My “Kikoy Kit”


I’d like to call myself a “road warrior” — as I often bring along my InCase Slingpack with me where my iBook and my other tech toys are stored. Within that slingpack is a smaller bag which I fondly call my “kikoy kit”. The so-called Metrosexuals call theirs their “grooming kit” and it usually contains… *uhm* grooming paraphernalia and the girlie version of this is locally known as the “kikay kit”. My kit, instead of holding grooming paraphernalia, has a lot of geeky stuff.

Here’s a list of what it has inside:

8-in-1 card reader
flashdrive
bluetooth dongle
mini Swiss Army Knife
Treo Hotsync cable
Treo 650 charger
Treo 650 wired headset
Treo Bluetooth headset
iPod Firewire cable
spare stereo headphones
USB extension cable

All these makes it easy for me to use my other tech toys since it gives me a place to put them all together — making it easy for me to get any of them should the need arise.

What do *YOU* have on your “kikoy kit”?

Shameless Self Promotion: This post was originally *ehem* posted at my personal blog at Talkin’ Tech.

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Comment Number:
1
Written by:
Art Ilano
Posted on:
1/27/2006 at 2:38 pm

My backpack is my kikoykit. Let’s see… (rummaging)

o Tungsten T|3 PDA because I have such a bad memory

o Fujitsu laptop and power adapter/cord for work stuff

o Bluetooth dongle for when I need to connect my phone or PDA to the laptop

o 128MB USB thumb drive for those quick and dirty file transfers

o CDR-King 23-in-1 card reader for all other quick and dirty file transfers. An ancient 32MB SmartMedia card is always stuck to it, serving as “onboard memory.”

o CDR-King white optical USB mouse for when I get tired of using the laptop’s trackpad

o Retractable USB cable for the T|3 for emergency charging

o Retractable phone cable for those times when you absotively, posolutely have to get to the net but don’t have WiFi

o Sealed plastic packs of P7.50 each, for quick jeepney fare :D

o Ballpens — because a stylus can only do so much

o A David’s Spa prepaid card showing that I still have two massage sessions I can avail of.

Comment Number:
2
Written by:
Stan
Posted on:
1/27/2006 at 4:39 pm

“What? You have a Kikoy Kit a.k.a. a man-purse? You have a man-lipstick in there too?” (from the movie Beauty Parlor)

Try calling it a Geekoy kit, or a Tech-oy bag. With the latter, bagay ka na sa year of the Dog.

Comment Number:
3
Written by:
boris
Posted on:
1/28/2006 at 12:34 am

My “kikoy” kit? Now that you’ve mentioned it ^_^, here’s my list:

my iPod shuffle
iPod recharger (I charge it at school, hehe)
medium-sized Swiss army knife-like tool (the brand name was attached by this plastic thingy but it got lost thus I forgot what’s the brand’s name)
extra battery for my other phone (for the other network)
Palm wireless keypad
AAA batteries (for the keypad)
my extra mmc cards
headset for my primary phone
an extra sim card (for the other-other network)
and a Bluetooth dongle.

Oh my. THIS reveals a LOT.

Comment Number:
4
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
1/29/2006 at 12:25 am

Hey! What about those of us who fall into the subspecies geekay?! That’s equal parts geek AND kikay, thank you verrry much. It’s even harder to be a geekay, because you’ve got equal measures of personal grooming junk and sparkly accessories competing for storage space with gear and gadgets!

Lessee now. I never leave the house without the following doodads on or about my person:

iPod nano (in a red PodStar Diablo skin)
iPod 30Gb photo
PocketDock (lineout with USB)
memory card reader
BT headset
iPod sync cable
cellphone charger
headset charger
iPod AC charger
baby PL to RCA jack cable
baby PL to baby PL cable
universal adaptors (two of ‘em, don’t ask why)
Sony EX71 earphones (on a Sumajin SmartWrap)
stock iPod earbuds (on a Belkin Smartwrap-type holder)
DLink BT dongle
blank CD-Rs
blank DVD+Rs
a cube of ArtGum (to keep my white cables from getting grubby)

Egad. Any more and I’d need a Sherpa to haul my geekay kit.

