Updating Your Utility Belt
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Updating Your Utility Belt
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#2"every self-respecting geek has one"
I realize Jeff's just being...poetic, but really it's just an excuse to buy toys. Spend your money on what makes you happy. If more gadgets, or that 6th purse, or 20th pair of shoes does that, great. If you want to define [part of] yourself by your possessions, do that. But don't judge others by the lack of theirs.
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#3i've owned many Fenix lights over the years and many more custom LED lights before this. (any CPF members remember Arc LSH-Ps?, rare-binned Luxeon stars and low dome optics :)
my current EDC (every day carry) is a Fenix LD01 - it's amazing what a single lithium AAA can deliver with current regulation circuitry (pun)
http://www.fenixlight.com/ProductMore.aspx?id=50&tid=10&cid=...
interestingly, i also carry a pocket USB3 SSD since all my apps are portable/truecrypt and i need those low latency 4k random writes.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-Flash-Drive-SDCZ80-032...
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#4I have had the light for a few years and really like it. I have both the single mode version and 3 mode version and like the 3 mode a little more. the tradeoff is that the head is slightly longer and the high isn't quite as as bright. the extended runtime and practical use of low output is what I use most.
http://www.amazon.com/Light-Version-80-lumen-Keychain-Flashl...
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#5When I was into martial arts I used to hang out with guys who would carry around knives or kubotans everywhere. Funny to see that programmers also have their own "everyday carry"… although I have to admit to being skeptical of the actual real-world usefulness of either one.
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#6"every self-respecting geek has one" I realize Jeff's just being...poetic, but really it's just an excuse to buy toys. Spend your money on what makes you happy. If more gadgets, or that 6th purse, or 20th pair of shoes does that, great. If you want to define [part of] yourself by your possessions, do that. But don't judge others by the lack of theirs.
But then people wouldn't click on his amazon referral links maybe?
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#7"every self-respecting geek has one" I realize Jeff's just being...poetic, but really it's just an excuse to buy toys. Spend your money on what makes you happy. If more gadgets, or that 6th purse, or 20th pair of shoes does that, great. If you want to define [part of] yourself by your possessions, do that. But don't judge others by the lack of theirs.
Yeah. If you need to unlock doors, then you need keys. But you don't need a flashlight all the time unless you are a security guard or something.
We might as well be talking about purses.
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#8"every self-respecting geek has one" I realize Jeff's just being...poetic, but really it's just an excuse to buy toys. Spend your money on what makes you happy. If more gadgets, or that 6th purse, or 20th pair of shoes does that, great. If you want to define [part of] yourself by your possessions, do that. But don't judge others by the lack of theirs.
I am not so sure.
I draw a joke distinction between a geek and a nerd like this. A geek is someone who loves technology and toys. A nerd is someone who gets utterly obsessed by a particular topic.
I usually bring this up when explaining to a fellow programmer that I'm a nerd but not a geek. Which fact I then demonstrate by pulling out my flip phone.
If they proceed to doubt that I am a nerd, I'll then offer to explain something esoteric. A good example is the differences between the Riemann integral, the Lebesgue integral, and the Generalized Riemann integral. And why if the last had been discovered earlier, we might not have needed to develop Lebesgue integration at all!
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#9"every self-respecting geek has one" I realize Jeff's just being...poetic, but really it's just an excuse to buy toys. Spend your money on what makes you happy. If more gadgets, or that 6th purse, or 20th pair of shoes does that, great. If you want to define [part of] yourself by your possessions, do that. But don't judge others by the lack of theirs.
I am not so sure. I draw a joke distinction between a geek and a nerd like this. A geek is someone who loves technology and toys. A nerd is someone who gets utterly obsessed by a particular topic. I usually bring this up when explaining to a fellow programmer that I'm a nerd but not a geek. Which fact I then demonstrate by pulling out my flip phone. If they proceed to doubt that I am a nerd, I'll then offer to explai…
Seems like irrelevant categorizing that doesn’t make much sense and isn’t very useful. Who cares what you are in terms of dumb categories like that?
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#10My "everyday carry" is the remote fob for my car, my phone, my license and two credit cards. I have no need for anything Jeff considers essential, including keys -- HomeLink in my car opens the garage door to get in and out.
Some day my phone will be able to pay for my purchases (not everywhere has NFC terminals yet) and start my car. The only thing that doesn't seem to be on the horizon is ID. I suppose I would leave the license in my car, but I'd worry about being hassled by police, who don't like to hear you have no ID when they ask for some.