Gadget Man

By Steve Jones, 2009/07/23

I'm searching for a new laptop bag. After getting a backpack from Microsoft and using it on a few trips, I realize that it won't work. Since I know there are a few other people looking for them, I commissioned a review on a Maxpedition bag from the Scary DBA. I'm looking forward to seeing what he thinks of that one.

In any case, when I was trying to stuff things into my bag and struggling. So I unpacked the bag and then took stock of what I had in there. My list of things:

15" laptop
power brick and cord for the 15" laptop
HP Mini 1030R Netbook (10")
power brick and cord for the netbook.
iTouch
iPod sync cable
USB wall adapter
USB car adapter
iPod for running
External USB drive
External SATA adapter (purchased on the trip)
CD case, holds 12 CDs/DVDs
a dozen pens/pencils
2 small notebooks
USB charge cable for cell phone
business cards (about 20-30)
headphones for running/editing
2 digital cameras (1 for my daughter)
book light for airplane reading
small SD card -> USB adapter
external USB->VGA adapter
mini-tripod
bluetooth headset charger

Wow!

I was actually stunned by how much crap I was carrying around. No wonder I didn't like carrying the backpack. I can cut down a touch of this stuff, but I'm missing my camcorder, which I'll need at PASS along with a microphone.

I definitely think that I need to consider a rolling bag of some sort.

Don't look for all this at SQL Saturday #17. I'll be there with just the netbook, leaving the 15" laptop at home.