E.D.C.

How long does it take you to leave the house? Okay, so you’ve got your phone, glasses, keys and wallet, no wait, hang on, don’t need the wallet, I can pay with my phone, so I’ve got my phone and my keys, but have I picked up all the other essentials that I might need? What if I need a torch, tissues? What if I need a mint, a toothpick, a pen knife? 

Today we’re looking at our Every Day Carry items, or EDC. Those things that we positively, absolutely, definitely can’t leave the house without…just in case.

Our E.D.Cs.

Andi

1. Ridge Wallet (with Titanium Multi-Tool | The Ridge – Ridge UK)
2. Insta360 Ace Pro 2
3. Tripod Ball Head, UTEBIT 360° Swivel Mini Ball Head with 1/4 Hot Shoe Mount for DSLR Cameras
4. Raspberry Pi Ballpoint Pen - The Pi Hut with Parker gel ink insert
5. Uni Kuru Toga Roulette Pencil 0.5mm M5-1017
6. The Search for Adam's Favorite Mechanical Pencil - YouTube
7. Field Notes or equivalent
8. Zip Clutch - Alpaka

Digital EDC - the apps that make the day

• Drafts | Where Text Starts - best quick writing app I’ve found so far
• Obsidian
• Proxyman for iOS, Capture HTTP(s) traffic from your iPhone/iPad
• Reeder Classic (https://bionic-reading.com/)

Kris.

1. Traveller’s Notebook, Passport Size or might say Field Notes, Expedition (orange)
2. Olight, Ark Pro Ultra
3. Kaweko Sport (navy blue with brass clip)
4. Victorinox Classic SD Classic Colours
5. Olight Bolt Action Pen/Pencil

• A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call | WIRED
• This Coin-Sized Device Can Hack a Boeing 737 | WIRED
• McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There | WIRED

This fortnight we are recommending

Andi

• STUART FAILS TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE Official Trailer (2026) The Big Bang Theory - YouTube
• Ride or Die - Official Trailer | Prime Video - YouTube
• Masters of the Universe - watch streaming online
• The Agency - watch tv series streaming online
• Lioness - watch tv series streaming online
• The Transformers The Movie The Soundtrack The Reformatted Edition - The Details - Transformers News - TFW2005

Kris

• The Sheep Detectives
• The Sinner
• Alley Cats

“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)

• 23rd July - 65 years since Sinclair Radionics started, forerunner of Sinclair Research
• 23rd July - Maximum Overdrive was released 40 years ago
• 28th July, Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, the Predator and Eeyore, turned 85.
• 29th July - 30 years since “Trash” by Suede was released.
• 30th July - 40 years since “Flight of the Navigator” was released
• 30th July - 35 years since the premiere of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” video. 
• 30th July -30 years since  Alice In Chains “Unplugged”
• 30 July 2006 - The final weekly episode of Top of the Pops is broadcast.
• 6th August - 35 years since the first website went live.
• 40 years since Transformers The Movie
• 8th August - 40 years since Stand By Me premiered 
• 45 years since the first Hi-Di-Hi
• 9th August - 35 years since the first email is sent from space - Space shuttle Atlantis, using a Macintosh Portable
• 12th August - 35 years since Metallica “Metallica” was released. 

The fortnight ahead : (world events, anniversaries etc.)

• Bill Oddie: The Goodies and Springwatch star dies at 85 - BBC News
• Glen Hansard: Oscar-winning songwriter killed in crash - BBC News
• 23rd July - William Orbit dies aged 69

Join us next time for more nerdist shenanigans, under the canvas,