just have the salad...

    21. Re:I prefer... by cparker15 · · Score: 1

      Many African tribes still breed slaves of the human variety. Why don't you go bark up their trees, instead?

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    22. Re:I prefer... by Castar · · Score: 1

      If you're serious and you want a real, intelligent look at the ethical foundations of vegetarianism and animal rights, look at the writings of John Stuart Mill and Peter Singer.

      The basic argument is that an action is unethical if it causes suffering, and that many classes of animals can suffer (although generally not as much as humans). Therefore, it's unethical to cause the suffering of animals. Note that this doesn't necessarily preclude eating them or making clothes out of them.

      There's a lot more to it than that, of course, there are all sorts of interesting subtleties that are lost in the calls of the more strident animal rights movements. At the base of it, the reasoning is entirely rational and logical, and I think a scientifically, logically minded person could find very little to disagree with in the reasoning (while not necessarily accepting every conclusion wholesale).

      I'm not a vegetarian, and I have a leather wallet in my pocket right now. Nevertheless, I find the reasoning very compelling.

      --
      I yearn for you tragically. A. T. Tappman, Chaplain, U.S. Army.
    23. Re:I prefer... by Threni · · Score: 1

      > Practicing 'speciesism'? I give one, albeit bad, reason for why people may think it is ok for dogs to be enslaved and I am
      > Speciesist?

      You said "We use dogs as slaves so why is that right?". Well, I don't uses dogs as slaves so I assumed you were talking about either yourself, or some other group of people that doesn't include me, so I used `you`. From your reaction I assume you mean `human beings`.

      > Up until now I did not know such a phenomenon existed, I think you 'created' it.

      It would be the twisted brain wrong of a one-off man mental, though (yes, I noticed your sig file!)

      > Did I say it was OK?

      Where did I say you did?

      > I didn't say anything about animal rights and anyway your definition supports the principle that killing an animal for
      > meat does not violate it's rights (if slaughtered humainly).

      No it doesn't! This discussion is about rights, because if you accept animals have rights then by denying those rights you are doing something which is `wrong`. Most people now accept that even if you're going to eat animals then you have to treat them humanely up until the point at which you kill them, thus according them to right to a life free from unneccessary suffering.

      Nothing I've said supports the principle that killing for food is not wrong.

      > Should animal rights be different to human rights? now who is being Speciesist?

      Animal rights should be different because it's a nonsense to suggest that animals should be allowed to drive, vote etc. But the principal that living beings which are capable of feeling pain etc should have rights for the same reasons that humans (just another species of living being also capable of feeling pain etc) should not be different.

    24. Re:I prefer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't think their writings are very compelling if looked at rigorously. I have read their arguments and the critiques of them. I suggest you read the critiques as well. I can't tell you what is wrong. You will have to find it yourself for it to have any impact. Their writings are only compelling if you fail to rid your mind of preconceived notions. I guess that is the best hint.

    25. Re:I prefer... by DDLKermit007 · · Score: 1

      Yeah...you first my friend. Animals that eat meat are anything but delicious. It's kind of like eating fish that live in a stagnant pond. You'll get sick fairly quickly if you eat much of it. That is if you can even manage to swallow the putrid meat.

      Oh you mean lets eat vegetarians? I'm lookin for the BBQ sauce right now!

    26. Re:I prefer... by aplusjimages · · Score: 1

      Cows eat other cows and people think that taste great. Cows don't go out and kill other cows, but farmers feed cows meat to fatten them up. Vegetarians wouldn't be good to eat because they don't eat meat. There's no meat to fatten them up. I say stick to humans. Hunting them would be fun as well, but that's a different topic on its own.

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    27. Re:I prefer... by esmrg · · Score: 1

      Now I'm hungry for some Perfectly Normal Beast.
      Goes good on a sandwich too I hear.

    28. Re:I prefer... by Buk69 · · Score: 1

      If man created somethiong for a purpose then there should be NO reaction but to make it better

    29. Re:I prefer... by Buk69 · · Score: 1

      If man created something for mans use, than there should be no recourse but to use it and make it better.

    30. Re:I prefer... by Don_dumb · · Score: 1
      It would be the twisted brain wrong of a one-off man mental, though (yes, I noticed your sig file!)
      I no longer care about this argument, I am just glad someone got my sig, it wasn't even one of the more well known quotes.
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    31. Re:I prefer... by renimar · · Score: 1
      The old joke "If eating meat is cruel then why are animals made of meat?" is more insightful than some people realise.
      Reminds me of this quote: "Cows would live longer if they weren't meade out of steaks and leather."
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    32. Re:I prefer... by susano_otter · · Score: 1

      I think of it as more like using robots instead of slaves.

      But then, I draw a hard line between "humans", which are not appropriate for slave labor or oppression, and "animals", to which moral concepts like slavery and oppression do not apply.

      On the other hand, I think it's important for us humans to treat animals (and robots) humanely, because of the negative effects on us humans, who treat even animals inhumanely.

      Animals are food. Butcher 'em up. Animals are slaves. Put them to work. But in either case, act with moderation, respect, and gentleness. For your own sake, not for the animal's.

      --

      Any sufficiently well-organized community is indistinguishable from Government.

    33. Re:I prefer... by popo · · Score: 1

      Hell yes. Velcro/Nylon wallets are for amateurs.

      Check out www.jfold.com (the Loungemaster) or www.tumi.com (modernist)

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      ------ The best brain training is now totally free : )
    34. Re:I prefer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They didn't feed them "meat", it was cooked and dried "protein powder" basically made out of what washed off the slaughterhouse floor, then cooked and ground up. It had a texture not far from grain. It is now illegal because it has been implicated in the spread of BSE.
      (I think they now serve it to chickens... great idea, guys. Scrapie has jumped the specie barrier before....)

    35. Re:I prefer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You can put that question to Jeffery Dahmer.
      "If the great Zuzu didn't want people to eat people.... why did he make them out of meat?"

    36. Re:I prefer... by Eivind · · Score: 1
      The basic argument is that an action is unethical if it causes suffering, and that many classes of animals can suffer (although generally not as much as humans). Therefore, it's unethical to cause the suffering of animals.

      Fine. But if that's so, then surely it's also unethical not to prevent suffering when you have the opportunity to do so ?

      Problem is, it's really hard to quantify suffering. I challenge you to come up with a definition of "suffering" where say a Norwegian cow does suffer whereas a moose does not.

      The Norwegian cow has:

      • Access to nutritious tasty food each and every day of its life.
      • Shelter from weather.
      • Soft dry place to sleep.
      • Vacation (I'm not kidding!) a minimum of 3 months every year.
      • Access to antibiotics, painkillers, birth-helpers and in general healthcare better than most poor people in the third world.
      • Protection from predators.

