Vacation Tech Bag Report

I just returned from Turks and Caicos yesterday, and as I mentioned my vacation tech bag before leaving, I thought I'd report back here with the results of my choices: what was used and what went unused.

The 60GB iPod, the Nikon D70, and the Belkin photo adapter were the star performers of the trip. I took lots of shots during the day, then I would use the Belkin adapter to upload the pictures to my 60GB iPod, and then at night I took the iPod alone with me to dinner and showed everyone the action shots from the day. This made for a good way to immediately share the day with everyone. The iPod was also good for listening to music on the beach. I never ended up using the Solio to charge the iPod, however, as Turks and Caicos runs on American current so I simply charged my iPod at night.

The PSP was only useful on the plane ride, where I played a few games and watched half of Hero on UMD. I could have probably made due with the iPod alone. Kristin used her laptop to play the Sims, but I didn't touch her machine the whole trip.

Next time, I'll just take the iPod, the iPod's AC adapter, the Belkin Camera adapter and the D70. The D70's battery didn't need recharging for the entire week, despite me taking around 1000 photos. The vacation was refreshing. It was good to be unplugged.

The curse of not taking my PowerBook on vacation and remaining unplugged for a full week, however, equaled 345 unread emails, 157 spam messages, and 3365 posts unread in my newsreader. I finally got through all the emails. As for the 3365 posts to wade through in NetNewsWire? Mark all as read. Move along.