{"id":529203,"date":"2017-03-09T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T23:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=529203"},"modified":"2017-03-09T18:28:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T23:28:04","slug":"hack-converse-chuck-taylors-tell-weather-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/hack-converse-chuck-taylors-tell-weather-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack Your Converse Chuck Taylors to Tell You the Weather Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is wearable tech really the future? The jury is still out on that, but if you don&#8217;t want to invest your hard earned money in the latest fad why not make it yourself, right? 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