      The moose has none of this. A full third of them dies of starvation, illness and/or predators before even becoming a single year old.

      What definition of "suffering" do you use, if you consider the situation of the cow unacceptable, but that of the moose acceptable ?

  3. Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 1

    I don't open my wallet in the dark.

    1. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 4, Funny

      condoms

      But hardly a feature one would expect in a geek wallet

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    2. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by antic · · Score: 1

      It's often pretty dark in clubs. But, again, hardly a feature for geeks.

      Thieves are going to love that wallet - it'll highlight a puny nerd from afar!

      --
      'Thats they exact same thing a banana wrench monkey.'
    3. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by Zaatxe · · Score: 1

      I don't open my wallet in the dark.

      Because it doesn't have a light! This wallet is the answer for the question that was never made until now!

      --
      So say we all
    4. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by jacksonj04 · · Score: 2, Informative

      The heat generated by your body damages condoms kept in your wallet, not to mention the fact that the packaging is more likely to end up damaged.

      This wouldn't be a problem for a single night out, but most geeks I know have very little opportunity to use a condom and hence they stay there for months/years.

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    5. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      The heat generated by your body damages condoms kept in your wallet, not to mention the fact that the packaging is more likely to end up damaged.

      Right. So?
      Haven't you noticed that geeks rarely have children, and the morons that women are attracted to have lots of them (usually by many different women)? So giving these morons a wallet that illuminates in the dark, to help them find their (damaged) condoms wouldn't change the social order; they'd still be more successful in spreading their genes, the women would still have the illusion of safety (them being too dumb to know the condom kept in a wallet is damaged), and the moron men would continue to be deadbeat dads.

  4. Nice Touch by tygerstripes · · Score: 2, Funny
    The "Rawhide Trifold" is excellent - made from Tyvek, with a Real Leather symbol embossed inside encircled by the words "High Density Polyethylene".

    It's not often a wallet can be funny. Bravo.

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  5. Thanks, but.. by tehSpork · · Score: 1

    I'd rather hang on to my conventional leather wallet, those metal ones don't look like they would make sitting a whole lot of fun. :(

    1. Re:Thanks, but.. by aplusjimages · · Score: 2, Funny

      But what if you got shot in the ass while grinding at the club. This happens to geeks all the time. The wallet would then either stop the bullet or deflect it back at the shooter. Hopefully killing the shooter. It's genious.

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  6. Nano in my pocket? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 1

    No, I'm just happy to see you.

    Shouldn't your Nano go somewhere besides your ass? Those things are tough, but would be strained under the pressure of a fat geek's serial port.

    1. Re:Nano in my pocket? by benplaut · · Score: 1

      That's odd... my serial port is right below my left ear.

    2. Re:Nano in my pocket? by MrFebtober · · Score: 1

      That was my first thought as well, but then with "CEO" in the name of the wallet my imagination led me to believe this wallet is for business men who tend to keep their wallet in the breast pocket of their suit jacket or sport coat.

    3. Re:Nano in my pocket? by Real1tyCzech · · Score: 0

      My cereal port's right under my nose making that loud, obnoxious noise all the time.

  7. This is a better geek wallet: by neomage86 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.gizmag.com/linktous/6247/

    Good timing on the article, btw. i'm looking into getting a new wallet now since my current leather one is starting to get torn up pretty badly.

    1. Re:This is a better geek wallet: by popo · · Score: 1

      The largest line of wallets in the world (or so I'm told) is at jfold.com

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  8. Bad Mother by kermit1221 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm of the opinion that thinkgeek should carry a wallet that says "Bad Mother Fscker"

  9. Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If you don't like RFID then fine, don't carry any cards.

    But if you are carrying a card, through choice, you want the office door to unlock itself as you walk up to it don't you?? Why would you want to stop, put down all the stuff you're carrying, and take the card out of the wallet before the door will open??

    1. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 1

      I don't have that problem, even without that special RFID-blocking wallet.

      I microwaved all my keycards as soon as I got home the first day.

    2. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by skiflyer · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Sure, for your office key that makes sense... but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel? And what if states start putting it in your drivers license?

      Or have you considered that if you take your office card with an RFID tag out to the local park for some coffee, an enterprising individual with a scanner could walk close, clone the card, then get in? Really... paranoid kinda stuff that is not a problem for 99% of us (including me), but it is not absurd either.

    3. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by dwarfsoft · · Score: 0

      The last time I checked a passport was rather a bulky item that would be hard-pressed to fit inside a wallet. It is more likely to be carried in a pocket that is not even close to my wallet (well, personally that is. I would have it in my top jacket pocket, and my wallet in my back pocket).

      Actually, if I were going somewhere that required a passport, I would be less likely to take a wallet and carry instead a money belt. Do they have RFID blocking money belts? I'd carry my passport in that!

      I do agree about the other points though. Government 'Smart' card's are going to start making the rounds here in the next couple of years. They will probably use RFID, and so I will probably invest in RFID blocking/eliminating technology.

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    4. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by dwarfsoft · · Score: 0

      OK, checking out that image, that passport is genuinely smaller than my passport, so I guess you guys have a different sizes...

      Still, RFID blocking money belt... :)

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    5. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 1

      Passports are pretty much the same size wherever you go. The "wallet" in the picture is more a pocketbook than a billfold.

    6. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by mabinogi · · Score: 1

      > but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel?
      I certainly wouldn't carry it with me in my wallet - I'd keep it in the safe in my hotel room.

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    7. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by The+Cydonian · · Score: 1

      Out here in Singapore, (and I'm certain Hong Kong and London also have similar cards) we pay our fares on the local public transport network through a contact-less RFID card called EZ-Link card. In addition, my gym's ID card is also tap-as-you-go RFID.

      I really don't have much personalized data here [1], but for most Singaporeans, RFID-proof wallets are counter-intuitive in a sense. Why would anyone want a wallet with which (s)he can't tap the MRT fare gates?

      [1] - I mean, YES if you were smart about it, and would like to snoop, you can possibly know where I've been last night, for instance. Which, of course, gives me ideas, hmmmmmm.

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    8. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by jacksonj04 · · Score: 1

      London's is called Oyster, for those who are interested.

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    9. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The US Treasury and Federal Reserve are working on introducing RFID tags to paper currency in the next redesign. There goes the anonymity of cash transactions!

    10. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by houghi · · Score: 1
      > but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel?
      I certainly wouldn't carry it with me in my wallet - I'd keep it in the safe in my hotel room.


      That will be pretty inconvinient when you are at the airport. I have just made a pouch for my RFID passport. Just take some tinfoil twice the size of you passport and tape duct-tape on both sides. Cut it to the correct size and fold it. See that it is a bit larger then your passport. Now tape two sides closed, leaving the third open to put the passport in.

