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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.
If you’re like most system administrators who have a mixed Windows, Linux, and Mac environment it probably drives you mad (and your users too) that there are these “.DS_Store” files all over your network shares. These files are used by MacOS to store custom attributes about a folder layout. Such as sort order, position and […]
You can do a lot with a Raspberry Pi even if you limit yourself to what comes on the board. But if you’re willing and able to learn how to use the Pi’s general-purpose input/output pins — or GPIO pins, for short — then you’ll be able to do so much more. If you’re new […]
I’ve come to realize over the years that there are four phases people can be in during their career. These phases define your chances of success within an organization and what your long term career outlook will be. What ultimately makes or breaks a career or at the very least can dramatically limit your career […]
You can set up a RetroPie on the cheap with just about any USB controller, including super-cheap options like these ones. But just because you can doesn’t mean that you should! RetroPie supports games that demand the use of additional shoulder buttons and joysticks, which the super-cheap USB controllers don’t always have. Besides, great games […]
When you flip a switch or press a button two metal contacts come together. It might seem like they make immediate contact and complete a circuit. However, in reality as they make contact they mechanically bounce, making brief contact several times before making a solid connection. In some cases this bounce can also be electrical […]
Switches are literally everywhere! They are in many of the devices we use on a daily basis and a most basic part of just about every electronics project! So in this electronics basics tutorial we’re going to cover the different types of switches and what the applications that they are used for. At its most […]
Adding an arcade volume control is a pretty simple task, but there’s a few things you’ll need to do both mechanically and electrically to get it to work correctly. In this tutorial, were going to add a volume control to the tabletop arcade, although this same method will work on any DIY arcade. There are […]
Batteries are everywhere in our lives. Not only in the products we buy, but in our electronics projects! It’s not always clear when we should use which time, or what even makes one type of battery different from another. In this tutorial we’re going to cover the different types of batteries and talk about some […]
In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how rotary encoders work! Rotary encoders (also shaft encoders) are a fantastic way to dial in a position, or determine the position of a shaft. This could be the position of a knob you are turning, or it could be an encoder connected to a stepper motor to […]
Ads: who needs ’em? Well, this website needs them to keep the lights on. But you don’t need them, right? That’s why ad blockers, usually in the form of browser extensions, are so popular. The problem with browser extensions, though, is that they only work with certain browsers or on certain devices. What if you […]