{"id":15484,"date":"2016-09-15T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15484"},"modified":"2016-09-15T19:29:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T18:29:57","slug":"les-pounder-reviews-the-nexdock-as-a-raspberry-pi-screen-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15484","title":{"rendered":"Les Pounder reviews the Nexdock as a Raspberry Pi screen &#038; controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15485\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15485\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15485\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=560%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo by Pete Lomas\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nexdock.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Pete Lomas (I think!)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biglesp\" target=\"_blank\">Les Pounder<\/a>, a freelance writer for various Linux magazines (and all-round nice person!), recently backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/nexdock-the-world-s-most-affordable-laptop-tablet-smartphone#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nexdock on IndieGoGo<\/a>\u00a0(just like I wish I had!). He received his unit a few days ago and has since been playing around with it getting the various functions to work. <a href=\"http:\/\/bigl.es\/nexdock-initial-impressions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read his blog to find out how he got on with using it as a Raspberry Pi display, keyboard &amp; mouse amongst other things<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les Pounder, a freelance writer for various Linux magazines (and all-round nice person!), recently backed Nexdock on IndieGoGo\u00a0(just like I wish I had!). 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