Discussion » 12:42 13 June 2002

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Posted by cal, 17:42, 13th June 2002:
 
A USB harddisc the size of a highlighter. not cheap, but VERY cool.

more saftey guides from the people who bought you the Advertising Safety Guide. ace

You should read girls are pretty every day [via drew]

I'm sure that I wasn't alone in participating in the game of Who-Can-Bring-the-Biggest-Tool-to-School?

Things started off sensibly with my offering of a torque wrench. However, Geoff would always go one better.

My final move was my father's 750 watt hammer drill. Not bad, eh?

Geoff, however, was a master of this game, and trumped my hammer drill with his father's grinder.

For anyone who missed it, google had a week of dilbert
Posted by guy_parsons, 19:14, 13th June 2002:
 
Cal, I'd like to say thanks for enlightening me to the existance of Girls Are Pretty. It truly is brilliant.
Posted by mattjacob, 05:15, 14th June 2002:
 
The mini USB HD is way neater than my pocket CD-R discs.
Posted by cal, 08:10, 14th June 2002:
 
GAP is excellent, and it keeps getting better

That USB HD isn't the only piece of cool tech that thinkgeek are stocking - they have sooo much at the moment. i can remember when they first opened with just a few t-shirts!
Posted by ell, 02:38, 15th June 2002:
 
A cheaper, and much larger USB HDD alternative: http://www.pendrive.co.uk/products/drives.htm (under "scan usb secure pendrive")

The exact model listed by Cal is called "disk on key" (licenced mainly to IBM, among other major companies) distributed in the uk by disgo

I've been using my 64Mb pendrive to cart information between programming labs and home for a year now. :)
Posted by cal, 10:17, 17th June 2002:
 
wow, fantastic. how much did 64MB cost?