I appears the source for the USB adapter board that I posted is no longer available or out of stock.

Here is a link to one on Tindie.com
https://www.tindie.com/products/Apri...pport-esp8266/

That I believe is the same thing but updated to use a micro usb instead of the standard usb.

and I found the original here...
http://aprbrother.en.alibaba.com/pro...s_ESP8266.html

I've never ordered anything from alibaba.