{"id":11066,"date":"2014-09-22T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T15:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11066"},"modified":"2014-09-22T16:01:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T16:01:11","slug":"monitors-needed-for-raspberry-pi-learning-at-hertfordshire-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11066","title":{"rendered":"Monitors needed for Raspberry Pi learning at Hertfordshire college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.staticwhich.co.uk\/media\/images\/taster\/samsung-lcd-monitors---taster-182692.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Walmsley, creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rastrack.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Rastrack<\/a> and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/ryanteck.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryanteck Ltd<\/a>, is desperately trying to get hold of some monitors for North Hertfordshire College&#8217;s STEM Centre for use\u00a0in the Raspberry Pi Club. The Club is open to the public as well as students from the College and the monitors will be well-used. HDMI or DVI is preferred, but VGAs would also be fine.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you have any monitors spare and you&#8217;re in the rough vicinity of Hertfordshire, please <a href=\"mailto:Ryan@ryanteck.uk\">contact Ryan by email<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanteck\" target=\"_blank\">or Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or leave a comment on this blog post and I will\u00a0get him to reply.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope someone (or several someones) out there will be able to help &#8211; Ryan&#8217;s trying to do really good things with NHC and it would be a real shame if lack of equipment stopped him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Walmsley, creator of Rastrack and CEO of Ryanteck Ltd, is desperately trying to get hold of some monitors for North Hertfordshire College&#8217;s STEM Centre for use\u00a0in the Raspberry Pi Club. 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