      Good protection against damage AND against RFID theft, if that is what you are afraid of. If you use the Yellow or Orange duct-tape, it will be easier to find when you are looking for it in your hotelroom as well. Or when you pur it on the table so you don't forget it.
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    11. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by chihowa · · Score: 1

      You sure seem to trust the hotel staff a whole lot. Why would you part with your passport in a foreign country?

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    12. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Could I borrow your time machine for a bit? Because I'd love to leave my passport at my hotel before I leave home, but the silly gits at Customs seem to think I should have it with me when I'm AT the airport.

    13. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by jacoby · · Score: 1

      I wouldn't say "bulky". A sweater is bulky. A passport slips easily into your back pocket. What it does not do is fit easily into your wallet.

    14. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by jacoby · · Score: 1

      OK, if I had RTFA, I would've seen that this wallet is big enough to hold a passport, making it bigger than the normal wallet. Get to that size and I'd rather stick it in a coat pocket.

    15. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by edmicman · · Score: 1
      > but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel? I certainly wouldn't carry it with me in my wallet - I'd keep it in the safe in my hotel room. That will be pretty inconvinient when you are at the airport.
      Why would you leave your passport if you're going to the airport? But why would you take your passport everywhere with you when you're going to the beach, siteseeing, etc.?
    16. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by bitt3n · · Score: 1
      But if you are carrying a card, through choice, you want the office door to unlock itself as you walk up to it don't you??"
      Hell no. I don't want The Man to know that I'm the kind of person who walks through doors. It's all about privacy.
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    17. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by skiflyer · · Score: 1

      [1] - I mean, YES if you were smart about it, and would like to snoop, you can possibly know where I've been last night, for instance. Which, of course, gives me ideas, hmmmmmm.

      The snoop part is nothing to laugh about if it's in the hands of say a government who wants to know who attended a rally... but personally I'd worry more about the theft, some enterprising individual should be able to bump into you in line, clone your card, and be riding the train on your dime.

    18. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by KC7GR · · Score: 1

      The RFID blocker appears to be, as I see it, mainly for the benefit of those with RFID passports.

      The vast majority of access-control systems, that I know of, do not employ RFID chips in any case. The most popular proximity system that I'm aware of uses cards and readers made by HID Corporation.

      Said readers depend, typically, on either a 125kHz LF or 13.56Mhz HF signal to read a unique pattern coded into each card. Considering the penetrating power of LF and VLF signals (the Navy uses VLF to communicate with submerged subs), I'm curious to see how such a product will affect my own access card (I just ordered one of the wallet/passport case combos).

      Once I get the thing, I will conduct a few experiments and post the results here.

      Keep the peace(es).

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    19. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by HoboMaster · · Score: 1

      Tin foil doesn't protect against radio waves. Studies have shown it either does nothing or it acts as an antenna. You should go with lead if you really want safety.

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    20. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by mabinogi · · Score: 1

      That's why I said I'd stick it in the safe.

      I certainly don't trust myself not to lose it somewhere if I was carrying it round.
      I'd probably carry a photocopy of the important pages though, just in case. (not much help getting through immigration, but a big help at your embassy / high commission)

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    21. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      My wallet (http://all-ett.com/) is exactly the size of my passport. When traveling, I use it as a passport cover.
      no, it won't block the RFID model passport that we are supposed to "upgrade" to soon, but it is handy for now.
      (and for the nosy paranoids, I keep a xerox of the ID page, and some cash, in my money belt when I travel

    22. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by The+Cydonian · · Score: 1
      The snoop part is nothing to laugh about if it's in the hands of say a government who wants to know who attended a rally

      This is Singapore we're talking about. :-) We've got more cameras than any city other than London. We also outlaw outdoor political demonstrations with more than four people involved, and yup, we aren't afraid to clamp down.

      So yeah. Civil society has a lot more to fear in Singapore than compromised ez-link cards. Big Brother is already here, and advertises himself quite freely.

      some enterprising individual should be able to bump into you in line, clone your card, and be riding the train on your dime.

      Well, it wouldn't be under my dime, seeing as it is that the EZ-link card is not linked to anything else. You "top-up" value into a card upfront; when you pay for a ride, the price of that ride gets debitted from your card.

      But yeah. If all that you want to do is to beat fares in the MRT, you don't have to clone cards or anything. There is a very, very low-tech, but highly successful, way of doing it. ;-)

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    23. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by skiflyer · · Score: 1

      Well, it wouldn't be under my dime, seeing as it is that the EZ-link card is not linked to anything else. You "top-up" value into a card upfront; when you pay for a ride, the price of that ride gets debitted from your card.

      If it works like the cards here the value is usually stored someone besides the card, so it can be replaced if lost, and because it's just alot easier, RFID's are good at transmitting a single value over and over, but not so much designed to be updated frequently.... so if they're retransmitting your value over and over, you're both debitting the same account, though granted in such an example we're probably not ruining anyone's livelihood.

    24. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by Rod.Dorman · · Score: 1
      There goes the anonymity of cash transactions!
      How so? There already is a serial number printed on each note, all this would do would make it possible to grab the serial number via RF technology in addition to optical scaning technology.
      Unless they introduce the requirement that a street vendor with his cart full of hot dogs must also have the technology to record the currency serial number and your serial number its not much of a concern.
    25. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? by dwarfsoft · · Score: 0

      When I travel, I usually keep a couple of photocopies of the ID page. I have one in my money belt, and one in my suitcase. You can actually get through customs after having had your passport stolen, provided you have this kind of information with you. Other photocopies I carry: Copies of my tickets and any bookings I have made.

      I usually keep a copy of my credit card details written in code too. Well, those that I don't remember off the top of my head that is :)

      Maybe I am just too paranoid. I often carry an empty/fake wallet in my pocket, sometimes I putsome small change in, just so I don't always appear to be reaching into my money belt all the time. That way it isn't the end of the world if I am asked to hand over my wallet.

      I haven't needed any of these things as yet, but I like the feeling of having some of my bases covered.

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      Cheers, Chris
  10. More like top ten wallets for idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    More like top ten wallets for idiots who buy into this whole "geek culture" bullshit.

    1. Re:More like top ten wallets for idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You better be nice, Rob Malda and other former slashdot editors I need not mention make their living off of this silly "geek culture" Look forward and comply, or you will face the consequences. Buy the cute shit and shut up.

  11. What?? by i_like_spam · · Score: 1

    No digital wallets? What geek would be without one?

  12. Thats my BMF! by dafing · · Score: 1

    LOL, I was just going to mention that, I got one, its TOTALLY badass, in a geek way. Even got a card with The Speech on it.

