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DIY BMW Computer Chair

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-hack dept.

vortimax writes "Roger Arrick has put up a web page describing his quest to build the ultimate computer chair. It's based on the powered passenger seat from a late-model BMW. Add a power supply, a frame with a working surface, and you've got one unique computer workstation." Nothing like automated lumbar support while you're gam^H^H^H working. Just good luck getting the parts on your own ;)

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  1. What, no fridge? by dreamchaser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Add a refridgeration unit in the base so I can store beer/soda/etc. and then we'll talk.

    I -hate- having to get up when I'm on a hot streak in Q3A, just to get more beer. Damn that beer! Give me a chair with a fridge!!

    1. Re:What, no fridge? by napa1m · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now if it just had a passenger seat, an engine, four wheels, a gas tank..

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  2. seatbelts? by notanatheist · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about a seatbelt and airbag for racing games?

  3. that's not a computer chair... by Ack_OZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    THIS is a computer chair... :)

  4. Uh oh by gwernol · · Score: 4, Funny

    Roger Arrick has put up a web page... and Slashdot has taken it down again.

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  5. Oh my. The poor dear. by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:

    Since I spend 3+ hours a day on the computer working and playing, I figured that it should be comfortable.

    If that's the formula, I should be sitting on Shakira's lap when I'm computing.

    --Blair

  6. Re:3 + hours? by KILNA · · Score: 5, Funny

    i spend 16+ hours.. and i sit on my floor..

    Playstation doesn't count. :)
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  7. Shameless Karma Whoring by Burning1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The previous comment reminded me of this joke:

    On the farm lived a chicken and a horse, who loved to play together.

    One day, the two were playing, when the horse fell into a bog and began to sink. Scared for his life, the horse whinnied for the chicken to get the farmer for help.

    Off the chicken ran, back to the farm.

    Arriving, he searched and searched for the farmer, but to no avail, for he had gone to town with the only tractor.

    Running around, the chicken spied the farmer's new Z3 series BMW.

    Finding the keys inside, the chicken sped off with a length of rope, hoping he had time to save his friends's life.

    Back at the bog, the horse was surprised, but happy to see the chicken arrive in the shiny beemer, and managed to get a hold of the loop of rope the chicken tossed to him.

    After tying the other end to the rear bumper of the farmer's car, the chicken then drove slowly forward, and with the aid of the powerful car, rescued the horse!

    The friendship between the two animals was cemented - best buddies, best pals.

    A few weeks later, the chicken fell into a mud pit, and soon, he too, began to sink and cried out to the horse to save his life!

    The horse thought a moment, walked over, and straddled the large puddle.

    Looking underneath, he told the chicken to grab his "thingie" and he would then lift him out of the pit. The chicken got a good grip, and the horse pulled him out, saving his life.

    Moral: When you're hung like a horse, you don't need a BMW to pick up chicks.