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I get asked about this a fair bit these days, so this is a little post to serve as an “FAQ” style answer! What have we here?

That would be the Tamrac 9 rucksack that adorns my back these days. It looks a little better out of it’s wrapping:

The back is home to a very padded compartment that even fits my 17″  MacBook Pro, and inside of the front is somewhere for my Canon DSLR to snuggle, complete with a selection of lenses:

The top also houses a zip-up compartment big enough to fit a flash, filters, batteries and the like - including little pockets to store memory cards.

You can find the Tamrac Adventure 9 on Amazon, or dig around on eBay.

Oh, and I went for a red one. Obviously.

For some reason, a bit of a photography theme today…

First these two pictures from my week in the US last week.

The first seen by the roadside as I was driving along:

Forget this wireless stuff - I want HI/FI Internet in my hotel room! Bigger pictures and better text, right?

Next up, from a tradeshow I attended:

“Everyone’s included… everyone everywhere… Private function.” FAIL.

And lastly, thanks to Wulf for reminding me of my misplaced faith in the use of technology for good:

Everyday our eyes are fooled by a few clicks.

Every so often I like to do something different for a change. Learning new skills and meeting new people keeps you young and flexible. With that in mind, I signed up to a meeting of London Flickr folks, to do an overnight photo walk in London. As a result, I met a great bunch of new people (thank you to you!), picked up some photography tips and took some great (I am told) photos:

Just click on any of them to see the larger version. If you really like them, I have them as RAW and very high resolution JPEGs. My feet were sore when I returned, but I discovered more of London and the value of a tripod (some of the photos are VERY long exposures)!