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    1. Re:Thats my BMF! by tehcyder · · Score: 1
      LOL, I was just going to mention that, I got one, its TOTALLY badass, in a geek way. Even got a card with The Speech on it.
      If you were a real film geek you'd have memorised not only The Speech, but the whole screenplay. Including deleted scenes.

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  13. Airport by lovebyte · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Good luck with your ipod carrying wallet or metal wallet when you go through airport security. You might end up carrying your passport in a transparent plastic bag.

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    1. Re:Airport by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Big deal. You put it in your carry-on bag like just about everything else you carry in your pockets.

  14. Um, *where* is the fingerprint recognition? by Colin+Smith · · Score: 1

    Very disappointed...

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  15. They Missed This One... by aluminumcube · · Score: 3, Informative
    http://www.thejimi.com/wallet/demo.php

    I carry a Jimi and people ask me about it all the time.

    1. Re:They Missed This One... by dbIII · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hmm - all I can read is it is for people that hate wallets - have you got a link for people that hate flash?

    2. Re:They Missed This One... by Morphine007 · · Score: 1

      I hope it's good.... they look nifty, and currently I just carry my cards around in my pocket because I couldn't find any decent cardholders... so I just ordered one...

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    3. Re:They Missed This One... by arb · · Score: 1

      Sounds like the perfect wallet for people who don't have many cards or much money. Three folded bills? Four plastic cards? You gotta be kidding me! I'm not that minimalist - at a bare minimum I need to carry seven cards and a bit more than three bills! Not that my wallet is Costanza-sized, but the Jimi is just too small for me...

    4. Re:They Missed This One... by jaredbpd · · Score: 1

      Jimi's new in town... Jimi doesn't know many people...

    5. Re:They Missed This One... by Howserx · · Score: 1

      I use an old PCMCIA card case. My business cards are about 1mm to big but if I only carry a few at a time they fit.

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    6. Re:They Missed This One... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      My wife loved my JIMI so much I had to get her one of her own. ;)

      They even have an SD card holder insert:
      http://thejimi.com/mm/sdclip.php

    7. Re:They Missed This One... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Too rigid and too thick. This thing is thicker than my plain leather wallet and the leather is soft and supple.

      A regular simple money clip is the absolute best. You don't use any more space than the items you have in it.

    8. Re:They Missed This One... by rhizome · · Score: 1

      There's the guy who took the money out of Jimi's mouth!

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    9. Re:They Missed This One... by guardian-ct · · Score: 1

      Sure, try http://www.thejimi.com/wallet/index.php

    10. Re:They Missed This One... by dbIII · · Score: 1

      I have to say that it looks extremely cool.

  16. Coins by pklong · · Score: 1

    Hows about a wallet that can actually hold more than a couple of coins? If you put coins in your pocket they just make holes and fall out.

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    1. Re:Coins by CastrTroy · · Score: 1

      I don't know what kind of jagged coins your country has, but I've never had problems with coins cutting holes in my pockets. I put coins in there because they don't fit well in a wallet. I had a change bag (no, it wasn't a purse, it was european) at one point. It worked a lot better than putting the change in my pocket or wallet. I misplaced it and never got another one.

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    2. Re:Coins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Hows about a wallet that can actually hold more than a couple of coins? If you put coins in your pocket they just make holes and fall out.
      Coins? Bah! Men don't use coins.
    3. Re:Coins by tehcyder · · Score: 1
      Hows about a wallet that can actually hold more than a couple of coins? If you put coins in your pocket they just make holes and fall out.
      Dude, they're called purses and women carry them all the time. This being slashdot, maybe your mum has one that you can look at.
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    4. Re:Coins by Moofie · · Score: 2, Funny

      "no, it wasn't a purse, it was european"

      Oh yeah, that totally protected your masculinity. Good job, Hercules.

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    5. Re:Coins by OrangeTrafficCone · · Score: 1

      So then, you always take whatever non-bills you obtain when purchasing something with cash and put it in the tip jar? As a coin collector, and I imagine there is a fair percentage of /.ers that are as well, I find the occasion need to keep coins on one's person, if not for purchasing items.

    6. Re:Coins by mrbooze · · Score: 1

      I've used a Taxi Wallet for years. (I prefer keeping my wallet in a front pocket.)

      http://www.magellans.com/store/Games___Gifts___Gif ts_Under__50SV200?Args=

    7. Re:Coins by WilliamSChips · · Score: 1

      Hercules was European too.

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    8. Re:Coins by Moofie · · Score: 1

      AND he carried a purse. Case closed!

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  17. Money clip by Illusion · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've carried the Storus Smart MoneyClip for maybe 5 years now, and I'd recommend it to anyone seeking simplicity in a wallet. Its not especially geek-worthy except for being extremely utilitarian, in that it holds cash and 5 credit-card sized items and not much else. All my previous wallets kept collecting receipts, change, etc until they started taking over my pocket. That just isn't possible with this, and I consider that a feature.

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    1. Re:Money clip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OWWWW! It's made of metal. There are leather money clips that are similar and work the same way. One of them is at http://www.brookstone.com/shop/product.asp?product _code=MONEY_CLIP

    2. Re:Money clip by indifferent+children · · Score: 1
      All my previous wallets kept collecting receipts, change, etc until they started taking over my pocket.

      I had that problem. Instead of buying a new wallet, I beat the old one into submission and said, "Bad Wallet!" until it stopped collecting receipts and change.

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    3. Re:Money clip by Illusion · · Score: 1
      I tend to carry it in my front pocket in slightly loose pants and have never had a problem with it.

      At least the Brookestone money clip appears to be wider and thicker, which I wouldn't like. And my leather wallets have tended to fall apart after a few years, though I can't say I've tried a leather money clip.

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      Aaron

  18. PostIt Notes Wallet - People will buy anything! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Creative, yet stylish! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i tem=220032810011

  19. Geek you say? by JonasH · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My favourite:

    An old QIC-80 tape case. It fits a credit card perfectly, protects them well and can hold other stuff also. Only downside is that it doesn't fit your back pocket well, but you can't have it all I suppose.

    1. Re:Geek you say? by tehcyder · · Score: 1
      it doesn't fit your back pocket well
      Does anyone honestly carry their wallet in their back pocket? You might as well just hang a sign on your back saying "please pickpocket me".
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  20. #1 geek wallet -- velco & canvas by OrangeTide · · Score: 1

    The classic geek wallet. Inexpensive and pratical and comes in a variet of colors (from black to safety orange). It's got velco so it won't flop open if you drop it. It's made of canvas and is machine washable (which is nice to be able to wash it if it starts to get kind of smelly from money and sweat). They are usually under $5 as well, so you have money left to put in your wallet. the canvas wallets tend to last a bit longer than the leather ones, unless you get a really cheap one where the velcro gets all fuzzy. (velcro afro)

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  21. Lame by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude this is not for a real geeks! Real geeks don't drool at matrix paper-like materials.

