{"id":9093,"date":"2016-12-29T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T16:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9093"},"modified":"2016-12-29T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T16:54:31","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-395-twich-best-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2016\/12\/29\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-395-twich-best-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 395: TWiCH Best of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bWhbhwGKCFY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A collection of some of 2016&#8217;s interesting TWiCH news with Patrick Norton, Allyn Malventano, Robert Heron, and Ryan Shrout. 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