{"id":2187,"date":"2009-12-16T22:18:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2009-12-16T22:18:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:18:37","slug":"lets-advertise-like-its-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/lets-advertise-like-its-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Advertise Like It&#8217;s 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=1>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/acquired_stuff\/IMG_4687.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/88976-2\/IMG_4687.jpg\" height=427 width=640 border=0 title=\"Adding an X10 Appliance Module allows me to control both compact fluorescent lights in my office from a single remote.\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A new X10.com-branded <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X10_%28industry_standard%29\">X10<\/a>-speaking appliance module has been installed along with my old receiver for switching <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/14\/blue-light-special\/\">the light behind my iMac<\/a>. It&#8217;s now much nicer, as I can turn the light on and off without reaching behind or under the desk. Now I just need to wait for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\">Monoprice<\/a> to get a stock of the short USB cables so I can order them along with a bunch of other stuff to finish the office wiring.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is the infamous <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X10_Wireless_Technology\">X10 Wireless Technologies<\/a> with the terrible popup\/popunder banner ads that came to embody the irritation of online advertising. Thankfully I was able to find the devices on eBay from <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/Big-Johns-Place\">Big John&#8217;s Place<\/a> out of northern Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new X10.com-branded X10-speaking appliance module has been installed along with my old receiver for switching the light behind my iMac. It&#8217;s now much nicer,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/16\/lets-advertise-like-its-2001\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Let&#8217;s Advertise Like It&#8217;s 2001<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acquired-things","category-around-the-house","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2189,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/2189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}