Filed under: Rumors, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends
Steve's Special Stool
It's no big secret that Our Glorious Leader has very particular tastes, and he likes getting his way. Fast cars (Mercedes Benz), fast jets (Gulfstream), and according to Valleywag, secret three-legged stools. Though no real details are known about said stool, the Valleywag tipster says that Unkie Steve requires his designer stool to be present at all important meetings (both Apple internal meetings and certain outside meetings), as well as available to sit on during long flights on his jet (though the safety of a three-legged stool in turbulence seems dubious to me). One would imagine that this stool will be present during the keynote, so everyone keep their eyes sharp to see if we can't identify it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tr said 5:51PM on 12-22-2006
it's the swopper, designed by henner jahns. it's a fun stool to sit on!
http://www.topdeq.com/topdeq/product.do?catid=us_46&prodid=pp_Swopper
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Andrew said 6:11PM on 12-22-2006
I tried to read this using Firefox 2.0.0.1 when a really annoying popup destroyed my Firefox window and replaced it with a www[dot]systemdoctor[dot]com advert.
Does anyone else get this??
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Mark Fleser said 6:14PM on 12-22-2006
Why aren't any links on your site working today? I tried them on 2 computers and neither of them work. The links always link to "javascript:void(0);/*1166811278612*/"
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will ferrell said 2:41PM on 12-23-2006
three legs=tripod, always level, never needs coasters or sugra packets wedged underneath. three sounds sturdy to me, but bruce dickinson would want more...
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Mark Fleser said 6:16PM on 12-22-2006
OK, it's just the links in the articles that Dan Lurie has posted lately.
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Gordo said 6:17PM on 12-22-2006
Andrew, I've had the same experience on TUAW a couple of times this week. They really need to get that fixed... Nefarious and intrusive advertising is not cool.
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Reg said 7:05PM on 12-28-2006
You know, I think half the things said about Jobs are urban legends.
I've read a few of the biographical books, Alan Deutschman's Second Coming, Jeffrey Young's iCON, etc, and they are all filled with little details like these which are often contradictory, usually reported by the author's informed source who happened to be the second cousin twice removed's friend of the sister-in-law of the parking attendant who once almost saw Jobs getting into his car.
Salacious gossip (by Valleywag standards) about famous people is nothing new. One of the books says that Jobs copes with it by treating the Steve Jobs in the media as "a different person."
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Snaggy said 6:21PM on 12-22-2006
I lol'd over this article title. :D
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Scott F said 7:30PM on 12-22-2006
#7: Me too. I figured since Mr. Jobs is a vegetarian...
Nevermind.
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masturfader said 6:41PM on 12-22-2006
I could maybe see that if he used the stool pictured. A friend of mine has one and claims it to be the "best ergonomic chair" , it is comfortable. Dont think i'd drop six bills for it though.
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Liam Parkinson said 6:49PM on 12-22-2006
In reference to the links, if its javascript thats using to be linked i find that rather sad... a site should be simple therefor using html for links, you know, the good ol link
Whats wrong with good ol html?
And in regards to the post... its a nice stool :) lol
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Derek said 9:35PM on 12-22-2006
Holy dogcow! 600+ bucks for a stool?
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russdogg said 9:41PM on 12-22-2006
for 6 bills, it better be able to seat someone pushing 6 bills... ;)
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Query said 11:26PM on 12-22-2006
That's not Steve's seat, people. Read the article.
Though, I do want that stool. It looks rather comfy.
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tr said 1:06AM on 12-23-2006
Query, i know that's not the seat. i just posted up there because i saw the swopper, and like i said, it's a fun stool! we had one in our design studio for some time, everyone wanted to take it for spin!
and i don't think anyone really read the article, because all the links were messed up for some time.
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Alex Hillman said 2:36AM on 12-23-2006
I worked for an agency in Philadelphia that had a few of these in their fishbowl conference rooms. I managed to hijack one for my cubicle that I kept for transient visitors...they all thanked me.
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John B said 11:32AM on 12-23-2006
Talk about analyzing everything about Steve Jobs.
We're now doing a Steve Jobs' stool analysis.
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Hiram said 1:00PM on 12-23-2006
Thanks! This TUAW article caused me to investigate the Swopper, and I just ordered one. I can return it if I don't like it, but it might just be the office chair I was looking for. (And no, I'm not affiliated in any way with the manufacturer).
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Morgan Aldridge said 1:53PM on 12-23-2006
We've got one of these at the Small Dog offices that Hapy swears by. And understandably too, it is quite comfortable.
Of course, Hapy doesn't always just sit on it. :)
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Naveed said 3:23PM on 12-23-2006
I have one of these, I paid around $300 for it from a designer furniture store in south Florida. Very cool! Not that comfortable to sit on for extended periods, but a good brainstorming device.
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