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Sometimes i find myself sittin' back and reminscing, especially when I have to watch other people kissing. And I remember when you started callin' me your miss's all the play fightin', all the flirtatious disses. I'd tell you sad stories about my childhood, I dont know why I trusted you but I knew that I could. We'd spend the whole weekend lying in our own dirt, I was just so happy in your boxers and your t-shirt. (...)
Littlest Things, LILY ALLEN.
RIO DE JANEIRO / BRASIL - (23/04/2017) GGRF - Geek & Game Rio Festival, no Riocentro, no Rio de Janeiro-RJ. © Gualter Naves/Light Press
Normally I stay well away from hyperbole but in this case I feel it's somewhat justified. This backpack carries a notebook and features its own hifi system, wireless access point, contains a PDA with navigation software and bluetooth GPS, 2x40 Gb USB2 HD, all the little tools (screwdrivers, cable testers, stuff like that) an admin needs, and powers everything using one cable with a universal power adapter at the end; when fully docked it currently powers/charges 8 devices, and has two spare power outlets for 'guests'.
I don't know exactly how much the whole kit weighs, but I can carry it for hours without it really bothering me. Of course, I don't lug around all the tools all the time; but when going to a foreign office to do some admin/support work this is pretty much what I have with me.
The only thing that is missing is an UMTS/3G phone; for now I am stuck with GPRS. But at least GPRS is available pretty much everywhere in Europe; UMTS is still expensive and generally only accessible in the bigger cities. Eventually faster mobile networking will become the norm and I will probably construct a small, fanless embedded linux server booting off of compactflash which will act as router/firewall. For size reference think about the same size as the airport express.
The backpack has seen continuous use for close to a year now, it has been through several configuration changes (none of them major, just finetuning) and traveled most european countries from the sweltering heat of Spain in summer to the mindnumbing cold of Finland in winter.
It's been through numerous airport security checks without much trouble. Because all the adapters are in a plastic case all you see on the x-ray machines is... a bunch of adapters :P, so no customs official ever opens it (if they would I think it would make for a more awkward scene what with all the protruding wires and ducktape :P).
When flying the little bag with the screwdrivers and the exactoknives and pliers (and other such needful items that customs officials might frown upon) goes in the checkin luggage to avoid confiscation.
The exterior looks ratty enough by now due to extended travel abuse so that nobody will spare it a second glance; but it is a very sturdy bag and has enough padding so that even a 1 meter drop on a hard surface won't damage its contents (much). Maybe it can take even more; send me your spare gadgets and I'll start testing ;)
The typical deployment time from travelmode to full-on geek mode and back is under 3 minutes. I am still looking for a way to fit all the cabling with some autoretracting/locking rig, if you have any ideas on that please let me know.
Proyecto 365 Retratos / 18MAR ©2014
Lugar: La Laguna (Tenerife)
Leyenda: "En este país primero haces dinero, luego cuando tienes el dinero tienes el poder, luego cuando tienes el poder tienes a las mujeres." (Scarface).
Grandiosa camiseta la de Marta, que estrena categoría en este gran proyecto.
dopo un fracco di domande ecco la soluzione del test di innegeek... www.innergeek.us/italiano.html
SONO UN DIO DEI GEEK... omg!
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This is how geeks work out in Second Life!
l to r: Dom DaSilva, Ocho Nykvist, Montebear Baxter, Kilgore Antelope, Joshua Blackhawk
We took a break today while working on the KRV project to check out SL. A couple of the group hadn't been in there yet so they set up accounts and I brought all of us into the Obscure Sandbox where Dominick and I hang out a lot. One of my Pepp students, Leila Hawthorn (her SL name) was in there so she came over to meet us. It was fun watching the newbies play with editing their appearance, trying things out to get the virtual look they were after. I asked Leila if she could get the others over to Malibu Island and we all teleported over there.
It was a blast! They were like kids in a virtual candy shop. We ran (and flew) all over the island, played on the swings and merry-go-round, explored different buildings, and had a great time. In one place, we all were able to get a bunch of different hats, including an Indiana Jones hat, a magic bunny hat, an army hat, and a Pepperdine waves hat. When you put the hat on, music started to play, a different theme to match each one. We flew over to the other side of the island and found a castle in the sky. I teleported everyone up there and we played in the hot tub and then jumped around outside on the clouds. Joshua and Dom shared their Celtic Swords with everyone and somehow Josh discovered that he had a rocket launcher that set off a really cool rocket. He also found that he had a paintball gun and he started clobbering all of us. Ocho was messing around and somehow pushed me off the cloud so I went tumbling to the ground below. Ouch!
Pretty soon everyone came down and we found a dance floor. Ever see me break dance? It was so much fun. We did the chicken dance, the geek dance, some salsa thing, and who knows what else. Ocho flew up to a rooftop and we all followed, joining him on the treadmills for a group shot.
What I loved best is that everyone was exploring, discovering, pushing all the buttons, trying out all the options, asking questions, laughing, playing, learning... it was high energy, high octane fun!
Pretty Girls, Geeks, Vampires, Zombies, Heroes, Beautiful Women, Autumn Rangers, and 45surf Hero's Journey Mythology @ Comic Con!
Wish you all could have been there! Enjoy!
I was selling and signing my graphic novel Autumn Rangers! And of course 9shooting photography & video with my 9shooter. :)
The fabric swatches for my GEEK CHIC collection, a collection developed for the third week of my #365patterns challenge and for the Fabric8 Contest organized by Spoonflower and Robert Kaufman Fabrics
This Fabric is now available for sale on Spoonflower: www.spoonflower.com/collections/54748
Read about it on my blog: www.zesti.be/?tag=geek-chic
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