Laptop bag
01.03.1999 - Louis Kowolowski - ~2 Minutes
Some bits commonly stashed in my bag.
Collection of cables, adapters, accessories, dongles, and devices of varying use, depending on what I’m trying to accomplish.
Commonly used devices or things
- Laptop ( MacBook Air or MacBook Pro )
- Bose QC35 headphones
Cables
- Apple Mini Display port to VGA adapter - Presentations or external displays
- Apple Mini Display port to DVI adapter - Presentations or external displays
- Apple Mini Display port to HDMI adapter - Presentations or external displays
- Apple Lightning to HDMI - Presentations from phone or iPad
- USB2 to Micro USB adapter (2x)
- USB2 cable (12")
- USB Extension cable (3m)
- USB A/B cable (1.8m)
- Micro USB cable (.5m)
Adapters
- Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter - For connecting to wired networks (most frequently, in datacenters)
- Set of 2 Portapow USB charging adapters Apple and Universal - Physically disabled data pins, secure charging for travel
- Ethernet double female connector - In case I need to make a longer cable from 2 short ones
- Ethernet cross-over connector - I made mine from a double female connector, just take it apart and alter the wiring pins.
- Apple mag safe2 power adapter
- 30pin to Bluetooth - Stream music to old iPod accessories
- RS232 Gender Bender - Useful when working with serial devices (routers?)
- Airconsole - Serial console tool, lets you connect over wifi, ethernet, or bluetooth. Includes adapters for Cisco, RS232, and RS232 Null Modem. Powered by USB (also has battery).
Misc
- Apple Airport Express - Travel router (only drawback is lack of wifi-wifi routing capability)
- Earbud headphones
- Battery for charging mobile devices (iPhone, Blackphone, iPad, etc.)
- SD Cards - A collection of 32GB and 64GB cards (I’m partial to SanDisk). They just come in handy.
- SD/Compact Flash reader - Sometimes you don’t have a machine with this built-in.
- Belkin BST300bg Surge Protector - 3 outlets and 2 USB jacks capable of charging an iPad
- USB V/A Meter - Diagnose power issues with USB devices
- Leatherman - Small convienient collection of tools