This geek lifecycle flow chart recently appeared in The New York Times, and I’m more than a little frightened by how much of it rings true.

Especially the part about blogging about diagrams like this one.
You can view the full chart here.
[The New York Times via Ozymandias]
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Sorry for the lack of posts over the last 24 hours or so. Not only have I been traveling, my hosting provider decided to blow up our server infrastructure overnight, which kept Technabob offline for about 10 hours.

Everything is back up and running, but there was a little nervewracking to say the least.
Regular posting should resume later tonight…

Looking for an easy way to give your Playstation 3 a cool new look? This add-on cover plate lets you put a shiny new face on your gloss black PS3.

XCM’s Smart Face Plate snaps onto the top of your PS3, giving it a new facade without major surgery…

This sophisticated compact robot has been available in Japan for about a few months now, and is now finding its way to American shores.

The HPI GR-001 G-Robot features 20 motors that can be programmed to follow your every command…

Musicians who want to use their iPods as an audio source now can easily do so, thanks to this handy new audio mixer with a built-in iPod dock.

Alesis new iMultiMix 9R is a rack-mountable audio mixer which can combine up to five different audio sources into a single set of stereo outputs…

Thanks to our friends over at Technorati, I’ve got my hands on a couple of full passes to next week’s Web 2.0 Expo to give away to two lucky Technabob readers…

For those of you who’d like to make your living room look just a little more like a rave, have I got something for you. Just grab a few of these sound-sensing picture frames, and transform your pad into a serious party palace…

You’ll never have to leave the throne again now that Roto Rooter has created the ultimate toilet, which includes a full arsenal of high-tech toys and other gadgets…

Space Giraffe is the latest game from Jeff Minter’s Llamasoft, creator of such classics as Tempest and it’s various derivatives as well as the cool light show visualizations you see in the Xbox 360’s music player…

One of the concerns about conventional CDs and DVDs is that they will eventually lose their data at some point in the future.
In order to solve this problem, a Japanese recording engineer has developed the first compact disc made from glass. The discs are guaranteed not to warp or distort…

About every 3 minutes a new iPod dock is born. At least this one is little creative.
The $99 FUNKit is a dock for your iPod that features a small robotic “DJ” that moves between two tiny turntables and makes goofy comments while playing your tunes. Accompanying the animation is a blue LED light show…

Microsoft is coming fast and furious these days with additional content on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Earlier this week it was Ninety-Nine Nights, now the GTA-esque actioner, Saints Row is available for you to try out.
Overall, the game is pretty decent…

Hi-Def Digest has posted the first head-to-head reviews of three movies recently released in both Blu-Ray and HD DVD formats. While none of the three cross-platform titles is really deserving of the high-definition treatment, at least the comparison gives us some sens of the two formats in an apples-to-apples test…

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) made an official announcement today in response to the rumors floating around that E3 2007 would be canceled. The show will go one but with a new, smaller format…

This just in… Next Generation is reporting that the Entertainment Software Association is expected to cancel the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video gaming expo for the forseeable future as a result of the joint pullout of a number of major exhibitors…