{"id":1625,"date":"2017-02-10T22:18:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T03:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninecrows.com\/blog\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2017-02-10T22:18:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T03:18:04","slug":"lighter-transfer-gear-for-vacation-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ninecrows.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/10\/lighter-transfer-gear-for-vacation-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighter Transfer Gear for Vacation Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trying to slim down my vacation gear. Not going to go too far because the SLR and lenses aren’t optional, but I’m hoping to leave my core-i7 laptop behind while still maintaining the ability to transfer pictures to storage hard drives at the end of each day.<\/p>\n

I always have my Pixel-C tablet along for a variety of uses and mostly wind up on that device for routine email or web checks. I’m hoping to use it as my display device using RDP and a wireless travel router.<\/p>\n

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My Pixel-C tablet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I just bought a small travel router that also has a reserve battery function and micro SD reader that should allow the tablet and the computer to see each other (and to see the internet as well I’m expecting).<\/p>\n

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So far the new router has been charging (and getting a bit warmer than I like, but it is the first charge) so I haven’t had a chance to try it out. It uses an app on phones and tablets. I’m expecting that it will also connect to a windows PC if everything is set up correctly.<\/p>\n

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Intel NUC 6i5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ll be using the Intel NUC that normally acts as my ‘test target’ for software sandbox work at home. Its small, decently fast and has four USB ports and a full sized HDMI with wireless and bluetooth built in. As long as it can connect to the travel router I expect everything should work out reasonably.<\/p>\n

The final pieces in the puzzle are a rather nice bluetooth keyboard and mouse. These should give me options…I can use the NUC with the room television and associate the keyboard and mouse directly with the NUC or I can use the tablet over RDP and connect the input devices to the tablet.<\/p>\n

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Our trip to Boscon next weekend will likely act as a dry run (assuming I can get everything set up to my satisfaction before then). Should be interesting and allow a slightly smaller footprint along the way. An additional bonus here is that I like this new bluetooth keyboard much better than the older one I’ve used for travel blogging in the past. It has a nice heft to it and the keys are pleasant to type on. Should make the occasional blog post along the way much nicer to put together.<\/p>\n

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