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rhombus dress shirt hides binary code

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Rhombus Binary Shirt

At first glance this just looks like a nice, stylish button-down dress shirt. But upon further examination, you’ll notice that its shading isn’t just some sort of abstract pattern. It’s actually comprised of tens of thousands of little 0’s and 1’s…

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posted: June 28th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

technabob seeks geeky writers

filed under: just plain fun | technology

Ye Olde Writers

I can hardly believe it myself, but Technabob is almost two years old, and with hundreds of thousands of readers each month, I’ve decided that we’re getting big enough that it’s time to add at least one new part-time writer into the mix.

Up until now, I’ve written 99.9% of Technabob’s 2000+ stories myself…

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posted: May 19th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

geek flow chart is way too accurate

filed under: just plain fun | technology

Geek Flow Chart from NY Times by Sam Potts

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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posted: May 4th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

all your base are belong to this rubber stamp

filed under: geek art & craft | retro | video games

All Your Base Are Belong to Us Rubber Stamp

For those of you out there who never played the 1989 Japanese game Zero Wing, “All your base are belong to us” might not mean anything (not like it made much sense even if you did play it)…

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posted: March 15th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

lightsaber lamps for true star wars geeks

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Star Wars Light Saber Lamps

I’ll start out by saying that I’ve always enjoyed the Star Wars franchise (except for the Ewoks and Jar Jar), but I’ve never as nuts about the series as say, that girl on American Idol last night who showed up for the audition wearing a Princess Leia outfit, hair buns and all…

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posted: January 16th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

calculator belt buckle for super-duper-geeks

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

Chrome Calculator Belt Buckle

If you wore one of those Casio calculator watches from the 80’s, here’s something else that just screams “I’m a geek, I have no girlfriend, and I don’t care.”

The chrome calculator belt buckle lets you add, subtract, multiply and divide, all from the convenience of your waistline…

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posted: October 30th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

get your geek on with these badass lightsabers

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun | strange and wonderful

Star Wars Lightsabers

ThinkGeek is now offering these totally over the top Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers. They’re far more substantial and effect-laden than the cheapo toy lightsabers out there…

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posted: August 23rd, 2006 stumble it! 10 comments author: technabob

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