Screens Really Are Everywhere

Sentinel Online

We drove up to New England this past weekend for a quick visit with my family, throwing into the car some clothes and small bags of snacks and gifts. At one time, that would have been it, all that we needed.

But not now. Into the car also went a GPS, an iPod, two cell phones, three digital cameras and a laptop computer — all of which have one thing in common. They all have screens.

And right now, back home, I’m sitting in a room with all those things plus a computer monitor, a digital display for our telephone, a digital weather station, several digital picture frames and a television.

So maybe I’m a little more involved with “electronics” than most — but the fact is that we are surrounded by screens — flat stages of all sizes on which pixels dance to form the data and images that keep us informed and entertained.