2004.11.19
Mobile Storage Units
14.18.31 - Mark
I don't have an office, sure I've got a decent desk in my room and a over-packed table for my lab (both of which need reorganization) but I don't really use them like an office. I'm just as libel sprawl out on the bed/couch/futon/floor/ground as I am to sit down at my desk and do some work. When its warm I love going outside to find a nice place to work.
This decentralized office thing works fine as long as I'm got my laptop and whatever supporting items I need at the time. My problem comes with something to haul my gear in. I find I just don't like backpacks, well I've got one backpack I like and thats a small ultra light day pack - that seems to be falling apart. I've patched it twice and I really don't like carrying it half of the time because it doesn't go well with the satchel that I plain and simple love.
The satchel I have was a freebie for working at Raven Knob in 2003, it's black, durable, doesn't look like I'm carrying a small office - not that it has the capacity of doing so. Its pretty simple but after folders, a notebook and a laptop there's no room in the thing. Meaning I resort to some clunky backpack.
So I'm finally getting frustrated with it and I go off to look at similar bags at ebags.com which doesn't have bad prices. However I can't find a bag that does what I want it to. Anything that seems large enough look like the owner if towing a VW beetle or a Harley, and the bags that don't look like small passenger vehicles would probably have a hard time holding a DVD case. At least that seems to be the situation in my price range.
OK, so I may be exaggerating a little but why doesn't anyone make a strong, inexpensive laptop bad (satchel or even a backpack) that can hold a laptop (with some padding) and a couple of books and keep the thing from looking like it has an 2 stroke engine in one of its compartments? Maybe I'm just too frugal.
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