I freely confess that I am paranoid about technology. Now that I've put that out there, let me tell you what happened at my house last night.
First, some background. My (adult) granddaughter gave me a digital picture frame for Christmas last December. It connects to my wifi and there's an app that allows me to add pictures to it from my phone. The frame sits on a shelf just above my computer screen.
Until the middle of May, it only displayed the photos, rotating them every 20 minutes. Some time before June started, I noticed that there was now a display in the upper right-hand corner, the time and outside temperature.
The temperature was Celsius, and when I opened the app, looking at the options, I found no way to choose between ℃ and ℉. So I got used to seeing it showing a temp of between 12 and 29℃. Although I'm used to Fahrenheit temps, I know that's a range of about 54 to 85℉, which is about the norm for this part of the country at this time of year.
Last night my (adult) daughter was over, using my computer to fill out some online forms. She looked at the frame and asked why it said it was 22 degrees outside. I told her that was the Celsius temperature and added that I hadn't been able to change the display from ℃ to ℉.
Now, here's where it gets interesting. Two hours later when I looked at the frame, it showed a temp of 55℉, which is still the current temperature outside. When I texted that to my daughter, she texted back that it was somewhere between spooky and scary.
So, who can explain to me how, after I've been looking at Celsius temperatures for 3½ months, it suddenly changed on its own, two hours after we had a conversation about not being able to change it from Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Coincidence? I don't think so.
(I have since learned that it is possible to toggle between the two scales on the frame itself, just not from the app. And it's been weeks, if not months, since anyone has touched it.)
Are you hearing the Twilight Zone theme yet?