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What's On Yer Keychain

Stuff that I carry on my keychain, left to right:
1) Bottle opener. I don't drink much beer, but a lot of tasty diet drinks sold in NYC bodegas come in non-snap-off cup glass bottles.
2) Red Photon Light 3 from Thinkgeek. It came really handy during the NYC Blackout of 2003. (See my photos here and here. If you know somebody who can use those for a newspaper or a magazine article, please let me know.)
3) A 20x 5 element jeweler's loupe that I bought in a store on 47th street. I don't get that much use out of it, but it's petty cool.
4) A Husky brand 4 way pocket screwdriver.
5) A Levenger single sheet cutter. This is one of the most useful little gadgets eve. A tiny ceramic shard on the end of the plastic holder cuts through a single sheet of newspaper. Awesome for clipping newspaper articles, taking out chunks of notes and trimming paper. With a bit more pressure it works on slightly thicker paper, like that in Moleskine notebooks. Also good for taking off cellophane from CDs and trimming gift paper. It's next to impossible to cut yourself with one. The only gripe is had to notch up the case to make it easy to take the cutter out of it.
6) A Fisher Space Pen epoxied to a little ring. This way I always have a pen to take down notes.

Single sheet cutter in action from Levenger's website:

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Tue, 05/31/2005 - 10:15 — Jeff Atwood (not verified)

That levenger paper cutter thing is awesome, and seconded. My wife turned me on to those.

Tue, 05/31/2005 - 16:08 — Sergey (not verified)

помимо Ñ?того, там, наверное, еще еÑ?ть и ключи. как Ñ?то вÑ?Ñ‘ можно ноÑ?ить в кармане - ума не приложу :)

Tue, 05/31/2005 - 19:27 — Sliver (not verified)

Hmmm, your pockets must be internally armoured, or do you hang it gayly from your belt loops? I've tried the latter but it does tend to make me either look like a fat molesterer or a mincer beyond their means.

That said, I do have a led thingy on the keyring, well it is the keyring, and its blue. It was a present, I don't think J reslised that blue leds were once cool, I'm pretty sure they aren't now.

Tue, 05/31/2005 - 19:33 — deadprogrammer

I've seen mentions of cheaper non-levenger models, but could not find one to buy. In the end I am glad that I bought two for 14 bucks at Levenger.

Tue, 05/31/2005 - 19:36 — deadprogrammer

To be honest, I mostly keep my keys in my messenger bag.

If I am not mistaken, blue leds have a pretty strong UV component. If you stare at one long enough you can probably damage the retina a little. Also might work for curing certain adhesives.

Wed, 06/01/2005 - 08:42 — deadprogrammer

Я в оÑ?новном ношу ключи в Ñ?умке.

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