{"id":2,"date":"2018-07-26T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-02-09T10:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:06:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/headshot-scaled.jpg);background-position:51% 40%\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/headshot-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2378 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/headshot-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/headshot-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In March of 2018, I embarked on a journey to give back to the internet that had provided me so much. Hence, the birth of The Hook Up. More than 300 videos later, I have explored smart home automation from the programming and coding side to extensive smart home product testing and reviews. I prioritize keeping my videos as unbiased as possible, never taking paid sponsorships for favorable reviews of products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to beginning this passion project, I was a high school science teacher along with AP Computer Science Principles and a Cybersecurity course. I&#8217;ve also been a lifelong tinkerer. I&#8217;m familiar with many programming languages, but feel most comfortable with variants of C. I run Home Assistant in my own house and have built the many smart devices in my house.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March of 2018, I embarked on a journey to give back to the internet that had provided me so much. Hence, the birth of The Hook Up. More than 300 videos later, I have explored smart home automation from the programming and coding side to extensive smart home product testing and reviews. I prioritize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}