SLAPPA Ballistix Aura Black Shoulder Bag: perfect for carrying both your laptop and a small dog

Since I am what one might call a low-tech computer guy – 14” laptop, no PSP, no crackberry, not even an iPod – I chose one of SLAPPA’s “smaller” bags — the Ballistix Aura Shoulder Bag — and I’m still pretty sure I can fit my two-year-old son in this thing. There are two spacious pockets in the main storage area, each of which could easily fit my laptop (they’re wide enough to fit one up to 17” in length), and just above it, at the joint of the flap, is a long rectangular pocket which is great for storing cables or a power cord. The inside front has one deep square pocket and two smaller pockets for the aforementioned PSP, iPod, or crackberry. There are two utility pockets on each side (my mouse fits perfectly in them), two zippers on the back that open into the same storage space (if someone can explain why anyone would use both zippers at the same time, I’m all ears), a handle and thick shoulder strap, and the case locks together through two hefty, metal clamps. This bag is so well padded that you could probably drop it from space and your laptop would emerge without a scratch. At present, I’m using roughly 50% of the space and storage options available to me. My old laptop bag looks positively pitiful by comparison.