Alan:

Thanks so much for the follow up...I'm always fascinated to hear about how 
things were back in the late 60's - early 70's.  It seems there was a lot of 
creativity back then that pretty much put down the foundations for what we 
take for granted today.  And yet, at the same time, there hasn't been much 
'new' that's been invented these days...just repackaged ideas from back then.  
Just when I think that "oh well, everything has been done!" I  come to realize 
that there's still much progress that can be made, since we really haven't 
gotten very far in 30 years.

As for the beanbag chairs...I think I may just bring one into work. :)

(Lately I've been trying to get my head around Ted Nelson's Xanadu...very 
interesting stuff, if you can get past the odd nomenclature!)