The Life of an Engineer

Dodoskido Gallery :: 2005-03 US My Stuff

I've been seeing other geeks posting their "geek bag" (aka, the gadgetry that gets carried around on a daily basis) and I decided to post what I carry.

I have 3 bags that I use on a regular basis...I usually carry 2 if not all 3 bags. My first bag is my daily workhorse:

The contents of this bag are:
HP Compaq nc6000 laptop with two batteries and DVD+R drive
PCMCIA Firewire Card
PCMCIA Smart Card Reader
PCMCIA 802.11b Card (backup)
30GB 3G Ipod with black earphones
White Ipod earphones for laptop
Sanyo cellphone
Sanyo cellphone to USB charging/data cable
80GB USB 2.0 Harddrive
Various keychains with the all important bottle opener
MS Bluetooth mouse with batteries
A wax candle
Checkbook
Heart Rate zone card
Flat ethernet cable
Microsoft badge
Mileage rewards card (AA, UAL, Southwest, NWA, Hilton Honors, Starwood, Joie de Vivre)
2 pens, 2 mechanical pencils
Mini-MSNTV notepad
Wallet
CD case with DVDs
Photography book
Sunglass Hut $20 gift card
MSN TV metal luggage tag
Microsoft PCB luggage tag
Lifescan OneTouch Ultra blood sugar monitor
Handwarmer pack

The 2nd bag: MSNTV bag

The contents of this bag are:
MSN TV 2 box with power supply
Airlink 108 wireless router with power supply
WinTV USB (S-Video to USB converter)
S-Video cable
RCA cables
Serial cable
Netgear FA101 USB to Ethernet
Ethernet cable
4 AA batteries
Lexar card reader
SMC 2662W USB to 802.11b
DLink DWL-G120 ver:B1 USB to 802.11g
DLink DWL-G122 ver:A2 USB to 802.11g
DLink DWL-G122 ver:A1 USB to 802.11g
Netgear WG111 rev1 USB to 802.11g
Netgear WG111 rev2 USB to 802.11g
Linksys WUSB11 v2.8 USB to 802.11g
Linksys WUSB12
Belkin F5K6050
3 short IDE cables
Lots of little ribbon cables, switches, and flat cables.

The third and final bag is my gym bag:

Change of clothes
Sweat pants
Nalgene bottle
Arrowhead bottle
Shower kit:mini shampoo, mini soap, deodorant, gold bond powder, razor, facial lotion, hair brush, qtips.
Wired mag
Dr. Dobb's Journal
Health and workout records
Hat
2 Xbox power cables (just transporting home from work).

As you can see, there is quite a bit of stuff I carry around on a daily basis. All in the name of being mobile.