Oh, and Art: you forgot the garage door opener. :D

Comment Number:
5
Written by:
JLL
Posted on:
1/29/2006 at 3:25 am

This is a great idea to post and help-out others be mobile…

My everyday/everywhere messenger bag:
Ipod Photo
Sennheiser PX100
Palm M515, SE P800, SE T68i
Kodak digicam

Kikoy kit inside for easy access:
Ipod remote & iTalk
Palm bluetooth card, PWK
SD/MMC card reader
MMC/SD/MS cards
Extra rechargeable batteries (phone, AA, AAA)
Ballpen, Sign pen
Mints, Antacids, alcogel

Laptop bag:
White book w/ 1.6 Ghz Pentium M processor, 60 GB HD, 1 GB ram, wifi
Wireless mouse
Webcam
Ipod USB Cable Sync/charge,
Retractable Palm and Sony Ericsson USB cables Sync/charge
Bluetooth dongle
18 in 1 card reader w/ 3 port USB 2.0 hub
Telephone cable
Linux Ubuntu cdax
Portable speakers
Gamepad

Comment Number:
6
Written by:
Art Ilano
Posted on:
1/29/2006 at 6:24 pm

miranoriel: Art, you forgot the garage door opener :D

Nah, I keep my garage door opener in the car. :D

Hey, wait a minute! You were talking about a geekay kit but you only listed the geek stuff in your bag! Cough it out now, what else do ya got in there? The kikay stuff? >:)

Comment Number:
7
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
1/29/2006 at 7:41 pm

Art: … what else do ya got in there? The kikay stuff?

Er, did you ingest something without checking the expiration date? Because I’d swear that the contents of a kikay kit were nothing that aroused a geekgod’s curiosity. However, since the gauntlet has been flung down, I shall take it up and risk having every geek that reads this comment thread shriek and flee.

Now that I’ve figured out what that puzzled look on your face is whenever you see my purse, I shall proceed to satisfy your morbid curiosity. Ahem.

There’s… facial moisturizer; lip conditioner; lipliner; one… two… three… no, four shades of lipstick; liquid blush; clear mascara; eyelash curler; two lipgloss palettes; makeup brush; face powder; hairbrush; moist towelettes; oil blotting papers; hand lotion; perfume; nail file; hand sanitizer; hair clips; flashlight; small cutter; two lighters; laser pointer; 3M lens cleaning cloth; and a partridge in a pear tree.

Oh, sorry… the last few were things I forgot to list earlier. :D Hah. Who’s your geekay? Who. Is. Your. Geekay?

Jest ’cause you’re a geek don’t mean you cain’t be purty. ;)

Comment Number:
8
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
1/30/2006 at 9:33 am

(Sorry! Had to reformat my comment. Feel free to delete my previous comment.)

/me rummages through bag

- an Asus L4500R laptop
- the laptop’s instruction book, warranty and official receipt (because you never know when you need to rush the laptop to Asus for a quick look-over
- a CD-R King USB retractable mouse (since the laptop’s trackpad is buggy under linux)
- 5 blank Imation gold CDRs in 5 paper sleeves and sealed in a ziplock bag (for those times when someone needs a quick copy of software.)
- a pressed CD pack of Ubuntu Linux consisting of the live and install CDs (in case someone wants to try out Ubuntu, I can just copy one for them using the imation gold CDRs)

- my PalmOne Zire72 (which I use as a task reminder since I also have a lousy memory)
- my SE w800i (which I use for music and also as a task reminder when I forget my PDA. Yes, that’s how bad my memory is)
- CD-R King 35-in-1 card reader (I use it to transfer podcasts at the end of the day to my W800i’s memory stick)
- a bluetooth dongle (to use when I’m transferring stuff between my laptop, phone and PDA)
- a memory stick adapter (to use with the card reader)

- a pair of earphones that came with my walkman phone
- a pair of Sennheiser PX200 travel headphones (to use with my laptop and in case the earphones begin to hurt my ears)

- checkbook
- billfold (yes, I use a billfold instead of a purse.)
- a coin purse that can be worn on my neck. (filled with just enough coins to kill Goliath. I use this to hold money to pay for transportation as well as for protection.)

