award tour

I bought an Aeron Chair off craigslist today. This would be my third craigslist furniture purchase here in seattle, the other items being my lounge chair and my coffee table. The guy selling the chair was a Salesman for Herman Miller for a decade and was a moving out of his place. This was obviously so because (a) he knew everything about the chair and gave me a rundown of how to properly maintain it and (b) The only things left in his place was a Noguchi table, an Eames Lounger, and a half dozen Eames Soft Pads.

The Aeron has the classic graphite frame with carbon fabric and included both the PostureFit and leather armrest add-ons. The thing is in near perfect condition and I got it for half the price of a new one. As some of you might know, I usually hate buying stuff but it’s actually quite nice buying something which I know I could easily own for decades.

Also, I really should get some simple digital camera as these photos I’ve taken with my macbook are so lo-fi.

Came across this post about craigslist which points out some interesting facts.

1. Craig Newark: “Everything on the site is based on user feedback. Frankly, I have no vision whatsoever.”
2. The site is serving up seven billion pageviews a month from 200 servers
3. All 24 employees work at a Victorian house in San Francisco
4. The company has never had a tech quit in 12 years
5. Craigslist never holds meetings

I’ve always been a fan of missed connections on craigslist but the stuff I found today on “best of craigslist” was laugh-out-loud funny. Worthy mentions (oh ya, some of this is pretty lewd so as craigslist suggests “if you are under age 18, please use your “back” button and seek parental guidance”):

• Nigerian Scammer Payback. This one is so good it’s reposted. Don’t just delete those Nigerian scam emails. Create two false identities and correspond with the scammers, wasting their time. Someone needs to automate this.
• I’ll Cook and Fuck, Just Do My Dishes – w4m – 26. Ahhh, the women of Seattle.
• Planning to pillage? You’ll need one of these!. Cheap laughs on cheaper stuff.
• I love you. Leave my butt alone. a sweet plee for no more touching of the pooper.