So, in my last post, I talked about my childhood dream of being able to turn my lights on and off from my bed. My straw setup was working well for a while until the masking tape started to fail and so straws would fall down and they’d leave a sticky goo on my wall that my parents we just thrilled about /sarcasm.
It was around 8ish years later (let’s say). We now had access to the world wide web at my house! WOW the future is mine!
I found out about a system called x10 (via banner ads) which would let me use the power lines of my house to automate switches or lights or anything that plugged in. This was awesome! This is just what I needed!
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