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March 31, 2004
Commute Bag
Commute Score for the week: rode bike in once, drove once, bussed once. I’m out of the office on Thursday and Friday, so no commute worries there.
Ended up buying the new backpack from the Apple Store yesterday. I arrived, pulled the pack I was interested in off the shelf, and proceeded to transfer The Stuff into the pack. The Stuff is normally carried in two bags - a small messenger bag and a Marware sleeve - and includes:
- PowerBook G4 15”
- power supply
- Palm Tungsten T2
- cellphone (T616)
- iPod (1st Gen 5GB)
- headphones (the iPod buds died in the wash - oops)
- checkbook
- USB flash drive
- mini-flashlight
- keys
- pens
- screwdriver
- CF adaptor
- bills-to-be-paid
- notepad
- bizcards
- miscelleneous printouts
- firewire and USB cable
- whatever book I’m currently reading.
Yes, I do sometimes get nervous about the dollar value of what I carry around with me to-and-from work. Which makes a Good Bag all the more important, neh?
Fiddled with the arrangement of The Stuff. Tested getting things in and out. Put it on and walked around the store. Took it off, put it on. Checked for all the little features - removable laptop sleeve (don’t need the whole pack for meetings), a place to hook a d-ring or two, clip for keys, good padding and seams. Everything fit, everything was accessible, yet protected. Totable on bus, wearable for bike ride. It worked.
So I bought it. Didn’t even bother taking The Stuff back out. Heh.
Posted by jim at March 31, 2004 10:14 AM