Thread: Please help this idiot figure out the "Cellular life" game

For my final c++ project this term my teacher gave us the task of creating the implementation of the life class in the game of cellular life. Here is what he gave us:

matrix.h - a templated matrix class that may prove useful
http://www.innova.net/~wyatt/matrix.h

testmatrix.cpp - a quick example on the matrix.
http://www.innova.net/~wyatt/testmatrix.cpp

life.h - an example class definition for the life class.
http://www.innova.net/~wyatt/life.h

A test rig to use with your class. (requires myconsole.h and myconsole.cxx)
http://www.innova.net/~wyatt/playlife.cpp

myconsole.cxx
http://www.innova.net/~wyatt/myconsole.cxx

myconsole.h
http://www.innova.net/~wyatt/myconsole.h

Here is my pathetic attempt at trying to solve this. Iknow there isn't much there, since I deleted it and I am trying for the 1000th time.
http://webpages.charter.net/sean647/PRG260/life.cpp

Any help would be appreciated, since I am an idiot.

Thanks
Sean