Tim (Surfbits) on February 13th, 2013

There are a lot of people that carry a Pen case of sorts with them in their backpacks, briefcases, etc. I am one of them. I have my favorite pens for the office locked in my desk, and my favorites for the house locked in my home office. That’s why you’ll notice that there are [...]

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Tim (Surfbits) on November 11th, 2011

Those of you that have read my blog over the years and did not know how big of Tom Bihn fan I am, raise your hand. In my opinion, Tom Bihn is the top maker of quality luggage and gear bags in the country. Since 1972 Tom Bihn has ben working out of their Seattle factory making bags by hand and making certain every bag you get from them is of the top quality.

I have been one of the lucky people over the past years to review many of their bags. Here is a list of some of my favorites:
Zephyr:
CheckPoint Flyer Breifcase:
Ristretto for the iPad (My Favorite):
Co-Pilot:
And the unique Field Journal Notebook:

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Tim (Surfbits) on July 7th, 2008

Although it wasn’t surprising for me to hear that Chris basically only carried his cell phone, and even then sometimes he’d forget it – I definitely am amused that he carries a “metrosexual” man-bag. Chris Marshall, if you don’t really carry anything then what’s inside the murse?

Anywhoo, the many times Chris has twittered and spoken about drinking at the marina drums up images of sitting at a nice shaded table with a nice bottle of Rioja wine in glorious sunny Spain. I had the pleasure of visiting Spain last year and did a trek called the Camino de Santiago, and though I was a good girl and didn’t bring along everything, I did bring my essentials – my treo 650 for blogging, my Canon camera, and of course my iPod.

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Tim (Surfbits) on June 3rd, 2008

Hey hey hey Tim – Lola Wong here…. barely here with another installment of the MacReviewCast Lounge. This week Robert Lachman weighs in with his bag of gadgets which is minimalist to say the least. In the second half of the lounge, I look at the use of my personal gadget arsenal in what I’ve entitled “What to do in an Emergency.” But first, let’s hear what Robert carries around…

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