{"id":12980,"date":"2015-07-18T08:34:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T07:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12980"},"modified":"2015-07-18T08:34:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T07:34:53","slug":"aurora-borealis-alert-raspberry-pi-and-neopixels-work-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12980","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Borealis alert! 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