OFFICE
| I've had
people notice that I tend to
be always online, mostly
available, and often working.
That leads to requests
to see my office, assuming
that it must be incredible
to inspire such dedication.
So, here it is: |
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OK, that's a mild
exaggeration. However,
although I have an extremely
well equipped
office at home, an office in
the building of my employer,
(both in the Memphis, TN
area) and even a folding chair in the data
center were my employer
co-locates the server farm,
my
Targus TCG650 backpack
is what I can call my office
anytime, anywhere. It is 2 years
old, and only now are the
straps starting to fray. I
should be invited to write a
testimonial. |
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course the contents of said
pack are what allow my
productivity to be truly
unfettered by location. My
primary productivity tool is
my
Apple MacBook Pro. I
have the 15" model, with a
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2
GB of RAM, and 250 GB HDD.
When I bought it, the
MacBook was not yet available
with a drive that large, so
my first task was a HDD
swap. Since the drive I used
was slightly thicker than
OEM, close
observation of the left
front of the case shows that
the seam is not quite flush.
No matter, as I run
OSX 10.4 Tiger,
MS
Vista Ultimate, and
Ubuntu Linux (both using
Parallels), I needed that
drive space at all costs.
This laptop's network name
is EZRI, and the desktop
displays
OSX Planet, a nice
background app that shows
the Earth's terminator and
a satellite view in real time. |
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The connectivity piece of my
mobile office is provided by
my
Verizon V740
Qualcomm 3G
CDMA
ExpressCard. Although I
"feel" my
Sprint card was faster,
I must admit this card works
in a lot more places. |
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As you can see from the list
of items so far, my mobile
office requires quite a bit
of electricity. The bad news
is that on a good day, I can
get about 90 minutes out of
my laptop if I am using the
Verizon card for the entire
session. I found that
limitation annoying, so I
searched until I found the
Batterygeek
SPPS200. Batterygeek
promises 9 hours of laptop
use from this model. I found
that estimate conservative,
and have had my laptop last
up to 12 hours (including
the internal battery). I
give them my wholehearted
endorsement. |
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901.570.0010 |
