lifehacked bag
August 23, 2007Inspired by lifehacker and this post, I put together a picture and listing of the contents of my everyday bag. Took a lot longer than I thought, but here it is:
Here’s what goes most everywhere with me around college and town, much of that by bike.
- Chrome Mini Metro w/ cell phone strap-pouch: Just about the right size for all this, and sometimes my mac. Works fantastically as a biking bag - I suppose that’s fitting from a company of once-was San Francisco bike messengers.
- Sigg 1L sport bottle: holds lots of water, fits nicely on my bike
- House of Leaves: my current book - good to have around for those off-times
- Sunglasses: I’m either wearing these or it’s cloudy.. or night, I suppose
- Moleskin: A place to jot down important things and non-important things alike
- Gum: The most amazing flavor ever - Trident ‘tropical twist’
- 2GB Sandisk USB flash drive: basically indestructible and ever so useful
- 80GB 5G iPod: Full of music
- Olympus Stylus 720SW: Also indestructible - waterproof as well
- Holux GPSlim 240: Pairs with my phone to tell me where I am
- Micro SD card reader: Get to my phone files whenever
- HTC TYTN: My phone, gmail checker, etc
- Highlighter
- LAMY fountain pen
- Twin-tip Sharpie
- Black Felt-tip Pen
- Purple Pen
- Black Pen
- Soma bike multi-tool: Good for all those strange things needing to be fixed on my bike
- Cateye Bike Light: Have to take this off so it won’t get stolen
- Crank Bros air pump: This would also get stolen on a bike
- Shure E3c headphones: The only problem with these is their complete blocking of outside sound that tends to make one oblivious to their surroundings
- Keys: car, house, bike
- Timbuk2 Wallet: Great design with elastic closure
- Chapstick
- Taped up roll of quarters
- Prescription eyedrops for allergies
- Moo business cards in a Etsy-found case
- Wagner swiss army knife in a case
- Titanium Zippo
- Post-it notes
Overall, I think I’d be better off than some if I ever crashed onto a deserted island inhabited by people trying to kill me. Of course, I wouldn’t do as well as the guy traveling with a suitcase chuck full of knives. Or those question-inducing people that just happen to carry around pistols with laser sights…
Edit (August 30, 2007): Up on this Lifehacker post, here
