Most orders for IN STOCK items placed by 12PM CST M-F ship SAME DAY. Orders for custom items and prints may take additional time to process.
Mike is the founder of The Geek Pub. A jack of all trades who simply enjoys the challenge creating things, whether from wood, metal, or from lines of code in a computer. Mike has created all kinds of projects that you can follow and build yourself, from many different styles of retro arcade cabinets to Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects.
You’ve probably seen resistors in most of the projects we do here at The Geek Pub, and wondered to yourself “What is resistance?”. Well today we’re going to do a tutorial on resistors and learn exactly what resistance is and how it works! How Resistance Works In our voltage tutorial we discussed how voltage seems […]
Recently on a road trip from Fort Worth Texas to Tulia Texas we passed these massive satellite dishes near Vernon Texas. These things are absolutely massive. What struck me as odd is the location of these dishes. I mean honestly, if I’d seen these in Dallas, TX I would just have driven on and never […]
Did you know that the Raspberry Pi can be a wireless AP? That’s right! With just a few commands we can make a Raspberry Pi wireless access point that can be used to share your home internet with all of your devices! This is made especially easy now that the Raspberry Pi‘s come with built […]
We have a lot of Raspberry Pi projects and Arduino projects and tutorials on our site. There are a lot of great resources already for learning how to install Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi, included the one from the Raspberry Pi foundation itself. However, some of our readers pointed out that they didn’t want to […]
A VPN server is a great way to provide secure, encrypted remote access to your home. VPN servers are built-in to many pro grade firewalls and home router appliance. pfSense for example is a great open source home firewall that includes both OpenVPN and IPSEC services out of the box. However, many home users don’t […]
RasPlex is without a doubt the simplest way to turn any RPi into a super easy to use Raspberry Pi Plex client. It’s a fantastic and super affordable solution that could be used on every television in your home. When you compare the cost of a Raspberry Pi 3 at ~$25 to that of an […]
In this tutorial we’re going to cover two great ways to create a Raspberry Pi NAS for your home (or office)! It’s a great way to store media files, photos, personal documents, and more. It’s also a good idea to have a place to keep backup copies of items stored on your home PC or […]
A lot of us use a Google Chromecast to stream (or “cast”) movies, TV shows, home videos, and pictures to our televisions and theater room screens. It’s a great alternative to Apple’s proprietary Airplay service. However, many people have become hesitant to use some of the technology from these big tech conglomerates because of privacy […]
The Plex media server is probably the most popular home media server software, right next to Kodi and XBMC. Indeed, we here at The Geek Pub run Plex as our media server of choice. It’s elegant, simple, and works with almost every streaming device and console around. Plex has clients for Apple TV, Roku, XBOX, […]
Raspberry Pi‘s don’t have batteries. This usually means powering the Pi and its projects from a USB power source. In fact, I have more than once resorted to powering my Raspberry Pi from my MacBook’s USB port in order to power it remotely. This is less than ideal. In this PiJuice review we’re going to […]