    I'm a geek.

    I want a wallet with built in clock, mp3 player, camera, radio and cellphone abilities. (screw iPod! I'm a friggin geek, I have neither OSX nor Windows, I use IRC on a command line and browse in a text browser!)

    I want it to store securely my passwords and info if I identify properly.

    Identification should be done on several levels:

    - iris detectiom fingerprint detection and dna-o-matic instant DNA analyzer.
    - voice detection, and voice recognition so it can understand my password

    If I don't identify properly, it should communicate my location to a sattelite in orbit and it should beam a deadly laser beam right at me.

    1. Re:Lame by pjbgravely · · Score: 1
      I'm a geek. I want a wallet with built in clock, mp3 player, camera, radio and cellphone abilities. (screw iPod! I'm a friggin geek, I have neither OSX nor Windows, I use IRC on a command line and browse in a text browser!) I want it to store securely my passwords and info if I identify properly. Identification should be done on several levels:

      So what you are trying to say is that you are a http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.htmlHac ker not a geek( I guess I need to turn in my Hacker card, I can't get a tags to work today).
      I didn't see any Hacker wallets in the story. Sounds like you want a PDA with a storage section, running Linux of course.
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    2. Re:Lame by Sinbios · · Score: 1

      What does being a hacker have to do with technophilia, and where does Linux come in??

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    3. Re:Lame by pjbgravely · · Score: 1
      What does being a hacker have to do with technophilia, and where does Linux come in??


      Very true, I pesonally would never own a PDA, but I am sure you won't find one running UNIX or BSD.
      I must be really tired this morning, ignore my previous post.
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    4. Re:Lame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're confusing gadgethead with geek.

    5. Re:Lame by suv4x4 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wow, you are a such a fag.

      Oh wow Jimbo, you can say *** and it doesn't bleep you out!

    6. Re:Lame by Sketch · · Score: 1

      > Very true, I pesonally would never own a PDA, but I am sure you won't find one running UNIX or BSD.

      You can run OpenBSD on the Sharp Zaurus.

      http://www.openbsd.com/zaurus.html

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    7. Re:Lame by tomcode · · Score: 1

      Yeah you try that. It's only a matter of time before some mischevious grad students fill your house with jiffy-pop and watch as the giant laser makes popcorn for the whole neighborhood.

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    8. Re:Lame by RealGrouchy · · Score: 1
      Dude this is not for a real geeks! Real geeks don't drool at matrix paper-like materials.

      Dude, real geeks bite the heads off chickens

      - RG>
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    9. Re:Lame by gfreeman · · Score: 1

      My brother had one of those. He caught a cold, and his ashes are scattered over the southern part of 5th Avenue now.

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  22. Real geeks use distributed storage instead by hcdejong · · Score: 1

    I've got a wallet, but only carry it when I need my driver's license (and associated stuff like auto club card, etc).
    Normally, I carry a single debit card (in a plastic sleeve), plus a credit-card sized leather pouch (i.e. just large enough to hold a few folded bills and some coins). No single point of failure (theft, loss), and minimal volume needed.

    1. Re:Real geeks use distributed storage instead by Delusion_ · · Score: 1

      I'm pretty much the same way. I cringe when I see people whip out these fist-sized leather monstrosities out of the back pocket of their jeans, where it has worn a place to live in the very denim. No thanks, I actually like my pants to look nice and I seriously dislike having any more than necessary in my pockets, particularly my rear pockets.

      The last wallet I bought was a largish black leather wallet (my objection was the 'fist sized', not the 'leather', animals are yummy) and had a separate mini card holder. Driver's license and a few bills folded in thirds on one side of the card holder, and debit card and phone card (to occlude the number of the debit card from casual observers who need to see the license) on the other side.

      The "real" wallet that the mini card holder comes with has all of my store discount cards, frequent shopper cards, business cards, and various other items that I rarely need, and keep that in the glove box of my car. Headed toward the book store? Grab the discount card from the offloaded wallet and pop that in the mini card holder.

      Ultra thin, no bulk, looks great, and gets a lot more favorable notice than I ever thought something that simple would get.

  23. Plastic box from PCMCIA network card by klang · · Score: 1

    Fits 2 creditcard, national identificationcard, company key card, company identification card

    nothing else needed.

    1. Re:Plastic box from PCMCIA network card by Zaatxe · · Score: 1

      nothing else needed.

      Money, perhaps?

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    2. Re:Plastic box from PCMCIA network card by klang · · Score: 1

      2 credit cards == money

    3. Re:Plastic box from PCMCIA network card by Zaatxe · · Score: 1

      I don't intend to start a flame war and I don't know which country you are from, but I've never seen a vending machine or a bus driver who would take credit cards (anyway some bus passes are smart cards, mine included, but they are for people living in the city only). But I sure hope to see the day when it happens and all coins and paper money are swept from existence!!

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    4. Re:Plastic box from PCMCIA network card by klang · · Score: 1

      Sorry. No flame war intended.

      I am from Denmark. We have a debit card system that everybody uses. It's tied into any bank account and all banks have agreed to use it.
      The consequence is that all shops (street vendors included) accept the "DanKort" just as they would cool cash. Most shops will pay out up to about $500 in cash on any transaction (they just add the $500 to the transaction) .. There is no fee for the consumer for using the card. I have done transactions of DKR 10,- without a problem.

      A bus ticket is DKR 17,- or DKR 105,- for 10 prepaid. So the choice is not hard. Prepaid is a card the size of a creditcard. Systems that tie directly into the "DanKort" system are being tested, but not where I live, unfortunately.

      Vending machines, yes, I have a bowl of coins at work. The highest denumeration for coins is DKR 20,- ($3.41) lowest for bills is 50,- (8.53) so we rarely walk around with a roll of one dollar (equiv) bills. Again, the same system that is tested in the busses is tested for vending machines.

      oh, and tipping is not part of the commercial culture here. Employees in bars and such get a decent hourly pay (minimum DKR 90,- an hour)

      Lastly, you can select to have a garden variety creditcard (or two) added to the "DanKort". I have Visa and it works fine when I travel outside Denmark.

      We are doing babysteps in the direction of a card based economy, about half of consumer business transactions are conducted by the "DanKort".

      Anyway, I think I have explained too much, sorry about that. It IS possible to reduce the coins and paper, but the State has to back it and the Banks and the shops have to agree that handling coins and paper might be more expensive than setting up this alternative.