- a waterman fountain pen (my pride and joy!)
- a red Pilot G-5 gel pen
- a black gel pen (Yes, I know. So many pens!)
- a pack of 3×5 index cards (for quick note taking!)
- a stenography notebook (for scribblings and writing down ideas/story lines on my upcoming book “Thirty years of Making Eunuchs out of Men”.)

- an auto-open-close umbrella
- a small hair brush
- extra-moisturizing lip balm (my lips have easily chapped every since my pre-teen years. What I’m using now is uber-expensive from the Beauty Bar, but thankfully has lasted me for five months already.)

Nope. Sorry. No partridge in a pear tree. But I once had two turtle doves in my bag (seriously)…

Comment Number:
9
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
1/30/2006 at 9:38 am

Oooh! Forgot some things!

- LAPTOP POWER CABLE
- CROSSOVER ETHERNET CABLE

:::shrug:::

You never know when you might need it. I still need to get a normal ethernet cable though…

Comment Number:
10
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
1/30/2006 at 10:27 am

Head Geekette: Nope. Sorry. No partridge in a pear tree. But I once had two turtle doves in my bag (seriously)…

Long as you haven’t got eight maids a-milking in there, I think you’re alright. :D

Off-topic (sorry, boys): Ooh, a Waterman. Hey, that deserves a better notebook than a steno! You oughta have one of those leather-bound journal things — they make them in those small sizes that’d be perfect for your purse or gear-filled bag — or a Moleskine! :)

Comment Number:
11
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
1/30/2006 at 2:58 pm

miranoriel: Off-topic (sorry, boys): Ooh, a Waterman. Hey, that deserves a better notebook than a steno! You oughta have one of those leather-bound journal things — they make them in those small sizes that’d be perfect for your purse or gear-filled bag — or a Moleskine! :)

Oh darnit! I forgot to put that too! I do have a leather-bound journal book that I got from Fully Booked. I bring that along from time to time as well. But recently, since I rarely am able to stay after office hours in Makati, I just leave my journal at home and write there instead. I still bring along my fountain pen for those sudden special occasions. ;)

I’ve been wanting a moleskine, but dang! So expensive to order online! I’d love that as a present though…

*** HINT! HINT! BIG FRICKIN’ HINT! ***

LOL! :D

Comment Number:
12
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
1/30/2006 at 3:14 pm

@Head Geekette
Hear that spluttering, choking noise? I think that’s someone’s drink coming out his nose.

We’ve gotta stop meeting like this. It’s bad for someone’s health. And sanity. LOL!
:D

Comment Number:
13
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
1/31/2006 at 11:38 am

miranoriel: We’ve gotta stop meeting like this. It’s bad for someone’s health. And sanity. LOL!
:D

I’ll gladly take you up on that if you’re serious. :)

Ooh! If you’re in Makati, McDonald’s Jaka Building is now open! THEY HAVE MILKSHAKES!!! :D :D :D

/me hears the sound of one man salivating now me thinks…

Comment Number:
14
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
1/31/2006 at 12:00 pm

Head Geekette: I’ll gladly take you up on that if you’re serious. :)

THEY HAVE MILKSHAKES!!! :D :D :D

Ooh! Chocolate! Chocolate! When?

(Aside: Whatta you wanna bet that the next comment will be one kicking the two of us offa this thread? :D :D :D)

Are you sure that’s salivating? Or rivulets of sweat trickling from a nervous brow? Ahahaha! Maybe we oughta just YM each other, teehee. Or shall we go through the proper channels and get clearance first?

Comment Number:
15
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
1/31/2006 at 4:43 pm

(Aside: Whatta you wanna bet that the next comment will be one kicking the two of us offa this thread? :D :D :D )

Well, I just posted. Maybe *after* I post? :D

(Another aside: I’ve just been texted “why the heck there’s girl talk” on this topic. Getting nervous that the geeks are being overrun by the geekettes perhaps? :D :D :D )

Uhm… I’m sure that’s saliva… unless someone’s drooling on his head. LOL! (Yes. “Eww” moment there, gentlemen.) Proper channels? Clearance? For what? Drooling over someone’s head?

