Comments on: Space Saving Bookshelf Chairs

By: paul lunemann

paul lunemann — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:56:21 +0000

Has anyone built either one of these designs?

By: di

di — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:34:03 +0000

Try pull-out storage baskets under any chair, bed or couch. Baskets are easier to transport when needed.

Rather than books, CDz, DVDs and shelving, just use a handheld computer – so, that you’re not confined to a chair.

By: Craig Moorhouse

Craig Moorhouse — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:17:19 +0000

Is the light on the first chair for commander Christipher Pike to flash twice for yes and once for no?

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:28:07 +0000

Mark you can find interior stuff here:
http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/category/interior/

I’ve just not written much about interiors. I should do that.

By: Mark Harrison

Mark Harrison — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:48:32 +0000

Michael, Are all these furniture, fixtures and fittings being archived somewhere please?

Flat screen TV’s doubling as mirrors, picture frames and in built speakers wirelessly linked to a PC/Laptop server are all doable.

To add my ten pennyworth to the spark/gas/fume issue, a smoke/gas detector with an onboard fire control system should deal with most out bursts along with adequate fenestration.

Parrpf!

By: Tim R

Tim R — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:52:05 +0000

The sparking butt warmer just cracks me up!

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:48:45 +0000

Grant… just be sure to send me photos if you even build the bun-warming self powered computer chair. That would be a story to tell!

By: Grant Wagner

Grant Wagner — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:24:32 +0000

Howdy all, thanks for your ideas.

I know that battery outgassing could be an issue, with several good ideas to work around it as necessary. I am currently thinking I’ll just put a sparker down there to ignight the fumes and use it as a butt warmer (I’m just kidding, honest).

I really like notebooks too, especially the new generations of netbooks (I’m writing right now on a Asus Eee 1000 HA), but I also really like super small embedded computers. Still, the Beagleboard is meant only for file sharing, and won’t be attached to a monitor. The display arm will only be to hold my current netbook at a more comfortable level. Just leaving this small guy on my lap gives me a neck pain after a half hour or so.

By: Tim R

Tim R — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:14:10 +0000

Just add a compost toilet under the seat cushion and a 12V cooler under arm rest and you wouldn’t have to get up all day!

Grant, love your idea. Great originality. Offgassing wouldn’t be a problem with sealed batteries. If you charge a sealed battery to that point then you’ve got a much bigger problem than offgassing if you know what I mean.

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:36:53 +0000

An off-the-grid computer chair… cool idea. Love the ingenuity.

The only things that pop into my mind is that you might have a battery off-gassing issue to work around.

For years I’ve used laptops until the last two years. Now that I’ve tried it both ways I have to say I prefer the laptop for flexibility and happy to trade it for the screen real estate lost by switching to a laptop. But this is just a personal preference thing and truth be told laptops are more expensive than desktop computers.

Also be sure to check out the computer setup John Wells has at The Field Lab. He’s a bit of a geek too and off-the-gird except for DSL.

http://www.thefieldlab.org/zap_.html