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December 10, 2004

Blade Trinity, Gearheads & Cargo Pants

My favorite pants are the fatigue green cargo pants that I got from Target a couple months ago. Since I have these, I can delay my decision to purchase that new Treo 650 I've had my eye on. I priced it out yesterday and it's over 750 bucks. Yike. But today I have all kinds of pockets, I can keep all the bulkier low tech gear in multiple pockets. I also have a fairly expensive backpack from Targus with an uncountable number of pockets, flaps and zippers.

So as I was walking from work the other day with the single strap of the Targus weighing down my right shoulder and me patting myself down to make sure I had everything it made me pause to think how it came to be that in 2004 I'm still carrying 40 pounds of gear.

Yesterday, I snuck out and saw Blade III. It was OK. The good parts were really good, and rest surely has to be a lot more fun for guys in their 20s than me. Still, it got enough under my skin to ask myself why I'm taking Capoeira instead of Krav Maga. So I think I know the answer.

It's cool to carry a bunch of high tech gear, no matter how weird i makes you walk.

Still, what have I got weighing me down that might lighten my load (and give me more room for more gear)? Definitely the laptop can be reduced in size. Chances are that I'll have a nice flat panel to plug it into whenever I work onsite so I don't need a big screen. The transformer isn't going to get any lighter. I wouldn't need all the Cat5 and the 4 port hub if my clients would bother to go wireless. I still carry Quadrille pads and a paper based calendar, but I probably would use a PDA based time tracking system if somebody did the interface nicely for under 50 bucks. I don't know how I can get much better than the data crammed on 20 DVDs in that little ballistic nylon book.

But right about now I'm really sick of my wallet. I'm considering the possiblity of keeping an alternate wallet. This is where I'm going to do a lot of research and learn - my new company is investing in smart cards big time. As an aside, I would like to believe that I started the geek fashion trend of wearing a USB flash drive on a lanyard around my neck last December. When you see a geek doing so, think of me, thank you. So this is where the confluence can work. I think lanyard fashion can catch on as well as bling.

Back in 96, the spousal unit had an all areas pass to the Olympic Village in Atlanta. She was a bit more restricted in Sydney, but there was no question that that big old badge & pass she wore around her neck was hella valuable. The trick is to get teenagers and fashionistas to jump on the bandwagon. What it's going to take is a very large and flashy card. People will wear 'em. Watch.

Right now I use Schnier's Password Safe. So even if you snatched the Cruzer off my lanyard, you're not going to get any of my secrets.

So I figure a PDA with the camera, 500MB of CF memory and the ability to transfer data back and forth with a standard XP machine, and I'll be good to go. That is, until I get a katana and a pistol with silver bullets.

UPDATE: I decided to put in the picture. That on my wrist is, what else but a Casio G-Shock.

Posted by mbowen at December 10, 2004 07:46 PM

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Posted by: Kevin at December 11, 2004 10:13 AM