ESP8266 Hack #1: Web Enabled LED - WiFi Internet-of-Things IoT

After 3 frustrating days of trying, I've finally found a reliable, repeatable way of turning the ESP8266 into a web enabled Internet-of-Things (IoT) LED switcher. In this video I show it working (well, sort of working). Then, I use a couple of software tools (ESP8266 flasher and CoolTerm) to put the original Espressif firmware back.