I can stop whenever I want to...
Wired has a new article about how
American's "need" their gadgets. Duh!
How many people who are used to carrying them would like living without a cell phone?
And
Tivo (or at least the functionality of one) is now as important to me as blood plasma. (Though I did build a
Myth TV box because I don't like
some of the things Tivo has been announcing/implementing lately. I only use Tivo as a backup now) People ask me when a TV show is on, I kind of stare at them blankly. Then I say "You don't have a Tivo?" as if I was saying "You don't own any pants?".
Some more projects that I look forward to being completely dependent on:
- Video surveillance of the house on my PC (doors, driveway, back yard, showers -- just kidding)
- Fingerprint scanners on the doors
- Beer on tap
- Full home automation -
- whole house music (got it)
- software-based grocery lists integrated with Palm/Pocket PC devices and the internet
- Voice authentication and recognition sofware for doors, wine cellar, music playing, etc.
- Automatic temperature monitoring of the wine cellar (with email / phone alert capability)
- voice/internet/software controlled thermostats and humidity
- (Eventually) Integrate the appliances with this system (notification that the dryer is done popping up on the TV or being played through the speakers when listening to music
- Auto-pause / Auto-mute music / TV when the phone rings
- Caller-ID popup on all TVs in the house (and possibly audibly announced through speakers).
- Auto-close the garage door if we leave it open for too long.
- Driveway trigger to tell us when someone drives down the driveway (Ding! on the speakers, popup on the TV)
- Automatically pause and then switch the TV to view the driveway
- Voice control of the TV
- Touch screen interface for all house functionality in various rooms of the house.
The list goes on and on. I can't wait to have all of it too :)
I am sure that, once I have these things, and they are working consistently, I will not be able to live without them. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?