{"id":9286,"date":"2014-04-10T17:29:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=9286"},"modified":"2014-04-10T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T17:29:03","slug":"setting-up-your-raspberrypi-with-johnny-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9286","title":{"rendered":"Setting up your #RaspberryPi with Johnny Ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/samscottjohnny-500x373.jpeg?resize=500%2C373\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Childhood legend to the over-30s Johnny Ball has kindly donated his time to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to voice their new video about setting up the Raspberry Pi. 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