{"id":96,"date":"2007-01-23T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2007-01-23T17:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=96"},"modified":"2007-01-23T10:30:03","modified_gmt":"2007-01-23T17:30:03","slug":"wii-to-the-rsscue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Wii to the RSScue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been seeking a Wii since launch; didn&#8217;t line up, didn&#8217;t preorder. Figured if I was patient they would eventually come into stock and maybe one younger kid would have happier holiday since I hadn&#8217;t bought the one they wanted more. But after Christmas I set up an RSS reader on my desktop with links to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xpbargains.com\/wii_rss.php\">XPBargains <\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/revolutiontracker.com\/rev.xml\">RevolutionTracker<\/a>, both of which reported on e-tailer stock as it got refilled. This is the first time I&#8217;ve used RSS for anything so it was kinda fun. Luckily, I happened to look at it at around quarter after 9 this morning to find that Amazon had some in stock. Vanilla units, too. No bundle, no ripoffs, and no shipping because I&#8217;m a member of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/subs\/primeclub\/signup\/main.html\/sr=53-1\/sr=53-1\/qid=1169572884\/ref=tr_100251\/002-0024316-2496837\">Amazon Prime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming they&#8217;re really in stock and my order does not become instantly backordered, I should have it Thursdsay&#8230;when I&#8217;m away on business. Heh. Patience, grasshopper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been seeking a Wii since launch; didn&#8217;t line up, didn&#8217;t preorder. Figured if I was patient they would eventually come into stock and maybe one younger kid would have happier holiday since I hadn&#8217;t bought the one they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=96\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}