The computer wizard's hat!

[torkell]

(x-posted to boggyb, discworld (Ridcully's hat) and tech_support)

I watched Pagan last night, and they had a bit at the end about wizard's hats and magic and all that stuff. Basically, a large part of magic is knowing something that others don't (how to fix a computer, where the sun will rise today, how to make this card disappear before your very eyes). And since we techies all know a lot more than most computer users, we obviously qualify for being wizards. With me so far?

So what we should all have is special "computer wizard" hats! I'm not talking just a pointy hat, but more like the one that Ridcully has in the Discworld books. His hat has hidden pockets, a spirit stove, some beer in the tip, and a tent in the brim. What I was thinking of is more pratical for computer wizards - secret storage compartment for cds (horizontal, just above your head inside), usb flash drive built into the brim, small worm/flex light for peering at the backs of computers, and for when everything fails, a nice sledgehammer hidden deep inside!
Okay, maybe that last part is a bit silly, but you know it'll come in handy!

Comments

[marence.livejournal.com]

Yes. Or like Granny Weatherwax's.
(I'm just another tech who loves Pratchett. And hats. Useful hats, especially.)

[zercool.livejournal.com]

I've been perfectly content with a "flash" button on my phone and a bottle of Jack on my monitor...

[hillarygayle.livejournal.com]

Does it have a place I can keep my titanium spork for particularly obnoxious customers?

[random-c.livejournal.com]

I used to have jackets I'd added pockets to specifically for certain tools. The outside pockets had pins in them. I got good at palming the cash I'd just got out of the ATM with my hand in the pocket and then putting it somewhere else a minute or so later. The pins were a little treat for the pickpockets. There were a fair few yelps, but in the crowds of oxford street it wasn't really possible to tell who it had been.

[oddball42.livejournal.com]

sceuse me sir, but i think you geek is showing....

;-)

[dmsalem00.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Hogfather will bring us those for christmas..

[dmsalem00.livejournal.com]

that reminds me of the time I wired a tazer into my doorknocker in my old apartment.

that way anyone who wanted to be obnoxious and set off the doorknocker alarm got a nasty suprise..