I did a lot of thinking about what sort of pack I would need for my wearable. It had to be washable. It had to allow carrying a ThinkPad. It had to hold all the peripherals and allow them to be plugged in. It had to allow use while sitting, standing, walking, climbing stairs, etc. It had to let the ThinkPad vent. Etc. I searched and searched and finally found something which looked like it would meet my needs. It wasn't in stock in any store I could find. I felt really stupid ordering it unseen, though. What was I going to tell the clerk if I had to return it? I mean, its a front facing baby carrier. "I like it, but I couldn't plug all my USB devices into the, er, baby..." Fortunately it looks like a great decision. The computer sits up front, so you can sit down or stand up. There's a 'handwarmer' pouch in front which works great for cable management (run them through it and/or stuff excess cable into it). It also has room left over for a USB hub and the like. There are plenty of straps and velcro to attach things to. I clipped the volume control for the headset onto a strap, and can stick the velcro Twiddler2 strap onto some velcro to hang it there. It is washable. The cutouts for the baby's legs and the top of the baby in my case let all the ports and vents I'm interested in be clear without any cutting of the carrier. I'm really suprised to find I can use it without doing anything other than adjusting the straps. I was lucky in that the T40p fit in such a way that the VGA connector came out one leg opening, and the USB, heat vent, and PC Card slots come out the top. Maybe I'll need a heat shield until Fall, after which it becomes a face warmer. :-) The entire front is removable from the back; it uses 4 plastic 'backpack' clips. In theory you could replace the front with a custom-made carrier of your own design. Or you could slide an additional bag (such as a laptop protection sleeve) into the place where the baby goes for more protection. Kelty Kangaroo Baby Carrier http://www.epinions.com/kifm-B-BEquip-Carriers-Soft_Carriers-Kelty_Kangaroo_Soft_Carrier http://www.kelty.com/Kelty/index.cfm?fuseaction=Kids.Home Pros: Washable Allows you to sit down and stand up while wearing weable Lots of pockets, straps, velcro Existing openings at (possibly) convenient locations Makes carrying wearable computer weight easy Cons: Costs money Without adding padding, two corners of ThinkPad exposed. May cause even more jokes from coworkers than wearable itself Perhaps the best compliment I can give it is that after a few minutes adjusting the straps, I started trying to arrange all the peripherals in the carrier, while I was wearing it with the ThinkPad inside. At some point I just forgot about the weight; it was quite comfortable. Steve -- http://www.stevebarr.com -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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