The J-Pack is around 17 inches tall, 12 inches wide. About 5-6 inches deep if cinched down. It is not particularly small or 'cute', but then it is padded and well-made. If you have a bigger laptop then I think it is the way to go...
I have a Jack Wolfskin J-Pack, which is the only backpack I have ever seen that can hold my Sony VAIO PCG-GRX600K (11.5 x 14 x 1.75 inches) in a padded section. Furthermore, this pack can hold four or five US-letter-size binders, books, power supply, etc. It's pretty big and can be cinched down (by straps on the side) to compress it a bit if you are not stuffing it full.
It has an integral 'laptop lifter' - a little string you pull which raises the laptop a few inches up in the padded carrier, so that you can get it out easily. Sounds like a gimmick, but is very useful when traveling through airport security checks on multi-stop flights.
It's a great pack, the only problem is availability in the USA. Be sure to check it out if you live in or are traveling through Europe. Price in UK pounds - around 55.
Make up a story for her, tell it over the nights, write it down and illustrate it (if you can). She'll love it!
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...enhances communication. As does correct spelling, accurate proof-reading and grammar checking. All these have been noticeably lacking in some on-line documentation, open-source works not excepted. I favour the use of stylesheets as an aid to clear and consistent presentation of online documents.
I've seen what I believe to be an example of this on the Amazon.co.uk site, involving Listmania lists (user-generated lists of favourite books, recommended to others). The 'turd' in this case appears to be a book called 'The Wisdom of Shepherds' by one 'R. Ellis' that has garnered mediocre reviews (3 stars), although at least one reviewer saw the deception and mentions it in their (one star) review. It appears to be one of these generic inspiring/insightful story things (to quote the blurb: 'Out of the much-loved tradition of wisdom literature comes The Wisdom of Shepherds, a story full of astute observations and deep insight. Like all great wisdom literature, The Wisdom of Shepherds touches on the themes of self discipline, patience, understanding, and fulfillment. Like all great stories, The Wisdom of Shepherds will keep you guessing until the end.' Yech.)
This product appears at the top of a number of recommendation lists, all of which appear to have used a similar formula for their generation.
Examples:
Brilliant Minds Need Brilliant Books - A list by seanpc11, Consultant: 'Truly Unique and Enjoyable Book. Excellent on Every Level. Do click The Wisdom of Shepherds icon.'
Know What Others Know - A list by shelleysmith319, Administrator: Extraordinary book. Best wisdom-book on the market. Be sure to click the Wisdom of Shepherds icon.
Intelligent People Only - A list by erjones3, Management Trainer: You simply MUST Click this book's icon. Truly excellent. A must read, and a must click.
A List for Smart People to Click - A list by Michael, Administrator: Excellent story, deep wisdom. If you click no other icon on my list, let it be The Wisdom of Shepherds icon. Truly.
Smartest List on the Net - A list by Michael, Administrator: Excellent story, deep wisdom. If you click no other icon on my list, let it be The Wisdom of Shepherds icon. Truly. (Hey, were did we read that before??!)
Hmm. Can you see a pattern?:) I imagine the author and maybe some deceitful (and not very bright) friends are trying to pump the sales of this turkey...
Perhaps this 'wisdom book' includes sage advice on the morality of ballot stuffing. Too bad I'll never read it.
Hmm, I've been having irregular problems with my 802.11b dropping out. I live in a neighbourhood with houses on each side; guess what I am seeing is the interference described by numerous others here... someone microwaving, phoning or whatever. Most times it happens the system doesn't recover unless you power-cycle the WAP. This had led to me suspect the power supply to the unit, but maybe it just can't handle interference that wipes it out and a cold-restart is the only cure. FYI, I am running with SSID broadcast enabled and 128-bit WEP.
Just got one at DFW; works on aircraft (both types of connector - AA use the cig-lighter, everyone else some weird custom crap), mains power and from the car cig-lighter socket. Nice. Powers the Sny PCG-GRX600K (big, hungry) w. no problem.
