I never leave home without my mail-order brides from asian countries. They are compact and can be folded neatly and stored in my carry-on luggage

Also, I bring my 50-inch plasma TV. I strap it to my back, and then put pillows around my front and a giant coat over everything,and it just makes me look like a really big, square-shouldered freak, but it gets me onto the plane. I then set the plasma up in front of the cabin’s movie screen and force the entire passenger section to watch nba basketball games

Jeff

well I’m not the gadget king.

I have a laptop although I dont travel with it… yet.

must haves..

valium
(i’m a nervous travller and large congested crowds freak me a little)
mp3 player
extra batteries
a book/or mags
my cell phone and charger.

extras in my carry on,
just for the sake of “what ifs”

extra panties
deordant
hygeine wipes
lip gloss. what? if I’m going to look tired as may as well look presentable.

OK, I’ll play (although I REALLY like that suggestion about neatly folded mail-order brides)…

When I travel alone:
My Dell laptop
Its power plug
Wireless mouse (I hate, repeat, HATE the touchpad)
CDRom drive
LG phone on Verizon
charger for same
Canon camera
spare battery for same
charger for same
Palm – yes, an old 515, which I’m trying to keep alive
charger for same
CPAP machine (for sleep disorders)
charger for same

The last two of those I would consider most important

When my wife joins me, add:
her MacBook
charger for same
her LG phone on Verizon
charger for same
(SOMETIMES) her digital camera
charger for same

If the airport security people consider lots of wires a suspicious sign, we are probably in serious trouble…

Laptop and cell phone are musts for me. Other than that, I try to pack as light as possible.

The techie stuff that always has to travel with me:

Blackberry 8830 global
Motorola KRZR
Oldskool video iPod
Monster headphone splitter
Callpod (www.callpod.com) (one of the best inventions ever)
Shure SE110 headphones

And if it’s vacation, my Canon Digital Rebel XT

you carry too much stuff.
vitals:
my eyeglasses – I am blind and if I lose a contact I am screwed.
iPod- not a vital, but good to have.
wallet with id, $$ and credit cards. I was stranded on the eastern seaboard for 3 days due to a blizzard back in 1993. Cash is king.

everything else can be begged, borrowed or stolen

iPod, a good book (or two), a New Yorker mag, phone w/ text & Internet (w/ charger), Kashi GoLean Crunchy bars, oversized cardigan sweater (can be layered over what I am wearing if it’s cold, can be balled up into a pillow or used as a blanket, can be draped over my head (not kidding) to close out the world, water (purchased after security check), beta blockers for those anxious moments

Let’s see…i try to keep my electronics to a minimum, but it’s tough

Laptop – only if I can’t leave it at home.
Blackberry on Verizon
LG VX8100 on Verizon
iPod (the old school v2 version with the battery problems. hasn’t affected me yet)
iPod shuffle for working out
Chargers for all of the above
A flash drive or 2 (never know when you’ll have to move files around)
MBox2 Micro

1) Laptop (Compaq nc6230 for if travel is work-related, iBook if it’s not)

2) Palm Treo 700p on Verizon

3) A Razr on the Sprint network

4) A digital voice recorder

5) An assortment of wires, chargers, and connectors

6) My passport, because you never really know when you’ll need it

7) The vitamin C supplements that I eat like candy and 50-mg Unisom

*Toshiba Laptop
*Creative Zen Micro
*Ipaq
*small 3 outlet power Bar
*Depending on the area if there is coverage my WiMax modem and Linksys wireless Router
*APC Car inverter to allow use of regular AC power all the above can be used without exceeding max power of it.
*Novel
*Modular Fire wire and USB kit allows one wire and different tips to match up to pretty much any device and not need many different cables
*Cat 5 patch cord
Small 12 in one card reader (has come in handy so many times I don