The Twittering Office Chair

 by randofo
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The Twittering office chair "tweets" (posts a Twitter update) upon the detection of natural gas such as that produced by human flatulence. This is part of my commitment to accurately document and share my life as it happens.

For more in depth theory, please see the next step entitled Theory.

See the results of the toots of your on labor on Twitter.
 
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Step 1: Theory

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According to my coworker, Twitter is supposed to happen in that space between Flickr posts and Facebook updates, in the space when life actually happens. Well, in the space of time "when life actually happens," life actually happens. It is neither pretty nor ugly. It is just life. If Twitter is supposed to be a document of life as it happens, then it should really document life, indiscriminately, as it happens without interference. If it fails to do this, then life then becomes the space between "tweets" (Twitter posts).

Therefore, it is of the utmost importance, to be able to update Twitter with life events without actually interfering with the event themselves. The documentation of life, henceforth, needs to be automated.

That said, I decided the first part of life that needed to be documented was my daily flatulence at work. I am not going to lie, I am a gassy individual. Since my flatulence is a part of life, it would be fraudulent of me to document life as it happens without documenting these occurrences.

In keeping with the process of non-interference in daily activity, I have created an office chair to both detect and Twitter my flatulence without having to bother me to update it myself.
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ProbioticSoundsystem says: Mar 8, 2013. 6:03 PM
nice!
Shiply_Spain says: Apr 19, 2012. 7:58 AM
Man...people around you are gonna get blond! XD
grim.sleeper says: Jan 17, 2012. 7:01 AM
17 farts in one day?!?!?!?! i really hope you don't have co-workers in the same room.
techboy411 says: Dec 17, 2011. 3:22 PM
Super silly!!!!!!!
robwok says: Jun 9, 2011. 6:34 AM
I'm very concerned about this. What if all chairs were equipped wtih such sensors, then once a threshold was reached, a carbon tax would be executed. What if some companies were more taxed than others - would they cancel rice and beans day in the company cafeteria? No more chilli cookoffs as a part of team events? Think of the repercussions man! ;)
Miss C says: Oct 29, 2010. 8:15 AM
I have to agree with mith91 ... absolutely hilarious!

sammy jr - never heard of that company but can recommend http://www.margolisfurniture.co.uk/office_storage

Of course if I was to sit on that chair you'd never hear a tweet out of me all day
;-)
ylpihs says: Oct 7, 2010. 7:32 AM
Really nice post. Just gave you 5 stars :)
mman1506 says: Sep 1, 2010. 8:09 PM
nice easter egg
mephedaw says: May 19, 2009. 7:17 PM
....over 3000 people are following your farts. wow.
ap1922 in reply to mephedawJul 21, 2010. 2:03 PM
Now its 3460 :)
godofal says: Jan 20, 2010. 8:35 AM
my god, this is GREAT :D

where can we follow that chair??
mith91 says: Dec 16, 2009. 1:48 PM
Omg that is hilarious!....I wonder if it could be expanded to coworkers chairs as well. lol
sammy jr in reply to mith91Jan 19, 2010. 6:35 AM
just found this site. The effort some people make to make an "interesting" tweet is hilarious :)

actually I am looking for a Chair (that's how I laned on this page), does anyone know this company?

www.chworkspace.co.uk/
MegaMaker says: May 5, 2009. 1:57 PM
Congratz, you can now send "twoots".
J-Manoo7 in reply to MegaMakerJan 10, 2010. 1:20 PM
WIN
Nicolas M says: Jan 3, 2010. 7:15 PM
 cool i'm gonna do one of these.
Can you help me find some kind of way to make it detect when i sit, stand, and how much weight is put upon it?
randofo (author) in reply to Nicolas MJan 6, 2010. 1:46 PM
Sitting and standing is easy! Weight is going to be very difficult. I recommend starting with Plusea's projects.

