I’ve always hated carrying stuff around. My pockets are big, but I really don’t like carrying anything in them thicker than a thin wallet - even my mobile phone seems thick when I sit down. What’s the solution to this? I don’t know, but I’m not the only one with the issue on my mind.
The inventory of my pockets is typically:
- Wallet
- Cell phone
- Keys (carrabeaner + 2 keys)
- HPDA
- Pencil
This is quite a bit, and is only alleviated when I have a backpack and/or jacket on. Here are my problems with this setup.
- My cell phone is slightly on the big side. I strongly prefer a cell phone with bluetooth (Mac/iSync friendly please!), but brand does not matter so much for me.
- My wallet is a good size as long as it doesn’t hold too many receipts, but smaller is better. Any ideas for a day-wallet (like a day-pack)?
- The keys do not need the carrabeaner, technically. However, I have found it to be useful on enough occasions to warrant carrying it around. I’ve shrunk from four keys recently to two keys, one of which is quite small. Unfortunately I added an Albertson’s card to it today (damn marketing).
- The HPDA is about as small as it’ll functionally get, I believe. Using the D*I*Y template has caused the size of my HPDA to expand slightly, but it does increase the usability of it.
- The pencil is useful and good, but it has a sharp metal point which pierces clothing and skin if pressed hard enough. It’s the Pentel Techniclick, and it’s nice except for that metal tip. I’ve always used pencils due to their erasability and the fact that I majored in math, but recently the idea of a pen has intrigued me (especially since the HPDA pages facing out will smear when written on in pencil).
I’ll follow up on this when/if I find better solutions.
Update: I hadn’t read the article linked from that one when I wrote this, so the coincidence of our having the same items listed in almost the same way with almost the same link is just … a kinda freaky coincidence and a sign that perhaps there really is a baseline for the stuff you have to carry with you.
Wow. My enthusiasm for the Hipster PDA, which has been waning as of late, just got a stim pack in the form of the D*I*Y Planner Hipster PDA Edition. I hope this will encourage me (and Sarah with the pink ones I printed for her) to stay on top of our business.
Done with my finals, I think I shall pass them all. Graduation is Sunday and then I’m no longer a student. I’m working on living with Sarah and working for bruinwalk.com remotely during the summer. How sweet is that?
Check out the link on the right for info on graduation. Today is my last day at UCLA. Classes are done, I just have two finals today. And that’s it. There’s no more. Time to figure out summer.
While people have been able to run certain versions of linux on their Macs for some time, for the great majority of users having a Mac meant you ran OS X, and vice versa. With the announcement of Apple switching to Intel processors, will this equivalence remain? I’m curious as to whether one couldn’t just get the x86 version of OS X to run on any ol’ (powerful enough) PC. What could Apple do to prevent this? Will running Windows on a Mac be possible w/o emulation?
On that note, emulation will be much faster since the emulator should not have to emulate the processor. Virtual PC is the main emulator for OS X, and it is now owned by Microsoft. Does MS like this move? Are they happy? Will Apple set itself up as a direct competitor to Microsoft? From the rumors I’ve heard over the years, Apple’s hardware line is too profitable for them not to have. If that is true, it would answer my earlier question about OS X on your Dell machine.
This comes at a time when I’m considering my career options. I’ve thought about getting into Mac development, and the prospect still interests me, but suddenly buying a G5 doesn’t. I want to wait for a new, Intel one. G6? Who knows what they’ll call the machine? PowerMac P4? They’ll probably continue with the GX naming, as the G3 was a Motorolla chip, not IBM (right?). But it was still PowerPC, so… I don’t know the history of it that well. At any rate, I think Apple has covered its bases on this one, and I think the transition will go smoothly. I still think OS X is the best platform around, and I’ll continue to use it, but some of my fire has gone out of it. My PowerBook is now in middle age (25 months), and there is no replacement in sight. Not until next year anyway. That’s okay, but it just feels more shaky than it did a few days ago. All of a sudden PowerMac G5s are not an option for me. Oh well. It’ll be an interesting next few years.