TheGeekPub

Mike Murray (born: ), better known online as running TheGeekPub, is an American YouTuber for making things such as arcades, Raspberry Pi projects, Arduino projects, and retro home computers. He joined YouTube on May 23, 2009. Mike is also the Chief Technology Officer for Solo Brandshttps://investors.solobrands.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=714a8ab0-fb4e-471d-afcd-94a2de5fb207.
==Beginning==
Murray grew up in Mansfield, Texas. As a child, he got his first computer, a Commodore VIC-20. He graduated from Mansfield High School in 1990.
Like his brother The 8-Bit Guy, Murray was first employed at Mouser Electronicshttp://www.murraynet.net/career-history/ and worked as a supervisor in their technical support from 1990 to 1995. Murray was then employed at AST Research and worked in their technical support from 1996 to 1997 when AST Research was bought by Samsung. Later, Murray brought his brother to AST.
==Creating TheGeekPub==
In 2009, Mike was looking for an outlet for his creative side. He created TheGeekPub.com and then later The Geek Pub YouTube channel. At first he simply made videos of things he was already working on for fun. This included PVC air cannons (a "potato cannon"), and other PVC style projects. After the Channel started to amass subscribers he decided to start making projects requested by his viewers. This led to Arcades, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi projects, as well as tutorials for oscilloscopes, and other electronics tools.
==Current state==
Mike is not a full-time YouTuber, as he claims to still have a day job in his videoshttps://www.thegeekpub.com/about-the-geek-pub/. Though he did buy a building in Texas to house The Geek Pub studios and workshop. However, it has been noted on several occasions that YouTube revenue is a very small portion of The Geek Pub's income. It is unknown what else Murray does for a living.
==Trivia ==
*Mike and Grant Thompson discussed joining forces in May 2014. Mike would do photography and video editing for The King of Random channel and Grant would be the on-screen talent. However, due to the large distance and travel requirements the idea was abandoned.
* Mike has been seen in photos hanging out with Adam Savage and Michael Stephens.
* Outside of YouTube, Mike is the CIO/CTO for Solo Brands (Solo Stove, Chubbies, Oru, ISLE, and others).
*Mike's first channel idea was called My-PC-Help where he and his brother worked on computer tutorial videos. This channel was abandoned in 2007.
*The Geek Pub is well known in retro-arcade groups for making what is widely considered to be the best arcade plans and tutorial videos on the internet.
* In 2016, Mike sparked a war with an internet scammer who was stealing content from various creators and selling it as his own. Mike exposed the scam for all to see. The scammer posted hundreds of fake reviews on The Geek Pub on various review sites in retaliation. Eventually most were taken down by the site owners after being informed of the attack, but some still exist.
*Mike and his brother David The 8-Bit Guy both worked together at Mouser Electronics and AST Computer.
**Mike and his brother also worked together at Time Rift Arcade, an arcade parlor at Bedford, Texas. According to the site's FAQs, Mike sells and buys arcade cabinets, whereas his brother David can be seen roaming around in the arcade regularly.https://timeriftarcade.com/about-faq/
* In an episode of 8-Bit Keys covering the Casio Superdrums keyboards, David Murray mentions that he and Mike are second cousins of the late Dimebag Darrell of Pantera. He mentioned this because he and Mike had gotten drumsticks from him.
==References==
Category:Tech YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009
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