Ok, Last weeks tip was a little larger than normal so this week I will return to the simpler stuff. But first - in case you think last week's tip was BS - Just to prove my point I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on several older devices. Including a very used 4 or 5 year old Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop. 1g Ram - 1.6g Celeron M processor. 40g hard disk. It now boots (cold) in 38 seconds and feels as snappy as a brand new Alienware or Mac Pro. And I'm writing this post on it. Now on to this week's tip:
This was how I received my luggage from a flight a few years ago... Unfortunately this was after 9/11 and the craziness that insued with airline travel afterward. I packed most of my stuff - including quite a bit of electronics in that bag to avoid problems at airport security. Needless to say - I now have new versions of all of it. NONE of which was paid for by the airline. After that I started doing mostly carry-on. Then the airlines started charging for checked bags so now everyone does carry on and there is never room in the overhead bins. So for trips where I am going to be there longer than a small bag can hold or I need to take more gadgets than I can carry I've settled on this little trick.
Get a small - hard side equipment case to pack inside your checked luggage. This is the one that I use: http://tinyurl.com/29ybrtp If you watch they occasionally go on sale for as little as $10. This last trip it protected the car cradle for my Droid, my travel router, several power and network adapters and even a souvenier coffee cup I brought back as a gift for a friend.
This was how I received my luggage from a flight a few years ago... Unfortunately this was after 9/11 and the craziness that insued with airline travel afterward. I packed most of my stuff - including quite a bit of electronics in that bag to avoid problems at airport security. Needless to say - I now have new versions of all of it. NONE of which was paid for by the airline. After that I started doing mostly carry-on. Then the airlines started charging for checked bags so now everyone does carry on and there is never room in the overhead bins. So for trips where I am going to be there longer than a small bag can hold or I need to take more gadgets than I can carry I've settled on this little trick.
Get a small - hard side equipment case to pack inside your checked luggage. This is the one that I use: http://tinyurl.com/29ybrtp If you watch they occasionally go on sale for as little as $10. This last trip it protected the car cradle for my Droid, my travel router, several power and network adapters and even a souvenier coffee cup I brought back as a gift for a friend.
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