Hello fellow members and those who may be curious. I had recently created The Geek Group Labs in Minecraft and recorded a walkthrough video. I received so many comments and suggestions on the original video that I should place the world files up for download, so I did. So here it is. It is not [...]
Today I received a special Happy Birthday Wish. At around 1:30am or so I had checked my YouTube account to see if there were any Captain’s Blogs from Chris Boden, like I always do. To my surprise I found a special Captain’s Blog titled “Captain’s Blog 12-5-11 Happy Birthday to Jeremiah Duke”. I actually had [...]
The Geek Group played host to several non-profit organizations, database administrators, software developers, and volunteers on October 21-23 in a bid to see these organizations solve the problems they were having that they could not do on their own.
I found a really cool Arduino controlled door that someone had made. It is a pneumatically opened and closed door. This is awesome. Watch the video for a demo. Bonus points for making it look good too!
Hello fellow members and those who may be curious. I had recently created The Geek Group Labs in Min
Today I received a special Happy Birthday Wish. At around 1:30am or so I had checked my YouTube acco
The Geek Group played host to several non-profit organizations, database administrators, software de
June 11, 2011 in Server Computers
@scotishboy09 On YouTube has posted a video response to my home made server rack. He has put way more time and effort into his rack than I have and it looks awesome. I also like the fan speed controller he has in one of his machines. Check out the video below:
May 29, 2011 in Arduino Projects
Just made another Arduino project this weekend. It counts the number of button presses and displays the number on an LED display that is connected to the Arduino via serial. Source code: CLICK HERE
May 24, 2011 in Blender 3D, Software
See the video below for a cool render of some 3D rings I created in Blender 3D. I followed a tutorial found on YouTube. Tutorial: Click Here!
May 23, 2011 in Video Effects, Video Production
See the video below for a cool project I made in After Effects CS5 using Google Maps images from a tutorial:
May 22, 2011 in Arduino Projects
See the video below for a cool new project I completed. It takes the audio output from your computer and divides it into separate frequencies for each of the 6 LEDs. I didn’t have 6 LEDs hooked up and instead used RGB LEDs.
April 11, 2011 in The Geek Group
For all of the fans of The Geek Group, they are now working on live streaming video. You can watch this video at the following link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-geek-group-behind-the-scenes-live-feed You can check out The Geek Group’s home page at: http://www.thegeekgroup.org/ The MissionDuke.com blog has donated a few things to The Geek Group. First we have sent them [...]
March 24, 2011 in iPad, Mobile Devices
Hello friends. I am giving away two copies of the iPad app GarageBand. Check out my video on YouTube to win. Hurry giveaway ends March 31st, 2011.Click here for the video!
March 22, 2011 in Internet, Web Safety
Okay normally I don’t talk about safety but I thought I would give it a whirl. I had listened to a podcast from the Discovery Channel’s How Stuff Works that talked about the dangers of telling the world where you are and your every move on sites like Facebook and Twitter. They went into some [...]
March 18, 2011 in iPad
Hello friends. I have been playing with the new GarageBand for the iPad and I love it. I own an iPad first generation. I love the sampler capabilities. Its so much fun that I wanted to share. Look out for a GarageBand iPad app giveaway on my YouTube channel! I will be giving away two [...]
March 9, 2011 in iPad
So we have come to the Apple iPad 2. I didn’t have time to watch the announcement video yet but I did keep up with the live blog on Engadget throughout the show while I was at work. From what I can tell this is going to be a very sweet product. It appears that [...]
February 26, 2011 in The Geek Group
Go check out The Geek Group. They need your help to bring technology into the hands of those who want to tinker, build, and learn about technology. See the video below!
February 25, 2011 in Video Effects
Just thought I would post a quickie on my cheap $10 green screen setup. I have a video on the Tubes of my setup. Watch below. Everything is PVC. Nice and cheap. The green screen cloth is from the Pinnacle Studio box set that I purchased a long time ago. You can probably pick one [...]
February 24, 2011 in Adobe Creative Suite, Software
I just got CS5 about a week ago or so and I have been playing with After Effects and Mocha video tracking. I have uploaded a few test videos to YouTube that you can watch. See below. I am just getting into the video editing and I can’t wait for summer to start making some [...]
February 8, 2011 in Digital Audio Recording
So I found a small hand held device that holds your camera and two hot shoe devices. I decided that I wanted to buy it and remove one of the hot shoes on the top so I could add my Zoom H1 audio recorder to the rig. I will need to drill a small hole [...]
February 7, 2011 in Video Effects, Video Production
I built a green screen backdrop holder that attaches to the ceiling and holds my green screen snugly. I made it out of 1/2 inch PVC and some PVC fittings. Total cost was under $10. See the video below for more information and a quick look at the rig.
February 7, 2011 in iPad
I have plans to add App reviews and giveaways on my YouTube channel coming soon. Since the ability to gift Apps has been added to the App Store, I will be giving away some very cool Apps and games. This is for all the Apple fans out there. Sorry “other app store people”. Talk to [...]
January 30, 2011 in Digital Audio Recording, Electronics
I just purchased a Zoom H1 audio recorder from Best Buy. The H1 seemed to be the most inexpensive audio recorder that had stereo recording and a line input for recording as well. So far it seems like a quality microphone/recorder. I have purchased this for recording audio while making videos for YouTube. The audio [...]
January 29, 2011 in Arduino
Unfortunately I did not find the cure to the PHP serial class file for communication with the Arduino. I was thinking about it at work on Friday and thought there were some errors in the PHP where three equal signs “===” were used. Looks like it is alright according to the code’s creator. I contacted [...]
January 28, 2011 in Arduino
I may have found a fix for the Arduino PHP communication issues we have been experiencing. This may fix many issues people have been having when trying to use the code supplied on my Arduino Projects page. I will be working on this fix this weekend and testing it as well. Keep on the lookout [...]
January 2, 2011 in Server Computers
I have stumbled upon a blog posting that referenced my wooden server rack design that I had made for my garage. I am so excited to see that my design may have been implemented in some way. You can see the blog posting at the following link: http://yourcomputerdoctor.info/uncategorized/my-own-server-rack/
