MetaFilter posts tagged with chair

Steele becomes RNC Chair

billysumday — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:15:51 -0800

Michael Steele, former Lt. Governor of Maryland and one of only a handful of semi-prominent African-American leaders in the Republican Party, has just been elected RNC Chair. He beat out Katon Dawson, Chair of the South Carolina GOP, who had recently resigned his membership from an all-white country club, by a vote of 91-77. Some argue that the RNC Chair race was all about race. Other candidates who withdrew their names from contention were Chip Saltsman, infamous for putting the song "Barack the Magic Negro" on a holiday mix CD, and Ken Blackwell, another prominent African-American Republican who tipped the scales by throwing his support to Steele.

Kill all humans / assemble self into chair

Artw — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:18:21 -0800

The Best Robots of 2008 (via)

Glenn Gould's chair

carsonb — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:00:14 -0800

Monsieur, you vill not speak disrespectfully of a member of ze family! It is a boon travelling companion, without which I do not function, I cannot operate. It has been with me for 21 years, zis thing, this chair!

Glenn Gould performed for 21 years seated in a folding card chair modified by his father to be height adjustable. That one chair accompanied him around the world in support of each of his recordings and performances, and now resides on a pedestal at the National Library of Canada. Luckily, exact replicas of the skeletal, cushion-less chair are available for only €990. Glenn Gould was quite the eccentric musician. Witness his quirk firsthand at the CBC Digital Archives' Glenn Gould: Variations on an Artist. Via AskMe

I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie... electric chair

patricio — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:07:43 -0800

Barbie Doll Electric Chair Science Fair Project [via]

The Tantra Chair (nsfw)

SeizeTheDay — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:08:31 -0800

The Tantra Chair (NSFW) seems like a great addition to any modern living room.

luser — Sat, 02 Nov 2002 07:08:52 -0800

"A man can't just sit around." This summer marked the 20th anniversary of the guy tying balloons to a lawn chair and floating along two miles high, shivering and brandishing his pistol at bewildered passing airline pilots. Also this year, the historic lawn chair was finally found.

machaus — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:36:54 -0800

Colonial furniture shall not pass through my door. This site is simply the best compendium of modern furniture links that I have ever seen. Some link rot, but worth it if you fancy an Eames chair or Ron Arad shelf. It is all there folks.

fnirt — Tue, 09 Jan 2001 13:17:53 -0800

Surfing in style with the new Lazyboy recliner - except the keyboard is on the left side. Probably so your right hand can use the remote control.

mathowie — Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:01:21 -0800

Screw the $800 Aeron chair I've coveted for so long, I need one of these.