      To sweep coins and paper totaly from existence, you would have to add p2p anonymous payments. Might be possible?

    5. Re:Plastic box from PCMCIA network card by Zaatxe · · Score: 1

      Sorry. No flame war intended.

      I am the one to apologize. I was afraid that my previous answer could be seen as a flame war declaration. This last answer of you is very interesting.

      Anyway, I think I have explained too much, sorry about that.

      No need for that. I love this kind of information! Cultural differences is one of the things that makes life interesting in this planet! We can always learn from other people's experience.

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  24. My wallet: None. by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 1

    A money clip might be useful. Maybe. It would be a nuscience, but maybe not as much as unfolding the mangled messes that are my money after a few days.

    Right now I just stick bills, coins, and cards into one pocket.

    It's usually fairly easy to simply pull out the cards as one stack, then flip through them as if they were playing cards. None of these wallets, or the more interesting Flash demos people have linked to, have given me a reason to want something to put these cards in other than my pocket.

    And that still gives me the other (front) pocket for a cell phone and a key ring.

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  25. Ducti Wallets by celardore · · Score: 1

    I bought a Duct Tape wallet which arrived today. I like it. It's a bit stiffer at the moment than my previous 10-year old one.

  26. Duct Tape by spx · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My guy works as the IT Director of a company that makes custom films (plastics). Maybe only I find this geeky.... http://www.ducttapefashion.com/products/prod01.htm

  27. Faraday Wallet by mumrah · · Score: 1

    The RFID blocker is my favorite. Here's how it works http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage Seeing as how one day licenses, bank cards, and (already) passports will have this little buggers in them, i could see a need for something like this.

    1. Re:Faraday Wallet by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 1
      I like the Faraday wallet, too, but I wonder if it works. FWIW, I wrapped my wallet in a layer of aluminum foil and took it outside the office just now. The card reader at the door let me right back in without unwrapping it.

      A while back someone posted instructions on how to kill a RFID. After I check applicable laws, I will probably fry the RFID in any driver's license or passport I get.

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  28. T.H.E. Wallet by Simonics+Zsolt · · Score: 1

    I like it... http://www.specopsbrand.com/ProductDetails.asp?Pro ductID=10

    1. Re:T.H.E. Wallet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      seconded. Been with me through three wars and five countries. Also the only wallet I've ever had to last longer than a year -- no glue; all stitches and rivets.

    2. Re:T.H.E. Wallet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      J.fold makes a camo wallet too... Built like a tank. Very cool. http://www.jfold.com/

  29. All-Ett by Stickney · · Score: 1

    I use an All-Ett, the thinnest wallet in the WORLD. Ballistic nylon is good enough for me, and having a thin profile is extremely important because of the time I spend sitting on my butt.

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    1. Re:All-Ett by jlasalle · · Score: 1

      I am an all-ett zealot. This is a great wallet. Thin, rugged, inexpensive and comfortable in your hip pocket. Check it out www.all-ett.com

  30. Thin by ip_free · · Score: 1

    I have one of these http://www.all-ett.com/ It is comfortable and you can put in a lot of stuff in without creating a hump on you butt.

  31. People still use wallets? by CrazyTalk · · Score: 1

    I do, but thought I was a throwback- most of my friends don't use wallets at all, they just grab their ID, credit card, and maybe a few bills and head out the door.

    1. Re:People still use wallets? by rakkasan · · Score: 1

      Use a paper binder to hold your money and cards. Reasons: usually found free at your workplace supply cabinet and only carry what you need: debit card (s), cash, id (s) The rest of what people in thier wallets is mostly useless crap.

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  32. It's harder to loose your strides..... by yanw · · Score: 1

    I keep my stuff in the pockets of my strides (trousers/pants to non-UK residents) on the principle that I am more likely to notice if I have lost them. And if I have lost my strides then having lost my money is the least of my worries...

    1. Re:It's harder to loose your strides..... by jacksonj04 · · Score: 1

      Where in the UK are you from? I've never heard them called strides. Trousers, yes - but strides?

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    2. Re:It's harder to loose your strides..... by yanw · · Score: 1

      The kingdom of Mercia. urbandictionary.com says "2. strides - Trousers, pants, pantaloons, hoes, breaches. Originating in rural england, now used as Australian slang.".

  33. Duct Tape by Jozer99 · · Score: 1

    Even now, nothing gets attention like a duct tape wallet. Make sure you build and design it yourself, because every hot checkout clerk is gonna ask you if you built and designed it yourself. Good times!

  34. Spoken like a true geek by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Only a geek with no social skills would be so petty because they didn't get exactly what they wanted!

  35. but are these features washingmachine-proof? by kpharmer · · Score: 2, Funny

    All these gadgets are fine, until my wife throws the pants & wallet together into the wash.

    note, in case my wife reads this: not complaining that someone else in the house does my wash, just need to not waste money on a wallet that can't survive the handling.

    I'm thinking about neoprene

    1. Re:but are these features washingmachine-proof? by Cthefuture · · Score: 1

      One of the Tyvek wallets would be better than Neoprene. Neoprene tears easily and would wear out in no time, especially at the thickness you would want for a wallet. Regular old leather works good too assuming it has good stitching.

      I have lost many things more important than a wallet though (cell phone, watch, etc.). My solution is just to never wash my pants.

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    2. Re:but are these features washingmachine-proof? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It gets even better with one of the wallets carrying an iPod.

  36. Working URL by cloudkiller · · Score: 1

    http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/69ae9009ca2c19ca8 f7c71d2dfe5ce99/index.html

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    1. Re:Working URL by austinpoet · · Score: 1

      it may work but the layout is FUBAR with the comments over the content (at least in FF1.5.0.7

    2. Re:Working URL by cloudkiller · · Score: 1

      I didn't write the page, just linked to it. Besides, I'm so use to bad Web sites that when I see something that looks like it is off, I just curse MS and load up IE.

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  37. I need a new wallet by withears · · Score: 0

    I'm going to have to retire my "Bad Mother Fucker" wallet for one of these.

  38. They left off the best one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://acmwallet.com/

  39. Who needs actual paper money? by smilindog2000 · · Score: 1

    A co-worker showed me his new wallet, and I'm envious. Room for nothing but several credit cards, stylish leather, folds up tiny.

    So, if we live in the digital age, why do we need to carry money made of paper, and coins made of metal? I don't, and oddly feel freer for it. My old stupid wallet (a true geek hangs onto them until they rot), is mostly cow leather, with very little actual content. Stupid, stupid, stupid...

    So, for an article posted to /., why didn't they show any wallets not designed to hold cash?

