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Where the dogs go on with their doggy life

It’s Thanksgiving and I’ve just returned from a fam­ily din­ner, full of tur­key and joy. I’m thank­ful for lots of things today – healthy, fam­ily, and friends.

Browsing, how­ever, through some techie web­site, I can’t help but feel as though I’d love to get my hands on some things just to see what all the hub-​bub is about!

Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro

Most people who know me know that I value my pri­vacy and my laptop. The Yoggie Gatekeeper card is a secur­ity solu­tion for laptop com­puters that fits right into the express­card slot, work­ing away quietly while you do your thing. I’ve com­monly stated that link­ing to an unse­cured, pub­lic Wi-​Fi hot­spot is some­thing akin to diving into a pile of used needles so of course this product piqued my interest right away.

Price: 99.00 USD
Website: http://​www​.yog​gie​.com/

Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger

I saw it first on Lifehacker and have often thought that it’d be such a great idea to have one of these in case I end up in a situ­ation where there are more laptops that need power than there are plugs. I’d be a hero! And I could charge my ever-​dying cell­phone anyway.

Price: 24.99 USD
Website: http://​www​.belkin​.com

Amazon Kindle

This sets the geek-​meter into the red zone but I can’t help but think that this would save me the trouble of print­ing so many schol­arly art­icles for per­usal! Besides read­ing schol­arly art­icles, I could pur­chase fewer books and just read them on the Kindle…or I could use it for English texts…oh my aching back would be so delighted…

Price: 279.00 USD
Website: http://​www​.amazon​.com/

Timbuk2 Commute 2.0 Messenger

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m always on the hunt for the next great laptop bag. I’ve already tried InCase and Oakley for their bags but I think I’m ready to try out Timbuk2. The fact that this bag is mes­sen­ger style only makes me want it all the more!

Price: 100.00 USD
Website: http://​www​.tim​buk2​.com

I’ll do a quick post on what I keep in my laptop bag some­time soon (after I’ve got­ten it all together). I’m such a geek but if any­one read­ing things has a blog, post about what you keep in your laptop bag! You’re guar­an­teed at least one view from me.