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This is a tribute to my old camera bag that is no longer funtional, but I have not been able to throw it away yet. This Domke Toad 20 waistpack served me well for over 12 years, traveling to over 15 states and 4 other countries with me. The red string held the buckle together through most of the Utah National Parks when the buckle cracked during my honeymoon. The safety pin kept the handle on the bag on the way back from volunteering in Panama. All of the nylon straps have pretty much disintegrated. I still have not found a bag that I like as much, although my current camera equipment would never fit in this bag. This old bag also inspired the picture that I will post to the Macro Mondays group tomorrow.
During the course of my travels (~100k flown miles per year on United), I've learned a few things. Being a technologist and a huge fan of gear, I've had the opportunity to field a variety of different bags, cameras, flashlights, laptops, tablets, e-readers, mp3 players, IEMs, etc. I thought I'd share a few tricks of the trade that have stuck over time and have made my travels simpler.
There are a few themes I follow when I travel - less is more, redundancy is good, lighter is better. If I pack something and don't use it after 3 trips, it comes out. There are a few exceptions to this rule - the most notable being a basic First Aid kit that I keep in my toiletries bag - Edit: per requests sent to me via messages, I will post the contents of the first aid kit in a future post - short version includes safety pins, emergency medications like Advil, Tylenol, Nyquil, Caffeine, Imodium), a small sewing kit, Neosporin, bandaids, a chemlight, small packable towel, etc.
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Garmin GPSMap 62s handheld GPS. Mine has a 16gb Sandisk MicroSDHC card loaded with city and topo maps for just about every continent I could possibly end up on. Great for finding directions in a new city both on foot and in-car. I carry this vs a car-mounted GPS because this handheld GPS takes AA batteries (I load mine up with Energizer Lithiums), which can easily be replaced if I'm on foot. Can't say the same for most in-vehicle GPS devices.
SureFire Flashlight - The model varies because I have so many it's absurd, but it's always a 2xCR123 model. This time it's an L4 Lumamax. It's also always the 2nd SureFire I have with me (I carry a SureFire Titan T1A in my pocket everywhere). I always have spare batteries with me as well - usually 2 or 4 of them.
Doorstop - This hasn't seen much use in recent times because I mostly stay in Starwood properties (the W San Francisco for this trip) that at least provide a decent illusion of security, but it doesn't weigh much and I keep it around anyway because I like having it with me. This particular doorstop can be deployed in a variety of ways to keep doors open, keep them closed, etc. If you've ever seen how easily an older-style hotel door chain-lock can be bypassed - same for some keycard locks - you'll understand =]
Recyclable tote bag - This one came from a conference - they fold up nice and flat and don't weigh much and are handy to have for lugging around handouts, souvenirs, and just creating some extra storage if your main pack is full.
Radio - This one is a Yaesu VX-3R 2m Ham radio with a little stubby Maldol antenna. I think it's very handy to have. Cellular networks are among the first things to buckle during a disaster or even when under heavy load at a tech conference - having a radio is very handy.
Watch - Sometimes mechanical, sometimes digital - it really depends on where I'm going and for what purpose. This Suunto Core watch is nice because it has a compass, keeps track of temperature/barometric pressure, etc. Also, it has an alarm, which is really handy until the day comes when I wind up with a mechanical watch with minute repeater from Ulysse Nardin or Audemars Piguet ;]
Phones - iPhone 5 pictured here - I carry 3 phones. 1 work phone and 2 "personal" phones - of the 2 personal phones, one is always an unlocked phone ready to take a SIM that I purchase at my destination. I have AT&T and Verizon as my carriers - if you only have AT&T, you can probably guess why I have two different carriers. I included the phone here because of a specific trick I've been employing for years - I use the camera on my phone to capture quick photos of things I'd otherwise forget during my travels that may be important...like the # of the cab I get into (if I have to ride in a cab) just in case I leave something behind, or a map of my hotel's fire egress route. In the event of an emergency, just about everyone these days will grab their phone, so...
Retractable Cables - I love these. I carry a CAT6, 2x Mini USB and 2x Micro USB - two of them frequently get used with my:
Mini 802.11 AP - This one was a gift from my brother from his last trip to Taiwan, so the menu/firmware is all in Chinese - good thing "SSID" and the other basic things were easy to figure out. A similar American model is available on Amazon. This thing is fantastic - powered via Micro USB and has a WAN IN and LAN out port on it - instant wifi in a hotel room that otherwise only has CAT5E and wants to charge extra for wifi. I always SSH tunnel into my home network before connecting out when on any sort of a public network and use FoxyProxy in Firefox to send my web traffic through my home internet as well.
