{"id":12883,"date":"2015-07-05T17:58:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12883"},"modified":"2015-07-05T17:58:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:58:30","slug":"social-network-monitor-with-pygame-on-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12883","title":{"rendered":"Social network monitor with Pygame on the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.averagemanvsraspberrypi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Make-A-Raspberry-Pi-PyGame-Social-Network-Monitor-777x437.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard &#8220;Average Man&#8221; Saville has built\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/home.uktechreviews.com\/Raspberry\/Pi%20blog\/files\/RaspberryRadio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Organ&#8217;s work on his PiTFT Internet Radio<\/a>\u00a0to create a &#8220;social network monitor&#8221;. 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