The New Normal?

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“Good morning! Alexa hopes you had a restful sleep with Bluetooth streaming, that Echo put together. Nest confirms perimeter security. Garageio let Gort out of bay 1 while Roomba vacuums near her litter box. GPS is tracking Tesla Autopilot leaving the pharmacy drive-thru, ETA bay 3 in five minutes. WEMO neglected to turn the air fryer off last night, Siri will take appropriate action.

“SmartThings has regulated the thermostat to 68 degrees and activated window coverings and lighting to ‘serenity’ mode. Savant set your workout on Peloton to ‘Mind-Muscle Connection’ with C3PO. You can choose to be in the Clubhouse app or listen to your favorite Spotify playlist. Confirm your choice with Bixby.

“Homey was listening to the all-night German news channel and confirms HAL’s lower opening call for the NASDAQ. Overnight trades in Bitcoin and Ethereum are confirmed in Blockchain.com. Keurig is making a double shot of Americano to accompany the chocolate strawberry chia seed pudding. IFTTT is setting Zoom for 8:13am and Umbrella has confirmed Slack for 5:21 GMT. Mycroft has streamed ASOS for what to wear during the video conferencing.

“Check the meal-planning app Paprika for tonight’s dinner. Hiku will make a shopping list for delivery at 6:08 by Instacart or DoorDash, Ring recognizes both. While Suvie prepares a 25-minute rapid cook gourmet meal, VinoCell will select the wine.

“In the last while, Jibo’s facial recognition detects concern on your face. Cortana will have Hue control lighting to assist your mood, while Odyssey reviews your Kindle read list to delete and add titles to relieve tension. Out of concern, Kwikset has been activated to ‘cocoon’ mode, preventing entry and exit. Your well-being is protected, please relax and know nothing can go wrong … can go wrong … can go wrong … ”

John Bell

John Bell, who is responsible for our puzzles, is an early-morning London/ New York currency trader. The rest of the day and on the weekends you can find him at Armadillo Ltd., “helping” his wife, Jacquie Ewing.

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