{"id":4949,"date":"2013-07-05T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2013-07-05T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:27:43","slug":"the-life-of-pi-article-from-wired-uk-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4949","title":{"rendered":"The life of Pi article from Wired UK magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/magazine\/archive\/2013\/07\/features\/the-life-of-pi\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pi21.jpg' alt='The life of Pi: how Britain&#039;s biggest hardware hit for a generation came to be (Wired UK)' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wired (UK) have posted up their in-depth article on the Raspberry Pi from July 2013&#8217;s issue. 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