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    1. Re:Who needs actual paper money? by Howserx · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I carry cash (when I have any) because I don't want the banks and other spying agencies to know where and when I spend my money. All they need to know is that at Date X I withdrew Y dollars. I know that all I buy is groceries and the occasional fast food meal so it's nothing worth hiding, but It's the point that counts. if the marketers that the banks sell my info to get no data then the smugness I feel warms me better then any furnace.

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    2. Re:Who needs actual paper money? by Khyber · · Score: 1

      You know, you could always rig up a little site, like a Lawyer in Florida did, and have the legal ability to bill anyone for the use of your personal information. It's one of the greatest legal schemes ever devised, and it's been proven legally binding if you have a terms of use policy posted right underneath your personal info. $500 bucks everytime some company you've never dealt with sends you email, or calls you, or snail-mails you something? Shit, what better way is there to get paid?

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    3. Re:Who needs actual paper money? by smilindog2000 · · Score: 1

      Agreed. However, digital cash seems like the solution for the Digital Age. Doesn't it seem funny to anyone else that we still carry money made out of linen? No digitally secure signature, nothing I can e-mail or beam, nothing but ink and plants.

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    4. Re:Who needs actual paper money? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      That would require the government coming up with a truly secure system for handling transactions digitally. Our stupid government can't even settle on a secure, verifiable, and trustworthy electronic voting system; what makes you think they could handle a transaction system? Sure, Mastercard and Visa have been doing it for years, but they charge a hefty fee for the privelege; cash costs nothing to handle.

    5. Re:Who needs actual paper money? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      Do you never go to places that only accept cash? There are still a few of them, you know.

      Also, many, many people operate cash businesses: they're paid in cash, and they spend their money in cash. This makes it rather easy to "forget" to report all your income for the year to the IRS. I'm not defending this practice, but it is a big part of our economy (it's the way most tradespeople work--plumbers, roofers, etc.), and they're certainly not going to start carrying a minimalist wallet with no cash and a few credit cards any time soon.

      Lastly, there's millions of people with bad credit who can't get credit cards. They also do everything with cash.

    6. Re:Who needs actual paper money? by WilliamSChips · · Score: 1

      I'm under 18 and can't use a credit card, but even if I could, two words: Vending Machines.

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  40. They blue it! by acklenx · · Score: 1

    It's supposed to be green (and white). And what's with that skinny little line? The bar is supposed to be half inch allowing for 3 lines of (132 char) text per bar .

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    1. Re:They blue it! by multipartmixed · · Score: 1

      FWIW, even your link documents the exist of blue bar. :)

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  41. Dye Pack by RetroGeek · · Score: 1

    I want a wallet for travelling.

    One with a dye pack. So when it is stolen by a pick-pocket all they get is a cloud of red indelible dye in their face.

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    1. Re:Dye Pack by tehcyder · · Score: 1
      I want a wallet for travelling.

      One with a dye pack. So when it is stolen by a pick-pocket all they get is a cloud of red indelible dye in their face.

      Or your wife when she "accidentally" looks through it to find suspicious phone numbers written in lipstick if you leave the wallet in your suit jacket after a late night working at the office.

      Ahem.

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    2. Re:Dye Pack by RetroGeek · · Score: 1

      LOL

      It would of course only be used while travelling. The real money would be in a money belt....

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  42. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He fit descriptions of ten (TEN!) different products along with pictures all on the same page! This totaly smashes the last slashvertisement's record of 3 pages. What's more there isn't a single banner ad anywhere on the page - even when viewed in internet explorer. Truly this is a great day for the web. Full disclosure: slashdot's sister company sells one of those wallets.

  43. Too Big by nuintari · · Score: 1

    I loathe wallets, they are bloody huge, and they tend to get fatter and fatter as their life goes on. Now, I have always hated the massive size of your average wallet as I do not like to carry around anything too bulky. Keys, cash and cards, and phone (a truely small one).

    So, my geek wallet? A hair tie, I wear my hair pulled back most days, when the hair ties get strentched out, assuming they don't break first, they get promoted to wallet status. A roll of cash, and credit cards wrapped with a hair tie makes a small, effective, cheap wallet that gets me many, many creative comments.

    My mother buys me a new wallet every damned christmas, a holiday I don't celebrate mind you, and gets mad that I never use them. So, I have a fine collection of leather wallets in perfect condition. None of them can match my hair tie in terms of size, weight, or ease of accessibility.

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  44. Slimmy! by Danathar · · Score: 1

    How topical! I recently went through the whole "What to do about my Constanza wallet" issue. I think the best way to deal with it is to get something you CAN'T stuff to the hilt.

    http://koyono.com/products/view_slimmy/description .html

    Any true geek who understands tight code should understand that slim is good! FAT bad!

  45. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So you're the jackass who always feels the need to butt into every conversation just to say how you obtusely object to everything involved in that conversation. Luddite.

  46. True geek wallets by reed · · Score: 1

    Most of these are not geek wallets, they are gadget-whore wallets.

    A true geek wallet is either

    * Highly personalized
    * Highly simplified

    or

    * Doesn't matter because it's not terribly important. I.e. that velcro day-glo wallet you've had since you were 10.

  47. neomage86 wins! by MrFebtober · · Score: 1

    Wow, after looking at that "Wallet 2.0," I must concurr. You have identified the geekiest wallet ever produced. It's a mini-frickin' file system for your pocket!! I'm dumbfounded that someone even conceived the idea of a tabbed, file-system wallet.

  48. BCD wallet by jbeaupre · · Score: 1

    My brother would get a new wallet ever month from his wife. Turns out her BC pills came in a tyvek pouch the same size as credit cards.

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  49. Sit on it! by Java+Ape · · Score: 1
    Sorry folks, but when I buy a wallet I'm looking for three things: durable, functional and THIN. I sit on my wallet all day long, and I don't want to develop a permanant list to port from sitting on a thick wedge of garbage all day long. I also want something that can stand up to years of abuse, and organizes the contents well. No flash, no glitz, no style points.

    My current wallet (which I've had for nearly ten years) is made of "eelskin" (if memory serves, that's a nice marketing moniker for hagfish hide). It's very thin, looks good, and wears like iron. I carry a minimal number of cards and cash, and the result is thin enough (about .6 cm) that it's pretty comfortable to sit on.

    I'll show my geek pride by shopping ThinkGeek for cube goodies and T-shirts.

    1. Re:Sit on it! by boarder · · Score: 1

      You might want to try the All-Ett wallet. It's ultra-thin and can hold assloads of stuff. It's also very durable. I used the same wallet from them for 5 years (and still have it in my briefcase just in case I ever need to carry more stuff). When I say ultra-thin, I mean that even with literally 128 credit cards/IDs AND 20 business cards it is only 1/2" thick.

