{"id":1262,"date":"2009-11-24T11:54:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T19:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/expandos"},"modified":"2009-11-24T11:54:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T19:54:49","slug":"expandos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/expandos","title":{"rendered":"ExpandOS!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, ExpandOS is not a new operating system. It&#8217;s a packing material system. (Okay, yes, you probably have to either be in the mail-order business or be slightly strange to get excited about packing material. I qualify on both counts.) We just found out about them because they were used to pack some printer ink cartridges which just arrived here. They&#8217;re little wedge-shaped things made from thin, folded cardboard. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expandos.com\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">the ExpandOS web site<\/a>, they consume 1\/25 the volume of pre-expanded packing material. They&#8217;re made from 100% post-industrial waste and are reusable and recyclable. In other words, they appear to be what everyone should start using to replace EPS packing peanuts.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Early research also suggests that they might make good cat toys.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG 4184\" src=\"http:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img_4184.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, ExpandOS is not a new operating system. It&#8217;s a packing material system. (Okay, yes, you probably have to either be in the mail-order business or be slightly strange to get excited about packing material. I qualify on both counts.) We just found out about them because they were used to pack some printer ink&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/expandos\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ExpandOS!?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}