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Barca Lounger for Geeks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-is-strange dept.

biggaloot writes "This contraption for computing from your favorite recliner is pretty tempting. Spring for the plush his and hers loveseat with built-in cooler and you'll seldom have to stand up. " I'm exceptionally amused that the model in the picture is wearing sweatpants.

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  1. Re:Really Bad on your Back by dattaway · · Score: 2

    I prefer recliners. I also have a waterbed, a couch, and a floor. All provide great resting areas, but a recliner just seems to grab my ass the best. Unfortunately, it can only hold one person at a time, making the bed the most logical choice for nightime.

  2. Patent pending? by Signal+11 · · Score: 3

    You put your monitor and keyboard on a swivel mount.. and used a lazy boy recliner instead of a regular chair... and you think you're gonna patent that? Who do you think you are, Microsoft?

    More seriously - I wouldn't recommend that kind of environment for any length of time. While it may *look* good, it most certainly will not *feel* good after long periods of use - there's a reason you should keep your feet on the floor, and your butt to the back of the seat - it keeps you a) alert, and b) minimizes back / neck pain.

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    1. Re:Patent pending? by dattaway · · Score: 2

      I'm not sure you can patent a computer and keyboard arm. I have seen them used for ages for instruments, monitors, tools, in hospitals, shops, etc., and its not terribly novel. I use my computer from my recliner and I'm sure others do to.

      I have thought of building my own monitor holder, but I don't have the equipment to work with light enough metal to make it a cool addition in my computer room. Imagine a 200 lb steel structure welded in the garage that has to be moved to the computer room. Patentable? This world is getting sick.

  3. Sweatpants and ... by Prop · · Score: 2

    a hole in his sock, too ! At $500 a pop, you'd think he could get some good socks...

  4. About time! by dattaway · · Score: 2

    Too bad I don't have $490, so I'll have to settle for the computer on a table next to my recliner and couch. Almost as good, but not much room for adjustment. I hope to see something like this in stores soon as I would be tempted to charge it.

  5. Re:You call *that* a computer chair? by rde · · Score: 3

    My gramps has a chair like that, its exactly the same! Even the handle on the side looks the same!
    It was probably an analytical engine chair.

  6. Or alternatively... by rde · · Score: 2

    ...you could buy a Twiddler and relax for 40% of the price.
    I've rigged the furniture in similar ways back when I played red alert for about twenty hours a day. It fucks your back something awful. A good hard chair is your only man.