Last week as I was walking through one of the aisles at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, I I saw a familiar sign from the past. Perhaps you remember the sign too.
It was a Radio Shack sign. As an electronics and computer nerd I was a frequent visitor to their stores for many years.
Radio Shack carried many of the small components and parts that I used for my various hobbies.
These are a few of the items that Radio Shack was exhibiting. They are using the brand to promote electrical accessories and unique electrornics.
I was told that the company was initially starting as an online sales operation.
If you’re looking to see what they have in store, here is their website.
Going back to the mid 1970s we atteneded CES as an exhibitor. Our company ABACUS faithfully exhibited at the Las Vegas venue showing our software and books to the trade and computer enthusiasts.
Since 1975 my guess is that I’ve been to the CES Show about 35 times.
Abacus bowed out about 2010, but I’ve continued to attend the show as an industry participant. My nerdy interests have kept me going back to learn about new and upcoming electronic gadgets of all shapes and sizes.
We started Stay Focused as a website to write books and articles about technical and photographic products.
This year management estimated that 4,500 exhibitors greeted more than 140,000 attendees this year. It remains one of the largest conventions in the USA.
Following this article I’ve written several “reports” on some of the products that I learned about at CES. I hope the articles give you a sense of the exciting products that were exhibited this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.
I just returned from a trip west from our home in Michigan. As usual I had my camera with me to record some of the events during the flight back from Denver.
This is our aircraft at the gate in Denver. It is a Boeing B737 Max.
I’m always hoping for clear, cloudless skies. During the flight I’m continuously looking out of the window at the scenery below. One of my “hobbies” is to photograph airports from above. It’s relatively easy to spot an airport because of the long, straight runways which stand out from the surrounding scenery.
This is the Ankeny Regional Airport. It is located a few miles north of Des Moines, Iowa.
Our flight took a route that was close to a straight line from Denver to Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is relatively easy to determine the location of the plane from the map that is displayed on the seat back screen.
Our aircraft was equipped with seat back displays. One of the view options is to show the flight progress. This helps to identify the scenery as I take photos from the plane’s window.
By referring to the seat back display I was able to look for landmarks that help me determine the area below.
This is the Monticello Regional Airport located northeast of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Here is the Kenosha Airport. It is located in Wisconsin just north of the Illinois state line.
Less than a minute after passing the Kenosha Airport, we started the flight across Lake Michigan.
What you see here is the southeast coast of Wisconsin.
Our plane landed about fifteen minutes later after crossing Lake Michigan. Clouds over our home in Grand Rapids prevented me from taking any further photos of the scenery below.
As an “aviation nerd” I simply enjoy taking picture during these flights.
For those of you who might wonder how I can know the name of the airports in the photos that I take from 35,000 feet or so, please refer to an article at my other website https://stayfocusedpress.com/?p=13070
