"Carry your life on a thumb drive" from lifehacker

I found an old Lifehacker article about using your thumb drive to basically carry a portable workstation with you wherever you go.

And I wanted to try this Performancing blog editor thing..

From the article:

"...When I think back to the first computer I had with a hard drive bigger than a gigabyte ("I'll never run out of space now!") I have to laugh. Nowadays you can get 8 gigabytes of disk hanging on your key ring, not to mention all the gigabytage we tote around on our iPods.

Portable applications and creative uses for USB drives and other external hard drives have come a long way in the last year or so. Today I'll go over some of the more practical uses and techniques for managing your data on the go with a portable drive.

A few scenarios where a USB drive - or iPod - loaded with your favorite applications and important documents might come in handy:
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