Blog2020 ≫ I had been looking at this backpack...

I'm looking for a new backpack, good for commuting, for when I got back to London soon. This one caught my eye1, because I have liked that brand for a while, and on the official site it's a lot cheaper2, I think it's discontinued. I figured I couldn't have it because it only fits up to a thirteen inch laptop and this one I'm using is a fifteen... but my new job just phoned "we're just sorting your new laptop do you want a thirteen or a fifteen?"... Is it a sign that I should get that bag anyway?

I probably won't, much as I like it it's aimed more at photographers who have a lot of gear to carry around. I need a smaller bag just with little pockets for computer, lunch, book, and glasses. Something that on the outside is neat and inobtrusive. I quite like this Osprey one1, and this North Face one makes a lot of sense1, but I am really tempted to head to London and have a look round the shops in Covent Garden, even if the rest of the family don't come with me. I need to get a feel for the right bag...

I won't be getting this Crumpler one below, it's a picture I took about fifteen years ago. I liked it because it looks like a mouth.

Crumpler photographers backpack that looks like it has a mouth

I have now painted the whole of the study, so it's all at that still-wet-looking-patchy stage, very unsatisfying. I painted the ceiling too and have cleaned the tiled floor (some curious spills and broken glass under the sideboard...) and even partly painted the skirting board. It will be the most completely redecorated room in the house when I'm done. But will it actually look good..?

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Paul Clarke's blog - I live in Hythe near Folkestone. Married + father to two, I'm a full-stack web engineer, + I do js / nodejs, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubs, running, eating, home automation and other diy jiggery-pokery, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, and TIME TRAVEL.