Update on the Vespa

Well, it’s been about two weeks since I got the licence for the Vespa, and I must say it’s great! No traffic, no parking problems, no stress. I definitely recommend it to everyone.

Some info on the licence, for Portugal:

  • If you have a driving licence, category B, issued before March 30th of 1998, you can drive a <50cc scooter. Anything after that, you’ll need to get a new one.
  • To get a new one, if you do have a driving licence, category B, you’ll just need to do a practical exam. If not, theory and practical exam.
  • After applying for the exam, you’ll have to wait around five weeks to get a set date.

Good links about Vespas and scooters (in Portuguese):

My Hack Bag

Inspired by Pete Savage’s post, here’s the content of my usual “hack bag” (and I do carry it everywhere):

  • Swiss Army Knife
  • iRiver H320 (it can do everything: play music, radio, video, minesweeper, record sound, double as a portable HD. I’m sure that if I ask it nicely, it’ll also make coffee)
  • Sure headphones
  • USB cable, with nine (9) adapters
  • Gparted Live CD (actually a mini-cd)
  • 1GB USB pen (with some PortableApps)
  • Moleskine notebook
  • Pens (the writing kind)
  • 80GB portable HD (it’s a very recent addition, I’m still considering if it’s worth it’s weight)
  • Sony Ericsson P990i (it does everything a mobile should do and more, like… tea!) (No, not really…)
  • Lomo LC-A and flash (but I seldom use it…)
  • Lens cleaning cloth
  • Chewing gum
  • Toilet seat covers (funny story this one: I “stole” it from a soviet era hotel room in Łódz, Poland, which says a lot about the hotel if the room itself had them. Yeah, you never know when you might need it.)
  • Alcohol based hand washer liquid (you know, those Rituals things)
  • Chapstick
  • Matches and a lighter

I’ll put up a photo… eventually…

(Update) And here’s the photo:

My Hack Bag

If you click on it, you’ll be taken to it’s Flickr page, where you can see the description of each object. Yes, I know that there are things I mentioned on the list missing from the photo.

Quando crescer…

Na folha de contactos do meu curso do secundário, pus como profissão: candidato a presidente do conselho de ministros. Até agora, ninguém registou o facto.

PS: Isto foi há uns dias.