Anyways, I got a great deal on ebay with a usb controller/trasceiver, a light socket and 2 remotes, I also bought a 3 pack of light sockets separately and had them all shipped here.  I got them here and it worked perfectly with about 20 minutes of figuring out how to program each light socket.  Needless to say, I now have all the lights working and my 1 computer that remains on all the time working in harmony.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to replace my existing clapper system because I had a web interface where my pocket pc phone could operate my lights.  After a bunch of digging through documentation, I discovered a software development kit that allows me to program for my x10 system.  A few hours later, I now have a server working perfectly that will execute commands based on a php script.  To execute my php script on the server without a password, I use a local html file that has the password in it.  I can also view what the status is of my room lights from this html file.  This html file exists on my phone, which now solved my original problem of I wanted a better system for controlling my lights.

Overall, I highly recommend x10 to anyone who wants automated light control.  My next project will deal with voice activated lights.  I also plan on releasing my code with semi detailed instructions so that others can have a similar system, that will become available on dev.matthouse.us sometime within the next month.