Location-specific items - I was in San Francisco during this trip and so I had a BART ticket with me as well as a FastTrak (bridge/toll road payment device). You can usually purchase bus passes, train tickets, etc online in advance these days - I like to go prepared whenever possible. The BART tickets ended up being really handy during this trip as I decided to cancel my rental car at the last minute when I figured out that overnight parking at the W hotel in SF is $60/night.
Verizon MiFi - Mine has the huge Mugen Power battery on it. This device is a godsend. I never leave home without it. At some point I had an AT&T 4G device as well, which gave me the redundancy I so badly long for (GSM and CDMA), but I no longer have that. I haven't upgraded to an LTE device because Mugen Power doesn't make a huge battery for the newer MiFis...yet.
Alfa high-power WiFi adapter - Because sometimes - just sometimes - I need to hit a wireless network that's far away and am getting unusable service from my Verizon MiFi. The Alfa gets it done.
Outlets - Another godsend - this one turns a single outlet into 3 + 2 USB. Fantastic in airports, hotel rooms, and just about everywhere else.
I have a few other little things I do that make sense to me but may seem absurd to others: an example would be that I never push out my TripIt/travel status (Aaron is leaving on a trip to _______ for x days) on Facebook, etc. And most of the time, I try to avoid posting my travel photos/details of my whereabouts until I'm nearly home or at home. Maybe it's paranoia, but as a former home burglary victim and a desirable target for all sorts of opportunity criminals, I just can't see a reason why I should make it easier for them by announcing that I plan to be away from my home.
Late last year my local airport implemented TSA's PreCheck, which is a great throwback to travelling pre-9/11. I get to keep my shoes, belt and jacket on and my toiletries and laptop don't need to come out of my bag. The only thing that goes in a bin are my mobile phones. My average time through security (including the "line") has been UNDER 1 MINUTE at the airports I've visited that have PreCheck. I qualified for PreCheck via my enrollment in Global Entry, which is also fantastic as it lets me bypass the lines to re-enter the US at customs.
Explored 4/2/2013
Knitted with long fabric strips ( scraps from the local quilting group). I knitted 3 pieces seperately then stitched them together to get the width. I left the ends out because I like the scrappy look. The bag is lined with acrylic felt to help with substance.
after I arrived back from Bucharest
Zenit EM
Müller 200
I just wanted to have a photo like this, although I know it's lame
Pour la sainte Marie, ma mère m'a offert un livre sur le tricot, le crochet et la couture.
Or, il y avait un sac superbe, très simple à réaliser si on arrive à comprendre les explications fournit. Résultat, avant de me lancer à l'aveugle en taille humaine, je l'ai réduit en 1/6.
Mis à par les anses, réalisés ici avec un "ruban" de cuir, il est parfaitement fidèle au modèle d'origine ; jusqu'à la petite poche intérieur !
Le patron est très bien réalisé et le résultat est extra ♥
Ok so... as I was pulling out the stuff from my 'purse' to take a piccy... i realized i had a bottle of diet pepsi from the last time i went shopping. Why didn't i know that was in there??? Need to do this more often!
It's a fun idea, thanks miss Milk for reviving this lil game!
the 3rd bag made at Patchwork on Central Park this weekend. It's a reversable bag with a wool lining, Amy Butler Fabric and a polka dot binding.
I always feature other peoples bags on the site, but sometimes I like to show people what I am carrying in my bag. Here is the bag that I have been using recently.
I won't go into detail, but lets just say yesterday was not the day I would have preferred to have had. As such, I gotta work some aggression out. As this isn't Tyria and I can't just beat things up with my hammer or sword, so I instead take my aggression out on my heavy bag. This is my 5th one. I get exercise and I feel much better afterwards, it's a win win.
I love simple style clothing, with a little touch of romance on the details.
I made this little shoulder bag with my favorite embroidery lace ,pure linen and leather handle.
easy going with linen cotton clothes.
This bag is a good multipurpose bag. Apart from being a shopping bag, it is also my notebook bag. It has 2 compartments and very light to carry around. ^^ 100% hand stitched and hand quilted too.
A mid-2000's Circuit City bag I found one day digging through some old stuff in my house. Apparently, someone wants to revive Circuit City, which you can read about in this article. The entire venture they describe in the article doesn't sound too promising or successful should this unlikely plan go through, but the article is still an interesting read as it explains the history and fall of Circuit City in it as well.
Anyway, that wraps up bag day. I have a new store tour laid out to begin this Saturday...
It's already november ! It seems like I took that OCTOBER what's in my bag picture just a week ago ! It's impressive how fast time is going by this year.
So a few things have changed, first of all MY NEW BAG my mom bought me (and I'm absolutely in love with it), then there's my new fisheye, and amazing hand cream (yes, I invent reasons to justify the 105 times a day I put cream on) and the breast cancer pin.
Happy November everyone, hope you guys are all enjoying wonderful autumn :) !
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