{"id":14164,"date":"2016-02-15T13:25:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T12:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14164"},"modified":"2016-02-15T13:25:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T12:25:56","slug":"pimoroni-flotilla-unboxing-raspberry-pi-treasure-chest-of-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14164","title":{"rendered":"Pimoroni Flotilla unboxing &#8211; Raspberry Pi treasure chest of bits!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flotilla unboxing\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfAFubmN-L0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Unboxing videos&#8230; you either love them or you hate them. 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