Occasional insomnia has benefits
When I wake up I normally can’t get to sleep, regardless of what time it is.
This happened recently when I was helping an organisation test a web application. I woke up at about 1am and couldn’t get back to sleep, by about 5am I’d tested everything and written out a full report for them.
This morning I couldn’t sleep again, so I worked on solving what has been a long running problem for me.
I was looking for a flash drive to replace my current rather battered 1GB drive. Once my flash drive sat happily on my keyring. First the keyring connector broke. Then the plastic casing came apart and I was left with this:
It works just fine, sits in a jeans pocket well and has been through the wash safely at least half a dozen times. However I do leave it behind at times so I really want something that I can put on a keyring. The other problem is that I keep finding myself running short of space.
Unfortunately most flash drives have pretty fragile keyring links. There are some that don’t, but they seem to by ultra-rugged style drives that would be rather heavy on a keyring. Additionally, I don’t see the point of waterproofing flash drives. If mine has been through the laundry half a dozen times quite safely, what is the point? So long as it dry inside and out when I plug it in it should work just fine.
Fortunately I found the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium. Not too large, tough exterior and a good strong keyring link.