Quickest way to lose seven pounds

The quicket way to lose seven pounds from your travel kit: Leave the laptop at home. This may not be possible for business travelers, professional/addictive bloggers, journalists, or photographers. But, if you can, leave the little monster at home. If you must write, get a Moleskine notebook and a tubular ink-based data entry device (pen). The rugged little Moleskine is instant cool. I’ve gone with the even lighter soft-cover Moleskine cahier for travel. Let’s face it, the little Moleskine looks better at dinner than the Dell.

Best place to learn the potential of the little notebook is at the Moleskinerie. 

 (Photo below from Irish Typepad on Flickr)

Comments

[Gilles]

I agree with you, although I use a MacBook.

[Frank@OBOW]

Giles - I hope there's a little Mac in my future,

[Gilles]

You'll love the MacBook : lightweight, and no viruses ! By the way, great travel tips.

[Johnny A]

Just to balance the Mac fanboys, my four-year-old Panasonic Toughbook W2 weights under 3 lbs and still runs for five hours on a charge. And it even has a built-in CD/DVD-ROM drive. My wife's Toughbook R2 (about the same vintage) weighs less than 2 lbs.

[Frank@OBOW]

I'd looked at the old Toughbooks on eBay but didn't know they were quite this light - how are they on screen brightness, heat, and battery life?

[Dave]

Maybe it's just me, but I hate having a laptop on vacation.

I might just be weak, but I feel like it's way too easy to waste vacation time when the internet is right there.