The bag #hashtag

I read this article and was not impressed. So, I took out the contents of my travel laptop bag and spread them out over the floor to take an inventory.

Here is everything that I have in my laptop bag, going from left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

• Generic 6-plug power strip.
• Kindle Fire video kit (Micro HDMI-to-HDMI cable and Micro-USB cable for power)
• White Monster Microfiber screen cleaning cloth.
• Apple Laptop power adapter.
• Blue USB 3.0 cable in bag.
• iPad 2 with green cover.
• Black HP Laptop power adapter.
• Black Mini HDMI-to-HDMI Cable in bag.
• Black Micro USB and white Kindle Power Adapter.
• Mini DisplayPort to VGA converter in bag.
• 'Stardust' DVD.
• Kindle Fire with stylus and case.
• 100 Index Cards.
• Powder blue javelin pen.
• VGA and 3.5 mm audio cable.
• Green HDMI cable.
• Female 3.5 mm audio to male stereo RCA cable.
• Male 3.5 mm audio to male stereo RCA cable.
• 3 sets of plastic silverware, napkin, salt and pepper.
• If... (Volume 2)
• JVC earbuds.
• Roll of pre-1982 pennies.
• Smooshed bite-size Milky Way Dark.
• 1GB SD Card in case.
• Peter Griffin USB drive.
• 8GB Sandisk flash drive.
• 4GB Geek Squad flash drive.
• 2GB Sony flash drive (compatible with Windows 98).
• Sandisk MobileMate (SD/Micro/mini Card reader).
• Green Lighting-to-USB cable.
• White Apple 30-pin to USB cable.
• Gray Mini USB cable.
• Black Ethernet cable.
• 15.6' HP Laptop.
• Logitec corded mouse.
• Star Wars playing cards.
• Empty Altoids container.
• 12-inch ruler.
• Compass.
• Bag spare styli.

Typically, I don't take the Kindle Fire and the iPad with me when I travel; I take one or the other. Sometimes my Sony Camcorder gets wedged inside the bag, too. Not pictured is the iPhone 4s and Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic that I carry around in my pocket. For a while, I also had a Kill-a-watt and a sound pressure meter in the bag, too.

On a completely unrelated note, my laptop bag is falling apart. I have looked for replacements, but I have yet to find one that is sufficiently large.