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The Twittering Office Chair

The Twittering Office Chair
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 1Theory

Theory
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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Apr 19, 2012. 7:58 AMShiply_Spain says:
Man...people around you are gonna get blond! XD
Jan 17, 2012. 7:01 AMgrim.sleeper says:
17 farts in one day?!?!?!?! i really hope you don't have co-workers in the same room.
Dec 17, 2011. 3:22 PMtechboy411 says:
Super silly!!!!!!!
Jun 9, 2011. 6:34 AMrobwok says:
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! ;)
Oct 29, 2010. 8:15 AMMiss C says:
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
;-)
Oct 7, 2010. 7:32 AMylpihs says:
Really nice post. Just gave you 5 stars :)
Sep 1, 2010. 8:09 PMmman1506 says:
nice easter egg
May 19, 2009. 7:17 PMmephedaw says:
....over 3000 people are following your farts. wow.
Jul 21, 2010. 2:03 PMap1922 says:
Now its 3460 :)
Jan 20, 2010. 8:35 AMgodofal says:
my god, this is GREAT :D

where can we follow that chair??
Dec 16, 2009. 1:48 PMmith91 says:
Omg that is hilarious!....I wonder if it could be expanded to coworkers chairs as well. lol
Jan 19, 2010. 6:35 AMsammy jr says:
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/
May 5, 2009. 1:57 PMMegaMaker says:
Congratz, you can now send "twoots".
Jan 10, 2010. 1:20 PMJ-Manoo7 says:
WIN
Jan 3, 2010. 7:15 PMnicknicko says:
 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?
Jan 6, 2010. 2:31 PMnicknicko says:
 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
Dec 16, 2009. 1:14 PMwatermelonhead says:
LOL
Dec 15, 2009. 4:18 PMcornboy3 says:
Great idea but you could do this without any dependencies and python pain in php.
Dec 14, 2009. 2:22 PMM8R-9kie08 says:
My favorite part about this fart related post is the advertisement for "high fiber" soup. Now that's targeted advertising!
Dec 14, 2009. 5:04 AMcowscankill says:
Hahaha, Nice one!
Dec 13, 2009. 9:51 PMdarkclaw42 says:
 Got a kick out of this one. Cool idea! :)
Would be BA if it could tell what you ate.. 
Dec 13, 2009. 1:55 PMawang8 says:
You haven't farted since May 31st,,, Hmm...
Dec 5, 2009. 6:46 PMYerboogieman says:
I don't get tweets anymore.
Oct 30, 2009. 11:40 AMeggyeggyeggy says:
I just had a look on Twitter and you fart a LOT
Oct 29, 2009. 9:10 PMeggyeggyeggy says:
Could you put sensors on so it tweets when you spin, sit down, slide or any other thing like that?
Oct 30, 2009. 11:38 AMeggyeggyeggy says:
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)
Apr 13, 2009. 9:37 PMFake_Name says:
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.
Apr 16, 2009. 7:27 PMDIY-Guy says:
Do you mean that a SPARK might occur!? Whooof! BLAM!
Jun 23, 2009. 8:12 PM1spartan95 says:
Yeah, its not smart to keep electronics near your farting butt.
Sep 16, 2009. 7:59 AMJamieEllis says:
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?
Apr 17, 2009. 3:04 PMdark sponge says:
Someone should make a version of this that uses a capacitor to cause a spark when it detects gas....
May 30, 2009. 1:09 PMthepelton says:
How do you know it would still be around to work the second time?
Apr 16, 2009. 10:47 PMFake_Name says:
Nothing quite so spectacular. More likely, just bad data, offset drift or something similar.
Jul 21, 2009. 11:09 PMDerin says:
You didn't fart since Mar 31.
May 17, 2009. 9:34 AMlambologo says:
ok i might of read it wrong but are you realy poasting every time on twitter when some one farts?
May 8, 2009. 3:32 PMTomfish79 says:
Sir, you are a genius, and I salute you!!
May 4, 2009. 6:04 AMjra_esq says:
This is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!!
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