Sunday sloth - and the Internet of Things is in my house! Sneaky...

[byslantedlight]

I was supposed to be writing today. Or going out. Or otherwise making use of the day, which is actually a long weekend (bonus Monday off, which is why I feel bad complaining about work sometimes...) Instead it's somehow 4.30pm, and I have done... what? I've no real idea! I mean, I have been reading Gone with the Wind (for one of my book groups) and I have been lj-ing at the_safehouse about tagging and access, and the post that I just made there, and I actually fell asleep (I really must remember not to curl up on the couch like that to read...!), but... otherwise, nothing! And to think I even wondered about going away for this weekend... *sighs*

But...

I did have a surprise technology moment last night, when I used my new phone to check out some music I heard when watching Killjoys. I paused the dvd, listened to/watched the music vid (Radar by the Dangerous Twins) and as I did, a message came up on the vid on my phone - "Do you want to watch this on your television?" Well how...? I wondered, "...how do you even know I have it turned on?" and fortified by red wine I recklessly hit Oh Go On Then (I think they phrased it "Yes")

And the music vid appeared on my tv! My dvd was still there - a message came up saying to turn the music vid off on my phone when I was finished, and I did and it turned off on my telly too - but it was my phone that told my television what to do! Which... gosh!

I have been Internet of Thingsed! There was me thinking I was safe from it, having not succumbed to Dots and the like. Next thing you know the toaster'll be talking to me ("Does anyone want any toast...?")

Comments

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

You must have a smart tv. Ours is too old fashioned to allow such things. :) I'd like to be able to do that with the German TV shows i can watch on my phone.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I do indeed have a smart tv (a fairly small/normal-sized, relatively inexpensive one that's about four years old now), although I rarely use it in a smart way - mostly for catch-up tv. I should definitely explore it more. I did try the mirroring thing when I had my old phone, but my old phone was too old - and I'd forgotten about it until now, with my new phone!

I must admit that I'm very glad I updated my phone - it really is useful for so many more things now, and I'm glad I have the smart tv just for the catch-up, because although I don't watch alot of tv, I'm also likely to miss episodes of series that I do decide I might want to watch. I remember having so much more time to watch tv and do things when I was younger - not sure how that works!