Oh. Oh! You mean the milkshake! Riiiiiight… :D

Comment Number:
16
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
1/31/2006 at 10:30 pm

Can you say thread hijack? :D

Head Geekette: …Getting nervous that the geeks are being overrun by the geekettes perhaps? :D :D :D

They’d better not read your upcoming book then! Ahaha! :D

Yep, milkshake clearance. Just for protocol’s sake. Unless maybe it’s about time we mess with his head… heheh.

Geekette + Geekay alliance? Be afraid, boys. Be very afraid. :evil cackling:

Comment Number:
17
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
2/1/2006 at 5:02 am

@Head Geekette:
Oh yeah — this here topic is “Kikoy Kit”. :D Here’s an idea (rather distantly related), and what may possibly be an excellent way to take advantage of the Geekette+Geekay, er, convergence: let’s you and me review cases! And bags, and sleeves… We’re uniquely suited to going over the little details of these crucial, all-important needs of the self-respecting and gadget-loving geek whose gear must be protected from the vagaries of weather, travel, and your friendly neighborhood mandurukot.

Plus we get to go through stuff that’s still classified as “accessory”. Ahaha! Shall we start our own review blog, then? :D :D :D

Comment Number:
18
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
2/1/2006 at 3:20 pm

@miranoriel
LOL! Well, I regularly post about accessories on my blog. Specially those laptop bags for women! OOOH! How I love those! Unfortunately, Digital Walker still doesn’t supply those bags
:::GRUMBLE:::

But yeah! Let’s you and I review the bags! The sleeves! All the other accessorial stuff! I mean, who better to review such stuff than us femmes, yes? Unless there’s a member of the Queer Eye for the Geek Guy here. In which case, I wanna meet him too! :D

(Oh! Look! Someone’s sweating buckets!) :D

Comment Number:
19
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
2/1/2006 at 6:32 pm

@Head Geekette
Perfect! Hmm. We’d better talk this over in more detail… and someone will just have to stew in his own juices while we do! :D

Queer Eye for the Geek Guy, eh? :D

Hey guys! Where y’all goin’? Hey! What’s with the stampede for the exit?

Uh, HG, I don’t remember yelling, “Fire!” Did you? Teehee…

Comment Number:
20
Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
2/3/2006 at 8:43 am

@miranoriel, me thinks that they guys are nervous since we’re communicating like this to think that we haven’t met each other yet. What more when we FINALLY meet?!

Yeah. It’s like saying, “Pare! What do you mean you want to be there when those two meet?!” LOL!

Comment Number:
21
Written by:
miranoriel
Posted on:
2/4/2006 at 4:35 pm

Head Geekette: What more when we FINALLY meet?!

We’ll probably hear the wind whistling through Makati, and see tumbleweeds rolling across the horizon. Because the guys will all have run for cover! ROTFLMAOF! :D

Ohhhh, booooys. Come out, come out, wherever you are… HG and mira want to plaaaay…

Tee. Hee.

Comment Number:
22
Written by:
Dasaint
Posted on:
2/11/2006 at 5:03 pm

Ibook 12 inch and it’s power supply
128 MB USB drive
Swiss card(swiss knife in card form)
Ipod Nano and cable
Charger for
Treo 650
T610
Bluetooth headset
CDR
Neck pillow
Starbuck mints
A good book

Comment Number:
23
Written by:
SPECVLATRIX
Posted on:
3/7/2006 at 11:52 am

If you want a moleskine notebook, it’s being sold here locally now. Just go to http://www.moleskineph.com/

Comment Number:
24
Written by:
Benedict
Posted on:
4/9/2006 at 9:24 am

You can email me at sales@moleskineph.com, I’m the Distributor in Philippines

Comment Number:
25
Written by:
demon
Posted on:
5/13/2006 at 12:54 pm

I cant fit most of my things in a bag, I do have seperate bags/containers for my gadgets, I do organize them in bins… How about we change the topic to whats inside your car… then I can list all my items in there…

Comment Number:
26
Written by:
KDweeb
Posted on:
5/26/2006 at 12:54 pm

You guys are too funny, You gotta save these posts. Hey, does anybody know where I can get a travelkit with all these things in it already? Thumb drive, earbuds, mini mouse, usb cable and maybe any other misc like adapters? From a wannbe geekette. –I just drive I don’t tinker under the hood.