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What Do You Carry With You?

The "ideal bag for a mobile life style" raises the question, what tools do you carry with you?

It varies by what tools are necessary for you to do whatever it is you do, of course, but I think it's an interesting question.

I have two bags -- one small purse and the bag that carries my laptop. My purse can go in the laptop bag, or if I don't take my laptop, go alone. I'm going to list what I always carry with me after I do an inventory.

Anybody else?

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A while ago i took...

A while ago i took a picture of the stuff in my bag, the whatsinmybag catagory on Flickr is interesting :) , That picture is my "hi-fi" setup, usually i leave the laptop and associated stuff at home.

* Crumpler WeeBee (Medium), holds up to a 12" Laptop.

HiFi Bag
* Powerbook 12"
* PB Power cable and Mouse

LoFi Bag
* Moleskine Day-To-Page Diary
* Moleskine Notebook
* Pilot V-Ball (much like a G-2, but smaller)
* Uni Pencil
* iPod Rev B 10gb & Headphones
* Nokia 6680
* Book of the week (at the moment: All Tomorrow's Parties - William Gibson)
* Spare change, Batteries, Work Pass, Wallet
* 128mb USB Key full of Portable apps (Thunderbird, PuTTY, PwSafe)

* GBA with 2-3 games, when i've got time to kill

Commuter Bag
* A nice wooly hat
* Thinsulate Gloves
* Newspaper (usually a Manchester Metro or MEN)

 
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