 | Corsair CMFUSB2.0-8GBGT 8 GB GT Flash Voyager USB Flash Drive
I carry this on my body at all times! it can hold anything I need and it is wicked fast. I managed to kill one and corsair promptly sent me a new one, I can't say enough about there support, it is truly excellent. The rubber exterior keeps it save from most major impacts.
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 | SanDisk SDDR-89-A15 ImageMate 12 in 1 Reader (Silver/Black)
Buy new: $28.28 / Used from: $29.78 Every once in a while I have a user who needs to get data recovered from a memory card of some kind, this one is great because it is has a detachable base that can easily be thrown in a bag and used with different usb cable, leaving the one at your desk still plugged in.
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 | Logitech Alto Notebook Stand w/Integrated Keyboard
Buy new: $79.99 / Used from: $38.99 I use this as a Q&D docking station for my laptop when I am at home and need to remote in and do some work, mouse stays plugged into the Alto and all I need to do is power on, connect 1 usb cable, and boom! off I go.
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 | Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000
Buy new: $48.99 / Used from: $18.99 What can I say, you either love it or hate it. It definitely saves my hands, when I don't use it on a daily basis I miss it. Best heavy use KB out there I say.
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 | Network Magic 4.0
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $17.98 OK, terrible name, I know, insulting if you really are a true geek, I mean you know how to do all this stuff right? You don't need a GUI tough guy. How about that side business customer you keep having to talk to on the phone every week because he cant get to his shared pictures....... This is the product you need, it is brain dead simple.
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 | AT&T Tilt Smartphone (AT&T)
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $420.10 The UBER Phone!!! Once you hack all of the "bloatware" out of it and add some cool apps you have the "IT" guys version of Xanadu.
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![Nero 8 Ultra Edition [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rEJoZQjmL._SL75_.jpg) | Nero 8 Ultra Edition [OLD VERSION]
Buy new: $58.79 / Used from: $59.99 I have used Nero since version 5, they keep throwing more crap in the bucket, but the core apps are the best you can get, if only I could buy a la carte it would be perfect.
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 | Ubuntu 7.10 (PC Edition)
Yes you can get it for free and frankly I recommend it.
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 | Paladin Tools 4915 Compression Crimp Bundle for the Smart Home A/V Kit
Buy new: $71.04 / Used from: $71.04 Great for making Coax cables
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 | Paladin 1116 Data SureStrip® UTP/STP Data and Flat Satin Phone Cable
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $19.64 A must have
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 | Paladin 1576 Data/Link ID and Cable-Check 10/100 Network Traffic Detector
Buy new: $46.95 / Used from: $64.04 This guy here can save your bacon, need to know if that port is hot? This baby tells you all you need to know.
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 | Compucable Manufacturing CTK-MNCT-RJT Multi Network Cable Tester with Tone Generator
Buy new: $60.93 Tests cables and has the super power known as toning. You plug one end into the port you are trying to test and it sends out a tone that you can hear only with the tester, which you take back to the network closet and randomly plug into ports untill you hear the tone.
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 | Linux in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) by Ellen Siever
Buy new: $29.67 / Used from: $13.85 Title says it all, no geek should ever leave home without it, or a BartPE disc.
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 | Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition by David A. Karp
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $3.00 Helps to have this around when you are trying to use "runas" to invoke control panel applets from the command line.
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 | A+ Certification for Dummies by Ron Gilster
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $2.83 I memorized the front card in this book to pass the A+ exam and get my Cert. Often debated if you need it or not, but it has bumped up my pay in every job I have taken since I got my A+, as well as my Net+
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 | Wireless Pc Lock, Uses USB Port
Simple really, I forget to lock my workstation, my "IT" Guy co-worker thinks it's funny to prank my PC, it is funny, but not after the 10th time. This gadget locks your PC when you walk away from it. It works great and there is open source software for it.
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 | Darth Vader Lightsaber EP IV (mini)
Buy new: $39.99 So you can remind people that you are a geek and a admirer of the Dark Side. People ask me all the time what it is, and I tell them and they blink, and blink, and well "forget you sucker!" I AM a Jedi! I AM!
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 | The Big Lebowski Entertainment Poster Print, 24x36
Buy new: $3.29 The greatest movie ever made, period. Mark it Zero dude. No IT office is complete without this or the poster of Richard Nixon bowling.
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 | Tron (Reaching for Light) Movie Poster Print - 27" X 40"
Buy new: $49.99 My second favorite movie poster, end of line.
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 | Ironkey Personal 2GB Flash
Buy new: $86.20 When it has to be secure, and sacred this is my go-to device. Enter the password wrong 3 times in a row, and no more Ironkey, it destroys itself, like on MI without the explosions or the scientologist.
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 | Plantronics CS70/HL10 DECT 6.0 Bundle Wireless Headset System with Lifter
Buy new: $218.57 / Used from: $175.00 This is gadget I wish I could afford. I would love to not have to hold the phone while I type, yes I know about speaker phone, but EVERYTHING STARTS TO GET REAL SHOUTY AND ANNOYING FOR CUSTOMERS...get it
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