Mr Brunning, You will be required to wear a 3 piece suit with co-ordinating ties, pocket watch , bowler hat and umbrella at all times. See you on the 19th :)

But you *will* be allowed to continue wearing ladies underwear.

I'm not jealous, because I already own my Powerbook and Crumpler bag (although my model is 'the dreadful embarrassment').

My new school preparation involves;

- Wiping the Ubuntu partition on my work supplied Dell (POC) laptop and handing it back
- Buying some casual clothes that fit
- Throwing out the worst of my formal work shirts
- Finding something to do with three boxes of business cards that I never found a use for

Oh, and I start my new gig the week before you ;-)

Don't worry about the suit - although be prepared to buy one at short notice if we send you somewhere smart :-)

I've been wearing casual for the last year, aside from the odd visit elsewhere.

What is important is that you get yourself new blog software - no self-respecting TW blogger uses MovableType any more!

Regarding laptop bags, I can recommend the Jack spade messenger bags (if you're feeling flush).

Flush, after getting that lot, are you kidding? Besides, the Jack Spade stuff looks a but metrosexual for me. Scruffy but hard-wearing, that's what I need.

And I'm sure I'll be writing a blog in Django in no time. ;-)

Simon,

If you feel uncomfortable toting an Australian bag around all of the cool kids are shopping at R.E.Load these days - http://reloadbags.com/