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Episode: 3895
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Title: HPR3895: What's in my backpack
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr3895/hpr3895.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-25 07:37:19
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This is Hacker Public Radio Episode 3895 for Friday the 7th of July 2023.
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Today's show is entitled What's in My Backpack.
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It is part of the series What's in My Toolkit.
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It is hosted by Stash AF.
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It carries a clean flag.
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The summary is, Stack walks through the contents of his work backpack.
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Hello Hacker Public Radio, I am your host, Stash AF, and today I am going to walk you
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through my backpack and its contents.
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This is the backpack that I carry with me every day to work.
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So it has quite a bit of techy gear in it.
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What I have is a Rush Moab 10-Sling Pack 18-Liter from 5.11.
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I like this one because it has Molly straps on it.
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Molly stands for Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment.
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Basically I can get another piece of Molly equipment and physically attach it to the system
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on the bag, which I do have extra things attached to my bag, so it has come in quite handy.
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This particular bag is a crossbody sling, which getting up and going makes it really easy
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for me.
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It features left or right crossbody depending on how you want it configured.
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So it is not required to stay in one specific configuration.
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Now getting started, there is a pouch on the sling, and I am going to go ahead and open
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that, and then inside I have a mini USB to full sized USB cable.
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I have that because I have to manage Cisco switches, and they have that mini USB port
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in there.
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I have a micro USB to full sized USB cable.
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I have a full sized USB to USB Type-C, and then I have a flat Ethernet cable, because you
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never know what you are going to need.
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Next, there is a hydration pouch for a camelback or other type of water bottle system.
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That pouch has nothing in it.
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Close that back up.
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Next directly on the top is a small pouch, which inside I have a small plastic box, which
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contains a Raspberry Pico, because projects never want to stop learning.
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I have a USB to Ethernet adapter.
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I have a micro USB to full sized Ethernet adapter, a micro SD to USB adapter, and a micro SD
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card.
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Now remember why I put that micro SD card in there.
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Continuing on in that particular little pouch, I have a USB hub.
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I have a USB-C to USB-C cable, and then I have all manner of USB drives.
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Some are storage, some are bootable linux.
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One of them is a USB-A and USB-C thumb drive, so that way, if I am not at my desk, I
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can download something on my phone, transfer to a thumb drive, and then immediately have
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it available on the USB-A side, so that way, I can plug it into a computer if the computer
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needs some kind of file.
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Now I am moving along to the main compartment.
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I have a Lenovo 40, I did have one, so the laptop was just the right purchase at Walmart
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for 150 bucks, just for strictly windows, sometimes you need windows, it saddens me to say.
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Then I also have my workhorse, which is a Lenovo ThinkPad E15, which is Linux, dual boot,
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and I only ever boot into windows once a year, and that is to do the major updates.
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I have a mousepad, I have all kinds of notepaper, which I really need to clean up, because I don't
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remember what I was doing with some of these notes, put this little one back in, and then
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in the fourth pouch, I have another little pouch that contains the charging cables for my
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laptops, I have a bag with some chapstick and some hand lotion, because living in the desert,
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you dry out very quickly.
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I have a wall outlet, USB AC to USB A, I have my reading glasses, I have some wired headphones,
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several pens, more notepapers, I have a password managing device that I am actually working
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on designing myself, and inside this front pouch is a smaller bag, I have a business card,
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okay, shows you how long it's been since I've been in that pocket, and then I wanted to
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go back and cover why I wanted this bag that has the moly on it, because on one side, I have a sunglasses holder.
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At my job, I either work mornings or I work nights, I do not work days, and the job that I used to do in the
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Air Force, I used to sit in a dark box, staring at about a dozen computer screens for eight hours a day,
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and the first light of day that I would see would be the first thing in the morning, my eyes got tired, and so I
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very much need to have sunglasses, and if I didn't have this pocket on the side of my bag, I would forget,
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and I would be driving home in the blinding desert sun, in a substantial amount of pain.
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So, this sunglasses container did not come with the bag, but I have added it because, frankly, I needed it,
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and there you have it, that is my work backpack, so if you have any questions about why I have what I have,
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please feel free to drop a comment. If you want to share what is in your backpack, please record an
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episode, Hacker Public Radio is getting directly short of new episodes.
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I am going to talk, it has been a while since I have recorded an episode, but I am trying when I can.
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Thank you for listening, have a good day, and we will talk next time.
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You have been listening to Hacker Public Radio at HackerPublicRadio.org.
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Today's show was contributed by a HBR listener like yourself.
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If you ever thought of recording podcasts, you click on our contribute link to find out how easy it really is.
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On this advice status, today's show is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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