{"id":2151,"date":"2013-02-11T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2013-02-11T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T08:35:41","slug":"great-sites-for-the-raspberrypi-6-raspberry-pi-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2151","title":{"rendered":"Great Sites for the #RaspberryPi &#8211; #6 &#8211; Raspberry Pi Spy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/mhtwentyten\/images\/headers\/rpi_spy.jpg?resize=560%2C118\" width=\"560\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I find myself referring to Matt Hawkins&#8217; blog almost every day now for some tidbit of information so I&#8217;ve decided that qualifies it as one of my <strong>Great Sites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt does an excellent job at creating his own content. This varies from the relatively mundane-but-useful (for example a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/2013\/02\/raspberry-pi-status-leds-explained\/\">guide to the LEDs on the Pi<\/a>) to the techy (e.g. a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/2012\/12\/ultrasonic-distance-measurement-using-python-part-1\/\">tutorial on sensing distance with an ultrasonic module<\/a>) to the essential (e.g. a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/2012\/12\/essential-tools-for-raspberry-pi-experiments\/\">guide to essential tools for the electronics enthusiast<\/a>) to the downright silly (e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/2013\/01\/matrix-pi-running-cmatrix-on-the-raspberry-pi\/\">getting your Pi display to look like the Matrix<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The posts are always informative and well-written and cater for both beginners and advanced users of the Pi. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/\">Visit the blog now<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk\/feed\">subscribe to the RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For other great sites<\/strong>, see the list on every page of this blog or <a href=\"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?cat=18\">read about why the sites were chosen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself referring to Matt Hawkins&#8217; blog almost every day now for some tidbit of information so I&#8217;ve decided that qualifies it as one of my Great Sites. 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