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The J-Pack is around 17 inches tall, 12 inches wide. About 5-6 inches deep if cinched down. It is not particularly small or 'cute', but then it is padded and well-made. If you have a bigger laptop then I think it is the way to go...
I have a Jack Wolfskin J-Pack, which is the only backpack I have ever seen that can hold my Sony VAIO PCG-GRX600K (11.5 x 14 x 1.75 inches) in a padded section. Furthermore, this pack can hold four or five US-letter-size binders, books, power supply, etc. It's pretty big and can be cinched down (by straps on the side) to compress it a bit if you are not stuffing it full.
It has an integral 'laptop lifter' - a little string you pull which raises the laptop a few inches up in the padded carrier, so that you can get it out easily. Sounds like a gimmick, but is very useful when traveling through airport security checks on multi-stop flights.
It's a great pack, the only problem is availability in the USA. Be sure to check it out if you live in or are traveling through Europe. Price in UK pounds - around 55.
See: http://www.wolfskin.de/
Make up a story for her, tell it over the nights, write it down and illustrate it (if you can). She'll love it!
...enhances communication. As does correct spelling, accurate proof-reading and grammar checking. All these have been noticeably lacking in some on-line documentation, open-source works not excepted. I favour the use of stylesheets as an aid to clear and consistent presentation of online documents.
I've seen what I believe to be an example of this on the Amazon.co.uk site, involving Listmania lists (user-generated lists of favourite books, recommended to others). The 'turd' in this case appears to be a book called 'The Wisdom of Shepherds' by one 'R. Ellis' that has garnered mediocre reviews (3 stars), although at least one reviewer saw the deception and mentions it in their (one star) review. It appears to be one of these generic inspiring/insightful story things (to quote the blurb: 'Out of the much-loved tradition of wisdom literature comes The Wisdom of Shepherds, a story full of astute observations and deep insight. Like all great wisdom literature, The Wisdom of Shepherds touches on the themes of self discipline, patience, understanding, and fulfillment. Like all great stories, The Wisdom of Shepherds will keep you guessing until the end.' Yech.)
:) I imagine the author and maybe some deceitful (and not very bright) friends are trying to pump the sales of this turkey...
This product appears at the top of a number of recommendation lists, all of which appear to have used a similar formula for their generation.
Examples:
Brilliant Minds Need Brilliant Books - A list by seanpc11, Consultant: 'Truly Unique and Enjoyable Book. Excellent on Every Level. Do click The Wisdom of Shepherds icon.'
Know What Others Know - A list by shelleysmith319, Administrator: Extraordinary book. Best wisdom-book on the market. Be sure to click the Wisdom of Shepherds icon.
Intelligent People Only - A list by erjones3, Management Trainer: You simply MUST Click this book's icon. Truly excellent. A must read, and a must click.
A List for Smart People to Click - A list by Michael, Administrator: Excellent story, deep wisdom. If you click no other icon on my list, let it be The Wisdom of Shepherds icon. Truly.
Smartest List on the Net - A list by Michael, Administrator: Excellent story, deep wisdom. If you click no other icon on my list, let it be The Wisdom of Shepherds icon. Truly. (Hey, were did we read that before??!)
Hmm. Can you see a pattern?
Perhaps this 'wisdom book' includes sage advice on the morality of ballot stuffing. Too bad I'll never read it.
...then you would be living in a low-power microwave oven.
Hmm, I've been having irregular problems with my 802.11b dropping out. I live in a neighbourhood with houses on each side; guess what I am seeing is the interference described by numerous others here... someone microwaving, phoning or whatever. Most times it happens the system doesn't recover unless you power-cycle the WAP. This had led to me suspect the power supply to the unit, but maybe it just can't handle interference that wipes it out and a cold-restart is the only cure. FYI, I am running with SSID broadcast enabled and 128-bit WEP.
Just got one at DFW; works on aircraft (both types of connector - AA use the cig-lighter, everyone else some weird custom crap), mains power and from the car cig-lighter socket. Nice. Powers the Sny PCG-GRX600K (big, hungry) w. no problem.