      If you don't have 80 things shoved in your wallet, you might also like the stuff from Freitag. They aren't as thin, but they look cool and are durable.

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    2. Re:Sit on it! by Earle+Martin · · Score: 1
      I sit on my wallet all day long

      A lot of comments on this article have expressed similar opinions to this. Doesn't anybody keep their wallet in the front pocket of their pants? Or in a jacket pocket, for that matter? Back pockets are almost useless for anything thicker than paper, unless you enjoy butt pain and breaking things.

    3. Re:Sit on it! by kyouteki · · Score: 1

      I don't understand. Does it have a conduit into hammerspace? I think 128 Visas would themselves be thicker than 1/2".

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  50. Jimi - wall the geek needs =) by GraveD · · Score: 1

    http://thejimi.com/wallet/index.php and love it ! verry durable and exactly what I needed

  51. They missed one of the best by overshoot · · Score: 1

    Hey -- how about mine After all, most of what we keep in the fool things is plastic, so why not have a wallet that is optimized for cards?

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  52. No wallet by jridley · · Score: 1

    IMHO the geekiest wallet is what I carry; no wallet at all.
    I ride my bike to work, so I don't need ID. I carry my lunch and do all my shopping online so I don't need money or a credit card. Every couple of weeks I go to a store for one thing or another, and then I have to remember to take an ATM card with me but that's it.

  53. You get to eat meat... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... only if you have the balls to slit an animal's throat and watch it scream as it bleeds to death.

    If you can't do that, you don't get to call yourself the top of the food chain. Go eat your tofu, beans and salad.

  54. Another Un-wallet. by maxume · · Score: 1

    http://www.ebags.com/dopp/regatta_88_series_front_ getaway_pocket/product_detail/index.cfm?modelid=98 92

    Big enough, but not too small.

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  55. Re:I prefer... BACON! by bunco · · Score: 1

    This bacon wallet should have a similar effect on your friends. Maybe with the added bonus of causing them to gag a bit. Toss a few strips of real bacon in there for added effect.

    http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=V IEWPROD&ProdID=1733

  56. Carbon Fiber by gosand · · Score: 1

    I have a bi-fold wallet made of Carbon Fiber that I bought at a Formula One race. It is still kind of stiff 5 years later, but looks brand new. Most people don't notice it, but when they do I get "nice wallet".

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  57. economic depression-ready wallet by bmidgley · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want a wallet that looks like a tiny mattress. It will come in handy when the banks collapse and people start hiding their money in mattresses again--my money will already be in the mattress!

  58. Dude, what? by Khyber · · Score: 1

    Considering most door badges are either worn around your neck or are on a retractable clip and string, I fail to see how what you mention is anything of a problem.

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  59. Sammy Wallet, Advice by XFriday · · Score: 1

    I have the Sammy wallet, and it is a neat device. Really well made, and it FORCES you to reduce the amount of cruft you carry with you in your wallet. I carry a VISA, AMEX, Debit Card, License, and some folded Cash. It's slim, it's tough, and once you get the hang of pulling the cards out, it is slick as hell. It's a nice product.

    Here is a piece of advice that I mention to people whenever the topic of wallets comes up.

    GO AND PHOTOCOPY EVERYTHING IN YOUR WALLET, BOTH SIDES.

    Stick the photocopy someplace safe. If you ever lose your wallet, you'll have a close approximation of what you lost. I, of course, do not have to do this, given how few cards I carry. But for your George Costanza types out there, this might save your ass one day.

  60. Cheapest wallet . . . by AncientPC · · Score: 1

    If you want to go super utilitarian just use a rubber band. Nothing says baller like pulling out a roll of hundreds. :p

  61. What A Modest Proposal! by Gamefreak99 · · Score: 1

    What a Modest Proposal you have there!

  62. There can be only one: J.FOLD (jfold.com) by popo · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you all but as far as I'm concerned there's only one place to look: http://www.jfold.com/

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  63. Best. Wallet. Ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    http://tinyurl.com/mtkny

  64. What about us female geeks? by Buran · · Score: 1

    How about some geek purses?

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  65. The missed one... by Kuvter · · Score: 1

    My wallet, I just took a cigarette tin and used that. It comes with a clip and locking front too. I've gotten a ton of compliments on it too, which wasn't the point or my expectation. Best of all it was free, because a cigarette company wanted me to smoke, and I don't, so they just sent it in the mail with coupons for incentive.

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  66. An offtopic discussion, in summary by Don_dumb · · Score: 1
    The basic argument is that an action is unethical if it causes suffering, and that many classes of animals can suffer (although generally not as much as humans). Therefore, it's unethical to cause the suffering of animals.
    I entirely agree, but an animal that is on my dinner plate, and forms my wallet, is not (I hope) an animal that suffered.
    My original point was not that animals should be beaten for fun or anything like that, I strongly believe in animals having some rights. My point was that many people who that get upset at the idea that an animal has died to feed and clothe people, get upset for very naive reasons.
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  67. Re:There can be only one: J.FOLD (jfold.com) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nice laptop bags.... just picked one up.

  68. Get a free Jimi by Mr.+X · · Score: 1

    I just saw today that you can get a free Jimi from Facebook/Chase if you join their group on Facebook.
    http://www.facebook.com/plus1/

  69. OMG by roman_mir · · Score: 1

    this is moded +5Insightful? Someone is comparing cattle to human slaves and gets a +5Insightful? Cool!

    Seriously though, this is stupid.

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  70. Easy by roman_mir · · Score: 1

    This one.

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  71. Nah, that's stupidism! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    > But you're practicing Speciesism.

    You're practicing stupidism if you think that making up a word ending in -ism makes something bad or somehow wrong :-) Though you do get double irony points if you complain about the use of 'stupidism' in that context.

    1. Re:Nah, that's stupidism! by Threni · · Score: 1

      > You're practicing stupidism if you think that making up a word ending in -ism makes something bad or somehow wrong :-) Though you do
      > get double irony points if you complain about the use of 'stupidism' in that context.

      http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/

      What a fuckwit...

  72. Duct Tape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Where's the Duct Tape Wallet? Any true geek will have had one of those, surely!

  73. How about Shmoo? by RandySC · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo
    http://www.lil-abner.com/shmoo.html

    According to Shmoo legend, the lovable creature laid eggs, gave milk and died of sheer esctasy when looked at with hunger. The Shmoo loved to be eaten and tasted like any food desired. Anything that delighted people delighted a Shmoo. Fry a Shmoo and it came out chicken. Broil it and it came out steak. Shmoo eyes made terrific suspender buttons.

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  74. Geek Wallet by Dabido · · Score: 1

    My Geek Wallet says 'Bad Mother Hacker'.

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