{"id":5872,"date":"2013-09-10T18:53:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=5872"},"modified":"2013-09-10T18:53:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:53:01","slug":"reducing-the-footprint-of-a-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5872","title":{"rendered":"Reducing the footprint of a #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gundersen.net\/raspberry-pi-making-it-slimmer\/\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rasp411.jpg' alt='Raspberry Pi: Making it slimmer | Gundersen.net' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nice little article about removing the RCA video connector and the audio jack. The author also gives a really reckless way of reducing your SD card footprint by&#8230; snipping at it with a pair of scissors. I cannot dissuade you more from this procedure &#8211; not all SD cards are made the same way and you can end up damaging your card very easily. I recommend getting a micro-SD adapter to solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gundersen.net\/raspberry-pi-making-it-slimmer\/\">Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice little article about removing the RCA video connector and the audio jack. The author also gives a really reckless way of reducing your SD card footprint by&#8230; snipping at it with a pair of scissors. 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