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09 Dec 2003
p. Damn you ["TidBITS!(The excellent Mac eZine)":http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-708.html] If it wasn't for your article on iPod accessories, I might never have known about the ["Scott eVest(More pockets than you could ever need)":http://www.scottevest.com/v3store/30pfinetex_shell.shtml], and I wouldn't have wanted one. Gah.
p. I love pockets, and this jacket has 30 of them (a long and embarrassing search if you forget which you put your mobile phone into), and--get this--a Personal Area Network! I love the idea of a jacket so geeky that you need a several explanatory videos to point out all the features. This would be a great solution for me. Womens clothes are--for some reason that I've never been able to fathom--woefully ill-equipped in the pocket department, which is why we are always forced to borrow the pockets of our menfolk. I also have a pathological aversion to handbags[1], so I have to carry an non-handbag type bag to put all the essentials in. This also has to be compatible with carrying a rucksack (with my laptop in) when walking, and with riding my recumbent (so it can't be on my back). It's not an easy brief to fill.
fn1. I would like to point out that there's a world of difference between a 'handbag' and a bag that you happen to carry in your hand. 'Handbags' are only big enough for one key and a lipstick, unless they are of the 'Granny' kind, in which case they can contain enough supplies to keep a family of four going for a week, and also double as a handy weapon against muggers.
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My 'hanging pockets' keep my shape too. 
by pete @ 11/12/2003 3:13 pm • Permalink •
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I note with interest the types they think this item might appeal to, those whose interests encompass skiing/snowboarding, photography, travelling, hiking, and law enforcement. I would imagine it might also have great appeal for suicide bombers.
Get real bsag! By the time you have wired up your 30 (or 42) pockets, you'll be days late for whatever you are going to, and then when you get there you will be searching through 30 (or 42) pockets for your bicycle lock/wallet/whatever. It would be a nightmare! But very funny too....
You must get one now!
by ThoughtBadger @ 11/12/2003 10:12 pm • Permalink •
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ThoughtBadger: I noticed that too! The fleece jacket was advertised as being ideal for spies, which immediately attracted me. I've always wanted to be an International Woman of Mystery! I wouldn't wire up ALL of the pockets (I don't have that many gadgets) anyway, and I wouldn't be taking stuff in and out all the time. I think that I would need some sort of mnemonic to remember what I'd stored where, though. And also a prominent note somewhere to remind me to empty all the pockets before putting the jacket in the washing machine!
>You must get one now!
If you'd care to give me the money, I'd be happy to oblige 
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bsag you cheeky minx! Sadly I cannot afford to get caught up in a cash for coats scandal, but I hope you have read the blog entry linked on their site. Very funny!
by ThoughtBadger @ 15/12/2003 2:12 pm • Permalink •
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ThoughtBadger: I did, and it was indeed very funny. I particularly like the word 'ultra-pockitude'. That's what I want -- a pocketudinous jacket.
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I actually bought a scott evest a couple months ago. It's very useful; I've got wires running through everywhere and assorted tools in every pocket, and my 12" powerbook g4 fits in the side inside pocket they have for books and magazines. Finding stuff isn't quite as hard as I feared, as long as I put things back in the pockets I took 'em from.
I end up wearing it everywhere largely because it has all my stuff. And it gets amazingly heavy.
by Taper Wickel @ 18/12/2003 7:12 pm • Permalink •
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Taper Wickel: You lucky thing! Do you have to remind yourself not to sit down with your G4 in the back pocket?
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Trouble is, by the time all the pockets are full with all your gadgets and accessories, you'll have strange bulges all over. And sitting down might get difficult.----- pete: Well, if you take their advice and bung a laptop in the back pocket, then sitting down would be quite hazardous. But I was quite impressed by how non-bulging the jacket seemed to be after swallowing lots of gadgets. They claim that it's the 'hanging pockets' that helps it keep its shape. Or something.
by bsag @ 10/12/2003 10:12 pm • Permalink •