http://www.instructables.com/member/plusea
Nicolas M in reply to randofoJan 6, 2010. 2:31 PM
 Thanx a Lot, I'm currently following OfficeChair on Twitter, for some further information, my idea of the weight measurement is to save some ranges of weight so that somehow the chair knows who of the people that usually sits on it sits. Also, I recently thought making this in my family's couch, it would be so cool 'cause its a big couch for like 4 or 5 people, it could tweet like, "the one on the further right farted on me".
Thanks again
watermelonhead says: Dec 16, 2009. 1:14 PM
LOL
cornboy3 says: Dec 15, 2009. 4:18 PM
Great idea but you could do this without any dependencies and python pain in php.
randofo (author) in reply to cornboy3Dec 15, 2009. 6:32 PM
Adding dependencies in Python takes only a few minutes. Learning PHP would take a few days. Besides, I found that Python is much friendlier than PHP
M8R-9kie08 says: Dec 14, 2009. 2:22 PM
My favorite part about this fart related post is the advertisement for "high fiber" soup. Now that's targeted advertising!
cowscankill says: Dec 14, 2009. 5:04 AM
Hahaha, Nice one!
darkclaw42 says: Dec 13, 2009. 9:51 PM
 Got a kick out of this one. Cool idea! :)
Would be BA if it could tell what you ate.. 
awang8 says: Dec 13, 2009. 1:55 PM
You haven't farted since May 31st,,, Hmm...
Yerboogieman says: Dec 5, 2009. 6:46 PM
I don't get tweets anymore.
eggyeggyeggy says: Oct 30, 2009. 11:40 AM
I just had a look on Twitter and you fart a LOT
eggyeggyeggy says: Oct 29, 2009. 9:10 PM
Could you put sensors on so it tweets when you spin, sit down, slide or any other thing like that?
randofo (author) in reply to eggyeggyeggyOct 30, 2009. 9:27 AM
Yes, the next modification I want to make to it is to sense when someone is sitting in it and for how long and then comment upon that.
eggyeggyeggy in reply to randofoOct 30, 2009. 11:38 AM
It would be so cool!!!
When you spin it could say "I'm getting reeeeaaaally dizzy" and when you sit on it it could say "God he's so fat" (no offense and I'm not saying you are fat)
Fake_Name says: Apr 13, 2009. 9:37 PM
If you're using a Potentiometer as a variable resistor, you should really connect the wiper to one end of the resistive element. The wiper in pots occationaly looses contact with the resistive element, and in certain situations it can cause bad things to happen.

While it's not so critical here, it is good electronics hygiene.
DIY-Guy in reply to Fake_NameApr 16, 2009. 7:27 PM
Do you mean that a SPARK might occur!? Whooof! BLAM!
1spartan95 in reply to DIY-GuyJun 23, 2009. 8:12 PM
Yeah, its not smart to keep electronics near your farting butt.
JamieEllis in reply to 1spartan95Sep 16, 2009. 7:59 AM
The chair should be fitted with something that produces a flame instead of a tweet. That would be funny as hell.

Maybe a mesh office chair like one here: http://www.intercounty.com could make linking the whole thing up to a human easier?
dark sponge in reply to DIY-GuyApr 17, 2009. 3:04 PM
Someone should make a version of this that uses a capacitor to cause a spark when it detects gas....
thepelton in reply to dark spongeMay 30, 2009. 1:09 PM
How do you know it would still be around to work the second time?
Fake_Name in reply to DIY-GuyApr 16, 2009. 10:47 PM
Nothing quite so spectacular. More likely, just bad data, offset drift or something similar.
Derin says: Jul 21, 2009. 11:09 PM
You didn't fart since Mar 31.
lambologo says: May 17, 2009. 9:34 AM
ok i might of read it wrong but are you realy poasting every time on twitter when some one farts?
Tomfish79 says: May 8, 2009. 3:32 PM
Sir, you are a genius, and I salute you!!
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