Home again.

Home again, complete with luggage. Thank you American Airlines.
The show was a roaring success. Well - at least as much of a success as a 'wallpaper' show can be. The third day is always a drag. The organisers need to can it after the second day as the morning of the third day is a total waste. Two of the salesmen said they stick behind and help us to break down the booth and ship it. I tried pointing out to them that it would happen extremely quickly but off they went to get changed. By the time they came back, we were rolling up the last of the cables and screwing the last crate shut. It barely took us 90 minutes to go from fully functioning booth down to grubby carpet covered in shipping crates.
Now I'm back I've rescued some of the images from my CrappyCellphoneCam(™). The top one is the 1:50 scale 787 that Alteon had on their booth. The second one shows the fantastic wiring job used to get all the external booth lighting working. Top notch IEEE wiring job, that is. The other two are what happens when you need to make an emergency run to Home Depot to get some plants for the booth.
Enjoy.

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