Craftster publishes a how-to, penned by someone by the name of "Fluffypants."

Duck Hunt zapper lamp [Craftster via ShinyShiny]

Designer Tim Sugden claims that the inspiration for his Giger Chair came from the anamorphic aliens of its namesake, Mr. H.R. Giger. This does not grok: it is not pieced together from nearly enough rotting animal skeletons for that, nor is it shaped like an extraterrestrial vagina. Rather, it looks more like the sort of chair that Buck Rogers might lounge in while receiving futuristic, twenty-fifth century lap dances, or the sort of chair into which Dr. Heywood Floyd might strap himself during a flight aboard a Pan-American space plane in order to scrutinize a mysterious obelisk on the surface of the moon.

Giger Chair [Tim Sugden via Born Rich]

Kyle Michaelson's Rocket Chair allows any user ensconced within its orthopedic fold to thumb a button during a moment of wild-eyed panic, triggering a five hundred pound thrust hydrogen-peroxide rocket motor to spew out seven gallons of fuel in forty five seconds, sending him hurtling through the roof and into the stratosphere. A pilot ejection system for the nervous desk jockey, then, although it's worth mentioning that with only 45 seconds of counter-gravitational thrust, the Rocket Chair barely affords more lift than your generic flatulent World of Warcraft enthusiast.

Blast Off With The Rocket Chair [Gizmowatch]

The exercise-while-desk-jockeying initiative is a valiant idea for a sedentary age, but despite assertions to the contrary by the companies selling gizmos, it's actually harder to concentrate on that spreadsheet when your heart rate has popped your eyeballs out of their sockets and a miasma of your own foul drippings has turned your screen jaundice-color. There is a reason why physicists don't crack superstring theory when in the middle of a series of hundred kilo clean-and-jerks: it's pretty hard to pay attention when you're about to puke out your heart.

Nevertheless, TrekDesk is selling an adjustable desk add-on for your treadmill which they claim will increase concentration and productivity. No, it jolly well won't, but it's a valiant effort, and I like their bouncing chair accessory. It's an exercise ball attached to a seat, and TrekDesk claims it allows you to work on your core muscles while sitting, but upon seeing the pictures, I immediately thought: "Hmm. Bouncing while working does sound like fun." This is Boing Boing, after all.

TrekDesk will be available in Q3 this year, price undetermined.

Trek Desk [Official Site via Oh Gizmo! via Uberreview]