Lol, man, they ALWAYS come back to haunt me! Tan.x.
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, 29 December 2010 12:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Laptops As Desktops I think you've got faith in something else, I've seen the pictures... On 12/22/2010 8:59 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > You know, Tan, it might just easier to make friends in the all the > countries you visit and go to their houses to work. Make it PDML > folks, and surreptitiously talk them all into buying the computer > setups you need. I have faith in your charm and guile. > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Tanya Love<tanyal...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> This is how I work too. I have my laptop sitting closed underneath >> my desk on a filing cabinet, and running two Dell u2410 monitors side >> by side (horizontally). The left is calibrated so is basically open >> to LR/PS permanently, and the right I usually use for displaying >> Firefox, Office documents (excel, word , powerpoint etc), and Outlook. >> >> I have a Wacom tablet, and a WIRED low profile keyboard and mouse >> that remain permanently on my desk, as well as 2TB of external >> mirrored (running RAID 1) HDDs that I save all of my completed work >> to. Ie. 2 x 1TBs. (I have another copy of these at my Father-in-Laws house for my "offsite backup" >> too. I also have an additional 500gb external drive that I save my >> personal and family images/documents on. I have another third, small >> HDD (320gb) that is teeny tiny and doesn't require power, and that is >> what I travel with, and use to download my SD cards too and everthing >> that hasn't been edited yet lives on that HDD. Once I have completed >> editing a shoot, I move it over to the mirrored one. >> >> So, this is what I have permanently packed in my "travel" backpack - >> mousepad, wired mouse, a hdmi cable, a vga cable (for displaying >> slideshows on LCDs if I need to), an extra laptop charger, 1 x mini >> usb cable, 1 x standard usb cable, 1 x iphone/ipod charger, 1 x AA >> recycled battery charger, and 1 x extra K-7 battery charger. By >> keeping additional pieces of these things, it means that when I >> travel, or need to take my laptop with me, I simply unplug everything >> from it grab my "travel bag" and my little mini HDD (the 320gb one), >> and off I go. I got SO sick of unplugging everything and threading >> bloody cables out from behind my monitors etc that I set up this >> little travel bag, and I've never looked back! The bag I have is this one here: >> http://www.crumpler.com/AU/Camera-Bags/Camera-Backpacks/Sinking-Barge >> -Deluxe >> .html?SKU=SI06A&LanguageCode=EN >> >> It's freaking enormous, and I have almost taken out many a fellow >> passenger as I have walked through the aisles of an aeroplane, but I >> can fit my little "travel" bag of goodies in the top half of the bag, >> as well as my laptop, and a magazine and even a change of clothes if >> I need to, and then on the bottom half, I usually bring my two >> favourite lenses, one camera body, one flash gun and all of my SD >> cards/spare batteries. That way, if my luggage goes missing, I have >> everything I need to get me "outta trouble" ie. Enough to complete a shoot. >> >> That thing weighs a tonne, and it is always my mission to carry it on >> my back looking like I am not struggling under it's 18kg weight (when >> fully loaded), as the carry on limit is usually 7.5kg. I've never >> been pulled up yet though! Lol. >> >> Anyways, back on topic - Paul, I toyed with having multiple >> computers, but I travel too much and found when I had them that I >> would lose emails, not knowing which computer it came in on etc, and >> I love to be able to pick up my laptop, take it with me and know that >> all of my work is there, and that everything is current without having to synchronise computers/calendars etc. >> I do use Google Calendar now for this purpose too, and have been >> considering starting some "Cloud" type off-site storage but the cost >> is ridiculous for the volume I would need to store, so I will continue this way for now. >> >> Tan. :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf >> Of Paul Stenquist >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 3:30 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Laptops As Desktops >> >> >> On Dec 20, 2010, at 12:20 PM, steve harley wrote: >> >>> On 2010-12-20 04:54 , paul stenquist wrote: >>>> That's certainly a viable solution, and a number of photographers >>>> and art >> directors that I know work much the same way. I prefer having my >> laptop unencumbered, because I use it away from my desk quite often. >>> there's a middle ground -- in my case as soon as i reach my home >>> office a >> 2nd display and a wired keyboard are attached; i set up the same in >> those cases i regularly visit another workplace; on more stable days >> i also plug in a Firewire drive dock (for secondary backups -- >> critical backup are wireless via Time Machine), and sometimes a USB >> scanner, but it's a cinch to disconnect these items and walk out with >> the laptop -- i have a backpack ready, and a 2nd power supply if i >> think i'll need it Sounds like a good solution. But I frequently move >> from the desk to another location two or three times a day, so separate computers work well for me. >> Plus, I e-mail all work to myself and download it to the other >> computer, when I switch off, so that gives me an extra backup as well. >> Paul >> >> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> > > -- Where's the Kaboom? 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