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What is a tar.gz File? How Do I Open a tar.gz File?

Mike Murray

November 4, 2018

Sense HAT Clock for the Raspberry Pi

Mike Murray

July 21, 2018

Retrobighting (stylized Retr0bright) is a way of restoring aged plastics from the 1980s to their original color and/or appearance. Plastics from the early days of computing were all made from ABS plastic. ABS w...

Commodore VIC-20 Restoration – Worst Condition Ever

Mike Murray

May 27, 2018

Rob the Obsolete Geek was traveling in Texas to a place called Canton, TX. Canton is well known for their flea market and swap meets. During this visit Rob found something of an oddity. A Commodore VIC-20 tha...

Dallas Fort Worth Crypto-Mining: Calling DFW Miners!

Mike Murray

May 10, 2018

If you're looking to learn more about Dallas Fort Worth crypto-mining you've come to the right place. I've been trying to connect with other people mining crypto in DFW for a few months now with little to no lu...

Installing pfSense on the WANBOX

Mike Murray

April 7, 2018

Installing pfSense on the WANBOX is a simple task that can be accomplished in just a few minutes. There are many operating systems that can be installed on The Geek Pub WANBOX. Also supported is OpenSense, Ro...

4 in 1 PCIe Risers Tested and Explained

Mike Murray

February 22, 2018

When building a GPU based mining rig you're obviously going to need a bunch of GPUs. These GPUs will be connected to a single motherboard. That immediately becomes a problem. Most motherboards only have one or ...

LATEST THE GEEK PUB PROJECTS

Raspberry Pi Commodore 64

Mike Murray

July 15, 2018

Repairing the Commodore PET 4016

Mike Murray

February 3, 2018

Building my New Desktop and Gaming Rig

Mike Murray

August 6, 2017

X-Carve Upgrade HONEST Review

Mike Murray

July 21, 2017

The LattePanda Single Board Computer (Intro)

Mike Murray

July 15, 2017

LATEST ARCADE PROJECTS

Make the Pacade (Bartop Retropie Arcade Cabinet)

Mike Murray

March 12, 2017

About a year ago, I introduced my Bartop Arcade Cabinet Build. It was a big hit and I got so much great feedback from yo...

Make an iPad Arcade (Tablet Arcade) FAIL

Mike Murray

September 5, 2016

My arcade projects are some of the funnest projects I have done, and my fans have told me the same! Many of my loyal fan...

Setting up RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi 3

Mike Murray

May 21, 2016

This is without a doubt the most requested video/article in the history of The Geek Pub. No seriously. Each of the arcad...

Build a RetroPie Bartop Arcade Cabinet

Mike Murray

April 24, 2016

Making my retro Arcade Cabinet last summer was one of my all time favorite projects. It been one of my most popular vide...

How to Make Pac-Man Wall Art

Mike Murray

August 30, 2015

Pac-Man is the legend in arcades. One of the very first video games to rock the arcade sphere. Pac-Man is an icon. ...

How to make an Arcade Machine: Part 3

Mike Murray

August 23, 2015

Thanks for being a Guild Member! Access Granted! Download the Arcade Cabinet Plans Here! How to Build an Arcad...

Latest from the Guild Center

Drilling your Arcade Speakers, the Right Way

Mike Murray

March 13, 2017

Backboring Arcade Controls

Mike Murray

March 13, 2017

Adding a Fan to your Arcade Cabinet

Mike Murray

March 12, 2017

Adding USB Ports to your Arcade Cabinet

Mike Murray

March 12, 2017

T-Molding Tips & Tricks

Mike Murray

January 3, 2017

Using my Templates

Mike Murray

August 28, 2016

Latest from the Blog

What is a tar.gz File? How Do I Open a tar.gz File?

Mike Murray

November 4, 2018

Why I Stopped Selling the WANBOX

Mike Murray

November 4, 2018

Dallas Fort Worth Crypto-Mining: Calling DFW Miners!

Mike Murray

May 10, 2018

Is Alexa Safe?

Mike Murray

February 11, 2018

Latest Reviews and Recommendations

The Best Speaker Wire

Mike Murray

November 4, 2018

The debate of cables and wires for home audio and video has raged on for decades. It got really heated a few years ago when Monster Cable started selling cables at 2X to 100X the price of other cables. This makes it really difficult to determine which is the b...

The Best Smart Locks

Mike Murray

November 4, 2018

There's a large selection of smart locks on the market, from complete replacements to kits that convert existing locks into smart devices. There's a lot to understand about these kits, and truth about the best smart locks isn't always obvious. Let's take a qu...

The Best pfSense Box

Mike Murray

November 2, 2018

As you guys know I am a huge fan of pfSense. I've been running it in my environment for several years and its just rock solid and reliable. The biggest issue is that although pfSense is community based and open...

The Best NAS for Home Users

Mike Murray

May 30, 2018

When most people think of storing their files these days they generally think of the cloud. To be honest there are a fair bit of reason to choose the cloud for your file storage and most of them make a lot of s...

Best Gaming Headsets 2018

Mike Murray

May 28, 2018

As summer rolls around and your planning to go outside and swim, you might think about staying inside in front of your gaming PC. A nice air-conditioned room in your comfy gaming chair. Or it might be your a ...

Razer Orbweaver Chroma Review

Mike Murray

May 28, 2018

In this article we're going to do a simple Razer Orbweaver Chroma review! For much of my gaming I like the XBOX ONE controller. It's just always been my sort of go to controller. Now some of you are about to c...

Monoprice Maker Select Ultimate Review

Mike Murray

May 14, 2018

I've been wanting a 3D printer for quite some time. I had been eyeing the Ultimaker 3+, but the price was more than I was willing to spend. I even reached out to them looking for a review sample or discount and...

Drakon DK706 Review – Best Gaming Chair?

Mike Murray

May 14, 2018

In this post we're going to do a Drakon DK706 review! Drakon recently reached out to me and asked if I would like to receive one of their gaming chairs for review. I couldn't have been more thrilled. My younges...

4 in 1 PCIe Risers Tested and Explained

Mike Murray

February 22, 2018

The Best Jigsaws for Woodworking

Mike Murray

January 22, 2018

When I was younger I used my father's jigsaw a lot. I remember it well. It was Black & Decker model from the late 1970s or early 1980s and it was total junk. I remembered thinking the jigsaw was one of the...

The Best PCIe Riser Cards

Mike Murray

January 21, 2018

If you recently got into GPU mining Ethereum or some other cryptocurrency, then you probably wondered why all these hardcore miners were using riser cards! The answer of course is three fold. They need to 1) fi...

The Best Powerline Network Kit

Mike Murray

January 8, 2018

I've spent a lot of time helping friends and family over the years with their home networks. One thing I have determined without fail. The absolute best powerline network kit is the TP-LINK AV2000 Gigabit Power...

Best Wi-Fi Access Points of 2018

Mike Murray

January 8, 2018

I talk to people every day about computers and electronics. From friends and family, to business colleagues, to vendors selling equipment. There is one statement I hear constantly and it drives me crazy. "The W...

Best Power Supply for Mining Cryptocurrency

Mike Murray

January 7, 2018

When building a GPU based mining rig, research shows there is a lot of misinformation going around that makes it difficult to decide what to purchase. This has a lot to do with the nature of mining. Its somethi...