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BLOG: Setting up the X-Carve from Inventables

This week I’ve spent the evenings setting up the X-Carve from Inventables.  “What the heck is an X-Carve?” It’s a CNC machine.  “What the heck is a CNC machine?” CNC stands for Computer Numerical Control.  But that probably doesn’t help much either.  If you’ve ever used a woodworking router you know it can cut and […]

Weekly Maker Digest 2

Weekly Maker Digest #2 This weeks Weekly Maker Digest is all about welding aluminum, skateboards from a single 2×4, making salad tongs, and weird but awesome sliced up slinky wood clock!  So grab a cold one and follow along! Brian Grella’s Salad Tongs You can literally make anything if you have just a little time […]

Weekly Maker Digest 1

About The Geek Pub’s Weekly Maker Digest I follow a lot of Makers around the web, and I subscribe to a lot of Maker Channels on YouTube.  Each week I pick my favorite projects from around the Maker Community and post them here (and on The GeekPub Facebook page).  I look for unique and interesting projects, as […]

BLOG: Where am I on the Arcade?

The arcade is coming along nicely.  Yep.  That’s right.  It’s sitting in my garage collecting some dust!  I ordered the graphic decals over two weeks ago and they still have not arrived.  That’s why you’ve not yet seen part 3 of the video.  In the meantime I’m putting out some smaller projects that my wife […]

Pub Talk 01 & Water Balloon Cannon Giveaway

Video Transcript Hey guys!  It’s Mike from The Geek Pub, and welcome to Pub Talk.  An episode where I take a few minutes here and there and I just talk about upcoming projects and I keep you guys up to date with what’s going on around the shop.  And with Pub Talk, of course, it […]

I’m Back! (And new shop tour)

Video Transcript Hey Guys, It’s Mike from The Geek Pub, and I am back! So a lot of you guys have written some really hilarious comments on my YouTube Channel and my Facebook page, and I really appreciate those. Those are quite hilarious. For those of you who don’t know what I am talking about. […]

Why are there names on the bottom of McDonald’s bags?

Recently I noticed that printed on the bottom of McDonald’s bags are people’s names, along with a date. I got to wondering… Why are there names on the bottom of McDonald’s bags?   On my particular bags is B.RUCKER and D.WALKER. Well… if you, like me, ponder such odd and nefarious things.  Ponder no more! It […]

Quakecon 2009

Quakecon 2009 Quakecon 2009 was held at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX. In the year before, Quakecon 2009 had both 1v1 and CTF tournaments for Quake Live. The notable difference with this years tournaments was two separate 1v1 competitions, one for only pro players, and the other was open to everyone else. This was […]

Verizon FiOS Chat Support Sucks

Several of my neighbors had recently installed Verizon FiOS at their home and were getting a much more modern system that what I had. I wanted to upgrade my old receiver to the newest receiver and DVR.  So I decided to chat in Verizon FiOS customer service.  I should have expected better, but alas, this […]

Life Hacks: Domestic Hacks

Welcome to our new series of posts entitled Life Hacks!  Life Hacks are ingenious ways to do everyday things, while making life easier, more convenient and more fun!  They require little to no effort, but can cumulatively make a large difference in your life. 1. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE ON TIME Listen to the […]