http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Izarc --fully operational
My college class/home work:
word.doc --documents
pspice --documents
excel --documents
MATLAB --documents
pro-e --documents
pictures --varied
It's a Sandisk 1gb cruzer-mini.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Plus a few Mac apps that I use for network debugging.
Plus a backup of my clients' settings. And a web-site in progress.
Various hardware drivers.
In short, anything useful I can fit into 250Megs.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
Irony: I am a UNIX systems admin, training other UNIX systems admins, and all the material is written in PowerPoint and Flash.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
I don't use the usb drive as much as i originally thought i woudl..but they are handy]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
Also, the device came with a neck lanyard and I wear the thing quite often. However, the plastic clip release has since broken and I've actually made a replacement using plumber's chain/hobby chain similar to that of a military dog tag. So I've decided to put basic vital information about me on it as a .txt file labeled as !DogTag in hopes that someone will open it up if I'm unconcious/dead and needs to ID me or contact my next of kin.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
1. Backup of Microsoft Money 2005 (password protected)
2. Backup of personal budget in MS Excel (password protected to both open and update).
3. WEP key in .txt file.
4. Various pictures transferred b/wn home Mac, home PC, and work PC.
5. Backup of work Outlook addresses in .csv and .pst format.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
The courts have outlawed this DVD decryption program.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
http://the.taoofmac.com/space/Tools/USB%20Disk%20Manifest]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/- antivirus tools, firewalls, spyware removal tools and other tools needed to fix and improve other peoples computer
- Copies of my bookmarks
- Files that I need to xfer from work to home
- Backups of important documents that I am working on when on the road
- My address book
- A copy of DriveCrypt with an encrypted volume that I use for any of the above that I want to keep secure
- A README file with an anonymous email and phone dropbox in case anyone finds the drive and is in a mood to return it
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/My realbasic install and files.
VNC client.
nero buring rom
pictures.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/-I run Miranda from the drive the same way
-I run Keypass (this is a fantastic app from Dobysoft.com for storing passwords, and I have a ton of passwords) It's the best app yet, and I've tried them all, check it out @ http://snipurl.com/akwe
-Also, I am a Systems Engineer, and I keep all of my important customer config files on there so in an emergency, I can just upload the config to get the customers Telephone Switch back to a working point.

I only have a 128MB JumpDrive Sport that I got at MicroCenter for $19.00, but seem to have tons of room left. I really don't like the way the Lexar key fob attaches to my keychain though, it is rather poor design.

]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/- Tax Returns for last 3 years.
- MSMoney Files
- Bookmarks
- Address Book
- various family pictures
- random e-books]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
it's contents, in no particular order are:

my monthly personal budget in Excel

pictures of a trip to New York City

Ad-Aware (weekly updated sig files)

Spybot (also updated weekly)

AVG free anti-virus program

Norton Anti-virus 15-Day trial (reflashed weekly)

RegCleaner utility

My Documents folder from home, updated when I remember to do it

Firefox installer

Novell 4.83 client installer (for work)

Instant Internet 7.2 (Nortel networks firewall)

and last but most important: my a handful of my favorite nudie JPGs, don't leave home without them =)

]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/- online manuals for my digital camera, cell phone, etc. Always good to have, and travel brings out unusual situations, so you're more likely than usual to need the manual.

Also the usual stuff:
- Address book, encrypted with PGP.
- Firefox bookmarks
- Works in progress, presentations, trip-specific stuff.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/- A couple of music albums (listen to music at work, at home, kinko's...etc)
- Work files
- homework
- save articles (research at whatever computer, save it on the USB)
- bookmarks
- personal budget
- backup of important files

Its about 400 mb full. I've only had it for 4 months and I'm already thinking about 1 gb one.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Palm device backup
<>personal photos]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/That tip about .pdf manuals is a Great idea. I have all of mine in "My Documents" and there is only 39MB in 31 files so they'll fit nicely, and I'm gonna transfer those tonite.

Thanks for the tip,
farmfreshglue]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/
Criminals' new trick: Child-Porn Collectors Using Pocket-Size Storage Drives
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/5968311.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/11/ask-engadget-what-do-you-keep-on-your-usb-keychain-drive/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AM