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Best Chair For Desktop Coding?

wifeoflurker writes "Can someone give me recommendations for a desk chair to give my husband as a Father's Day gift? He currently uses a cheap one he got from Office Max, but I want him to have a really comfortable one. He spends his life in this chair (coding and lurking on Slashdot). I don't have time to research good chairs on the internet today (I'm chasing my 10 month old around, and she seems to get into the most mischief when I'm staring at the computer screen), so I figured a few folks here might share their personal recommendations." Has there been any great progress in the state of the art (of sitting) since the last time readers sought recommendations for back-friendly chairs a few years back, or the perfect computer chair nearly a decade back? Is there even such a thing as a back-friendly chair, or should we all be in astronau

RFID Robotic Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating

Dutch designer Jelte van Geest's RFID-enabled robotic chair is for Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven, and it's fantastic. What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library card in front of the chair's sensor, which then follows you (or your card) around the library so you always have somewhere to sit. Once you cross a line near the checkout counter, the chair returns back to its docking station to re-juice and get ready for the next guy's ass. The video after the jump illustrates how it works. [Momeld via Technabob via DVICE]

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Epic Games Acquires Undertow Developer Chair [05.20.08] Epic Games has announced the acquisition of Chair Entertainment, the developer behind recent Unreal Engine powered Xbox Live Arcade game Undertow, as well as a forthcoming cross-media project created in partnership with author Orson Scott Card.

Epic Games Acquires Undertow Developer Chair

Epic Games Acquires Undertow Developer Chair [05.20.08] Epic Games has announced the acquisition of Chair Entertainment, the developer behind recent Unreal Engine powered Xbox Live Arcade game Undertow, as well as a forthcoming cross-media project created in partnership with author Orson Scott Card.

Have chair, will follow: video footage of RFID robotic chair

It may not be fashionable to visit a library these days as much (if at all!) as some of us may have done in our childhoods. But if there are RFID applications around like this there, visiting the library could catch on again.

Chair inventor makes her mark

The Scots inventor of a portable child-safety chair was named runner-up in a national Inspirational Business Mum of the Year contest yesterday.

Man Flies In Lawn Chair Tied To Balloons

Riding a lawn chair tied to more than 150 giant party bal... Kent Couch kisses his wife, Susan, before taking off from... Kent Couch smiles as he prepares to take off in his lates... Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., ...

Oregon lawn-chair pilot plans 300-mile flight

Like many Americans, Kent Couch plans to settle into a lawn chair during the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike everyone else, his feet will dangle high above the lawn.

Oregon lawn-chair pilot plans 300-mile flight

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Like many Americans, Kent Couch plans to settle into a lawn chair during the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike everyone else, his feet will dangle high above the lawn.

Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair (AP)

flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in

McMaster professor elected chair of Canada's synchrotron

One of Canada's leading innovators has been elected chair of the board of directors of Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI), Canada's national synchrotron research facility. Rafik Loutfy, director of McMaster University's Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation, assumed his duties on June 24, 2008.

Oregon man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons on daring flight

BEND, Ore. - Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.

Epic Games Acquires Chair Entertainment Group

Epic Games announced today the acquisition of Utah-based development studio, Chair Entertainment Group, best known for its Xbox Live Arcade title, Undertow. Below is the press release with the announcement:

Oregon man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons on daring flight

Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jeff Barnard"

GenoMed's CEO to Chair Biomarkers Session at Boston Drug Discovery Conference

ST. LOUIS—July 14, 2008--GenoMed (OTC Pink Sheets GMED), the Public Health Company™, announced that its CEO, David Moskowitz MD, has been selected to chair a session on biomarkers in drug development at IBC's Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics (DDT) Conference in Boston.

The Arts Council congratulates its Chair, Ms Olive Braiden, on her selection by University College D

At its meeting yesterday, the Arts Council passed a vote of congratulation to its Chair, Ms Olive Braiden, on her selection by University College Dublin as the recipient of an Honorary Degree on Monday next, June 16th.

UK Government: Phil Redmond appointed new chair of National Museums Liverpool

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today announced that Professor Phil Redmond CBE has been appointed as the new Chair of National Museums Liverpool. Professor Redmond will take up his new position on 1 August for a period of 4 years.

Oregon man has taken flight in a lawn chair lifted by helium balloons

Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jeff Barnard

Balloon man floats 235 miles in lawn chair

CAMBRIDGE, Idaho, July 6 (UPI) -- An Oregon man landed safely in Idaho after floating 235 miles at 10,000 feet above the ground in a chair attached to a cluster of balloons, onlookers say.

George's fable: the tortoise and the chair

A Sulcata tortoise or African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata). A giant Sulcata tortoise called George had to be rescued by the British fire brigade after becoming entanged in a garden chair, its owner said.

Oregon man, 48, completes flight of fancy - in balloon powered lawn chair

Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jeff Barnard

Art professor wins international recognition for book - Sebastian Schutze, a professor in the Department of Art and the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art, has won a prestigious award for his book on the art patronage of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini. .

Sebastian Schutze, a professor in the Department of Art and the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art, has won a prestigious award for his book on the art patronage of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini.

Oregon man, 48, completes flight of fancy - in balloon powered lawn chair

CAMBRIDGE, Idaho - Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 320-kilometres across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.

Dr. Sidney Harman to Retire Harman International's audio giant co-developed first stereo receiver.

Dr. Sidney Harman will retire on July 1. The 89-year-old audio pioneer will be succeeded as chair and CEO of Harman International by Dinesh C. Paliwal. Harman will remain chair emeritus.

Vertbaudet nursery equipment online orders surge as new parents discover the ben

Vertbaudet nursery equipment online orders surge as new parents discover the ben - Children’s clothing and equipment specialist Vertbaudet has seen an increase in the amount of young parents ordering nursery and baby equipment online. With a new baby in the house, going out to shop for a push chair, car seats, feeding chair or any other needed baby supplies, is not an easy task. Vertbaudet.co.uk has a full range of nursery equipment available to order online, and new parents are starting to fully discover the benefits of getting the needed baby equipment delivered on their front door.

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