{"id":2964,"date":"2013-03-18T10:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T10:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2013-03-18T10:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T10:10:25","slug":"13-year-old-amy-mather-her-game-of-life-on-the-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2964","title":{"rendered":"13-year old Amy Mather &#038; her Game of Life on the #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amy gave a presentation at the Manchester Raspberry Jamboree on the 9th March about how she programmed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conway's_Game_of_Life\">Conway&#8217;s Game of Life<\/a> on a Raspberry Pi. 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