Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte
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Seriously, how many pockets do these people have? I can’t believe how many people actually carry around moleskin notebooks and pens.
My photo would show no more than my phone, keys and wallet – everything else (and I mean everything) I carry in my bag, including, but not limited to:
- PowerBook G4
- iPod nano
- Nintendo DS
- Canon PowerShot SD450
- iPod shuffle
- External (bus-powered) 200GB hard drive
- Memory card reader
- Miscellaneous cables galore
My day to day carrying, on my person, consists of a wallet, a seperate thing that holds necessary passes to use public transport, a phone and keys. Maybe one of the iPods if I’m not taking a bag.
Of course everything else (the MacBook Pro, the iPod nano or shuffle, the bus powered drive, small collection of cables, the camera and assorted lenses, cards and card readers) gets dumped in either the laptop or camera bag.
§ Patrick · 25 July 2007
No doubt people in that Flickr pool are either a) always wearing cargo pants/shorts, b) in need of belts to hold their pants up with all that extra weight, or c) wearing Level 8 Magic Pants that can carry up to 6 gadgets, 3 notebooks, 4 pens and 2 cameras.
I, like you, rock the single phone (iPhone), a wallet (very slim), and keys (and I don’t own a car). And since I have an iPhone, I started carrying around the headphones just in case.
§ Patrick Haney · 26 July 2007
I dropped in my own submission to the flickr bandwagon here
After reading what’s in your bag I can now see that it’s true – you really are a geek.
In my backpack I tote around my PowerBook, my jump-drive, Bible and a few commentaries and a Levenger Circa Notebook.
§ shawn Blanc · 26 July 2007
Oh yeah, Shawn. I forgot to mention my 4GB, USB flash drive and Signature Series NKJV Bible. Thanks for the reminder.
§ Sean · 26 July 2007
Partial explanation from the group’s description:
“If you don’t have pockets and say, are a lady, then your purse may serve as your pockets.”
(Also, I don’t really think of “carrying” things in my pockets. I think of “carrying” my bag. I’m assuming others have made the same mistake.)
§ timoni · 26 July 2007
(I think people just like to show off what they own. They don’t really carry around all that stuff at “the basic level”.)
§ Sean · 26 July 2007
I thought I kept a lot of stuff in my pockets. Cellphone, Canon PowerShot SD750, wallet, keys, and my dual-purpose Gideons KJV Bible which serves as spiritual nourishment and offsets my wallet to prevent my spine from getting twisted.
§ Chuck · 26 July 2007
@ Sean: Don’t even tell me you have a Thomas Nelson Calfskin NKJV. Is it burgundy? Just like the one I have in my backpack I suppose.
§ Shawn Blanc · 26 July 2007
@Shawn: You know it. But mine’s tan. Guaranteed for life, baby!
§ Sean · 26 July 2007
@ Sean: I love the look on people’s face when I fold the cover in half and then let it go as it nicely lays back down onto the pages. Their bonded leather doesn’t do that. No sir.
§ Shawn Blanc · 26 July 2007