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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Most computers have "Cookies" set to on. The way I understand it, if you search for something on your PC and you do the same search in the future, it will list it first. If you use another PC to do the same search, it might not be first. Correct me if I am wrong. I'm more of a hardware guy than a software guy!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bob, sorry to hear about your ankle. Let it heal well before doing any cartwheels!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dave</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">KA1EDP<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 08:57:10 PM EST, Robert Vincent via Thursday <thursday@newsm.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300"><div><div dir="ltr">I called up a google window and typed "New England Wireless and Steam Museum and had no problem getting to the website. That said, I understand the necessity of using Facebook to get the word out and connect to those who just do not use Email and web surfing to find things and interest. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>We (at my home) had a neighbor a few years back who made his living writing web pages, and social media connections. He had many clever ways which he kept to himself which he would use to tie Facebook, twitter and all the world of social media as well as the World Wide Web to make particular websites easy to access. This is a world which I am not all that familiar with. I could not create a web page or interface Facebook if my life depended on it. It is just not my strong point. The point I am trying to make here is perhaps we should consult such a person and see what can be done about all this. Don't ask me to consult my former neighbor, He died a last year.</div></div><br clear="none"><div id="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300yqt67864" class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300yqt1271081927"><div class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 10:32 AM Vbob <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:vbob@whipplestreet.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">vbob@whipplestreet.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300gmail_quote"><div>Facebook is indeed problematic, as all social media can be. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>For my own part, using it to reconnect with folks had a significant part in pulling me out of a deep depression following an unplanned retirement at the beginning of Covid lockdown. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Not to mention that Ken’s response to one of my posts on the Vintage Electronic Test Equipment page led me to getting involved with the Museum again, making and renewing treasured friendships in the real world. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>There are many ways of reaching out to the wide world, never mind the WideWorld - those who WANT to find the Museum will manage, even with some false starts.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>One of the most rewarding bits of being a gate-tender during 2023 Steam-Up was welcoming the folks who followed the little road signs and had NO idea what wonders awaited them - so being easy to find for folks who are NOT looking is a vital part of our outreach.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Vbob</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>PS: I find I’m going on about my own challenges these days - but it points up how much the Museum has helped ME, even as I wish I could help the Museum more. I suspect I’m not alone in that.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>V<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 17, 2024, at 9:31 AM, Robert Vincent <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:robvi3@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">robvi3@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">I do not subscribe to Facebook, I never have and never will. I keep away from social media sites. The best way to do it is have a link such that if someone goe into Google and types any combination of the "Wireless&Steam museum it will direct you to several sites. Also when you sign into the Facebook NEWS it will aks for a log in or become a member, Just click the X in the upper right hand corner and you go right in as a guest, TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE OR PEOPLE WILL NOT PUT IN ANY EFFORT.</div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 7:13 AM Vbob via Thursday <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300gmail_quote"><div>Ken, et al - I just commented on a post by Michael in the Vintage Electronic Test Equipment Facebook group - a bit of gentle snark about finding stuff… - and used Facebook’s ‘automagic match’ to include a link to the Museum Facebook page in my comment - except that it offered three very similar groups - one spelt with an Ampersand, and another with the word AND, and a third I didn’t explore… try as I might I can’t get it to choose the official page - and now I can’t get it to offer all three choices again, but only the two similar unofficial pages…… need more coffee.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>A workaround is to paste the URL into a post - but I do like the cleaner feel of the name being a link in the text of a post or comment.<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ‘Ampersand’ Facebook page splashes in with a invitation to the 2023 Car Show, while one of the ‘And’ pages goes to an unofficial but interesting presentation of the Museum. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum</a> seems to be the ‘official’ page and opens with a nice shot of the big engines…</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20</a><b><font color="#669c35">and%20</font></b>Steam%20Museum/144134172264489 - unofficial page but <b>fairly</b> current</div><div><a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20</a><b><font color="#b51a00">&%20</font></b>Steam%20Museum/1095731340460661/ - unofficial page but last post from 2016</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>How did we end up with multiple variously updated pages, and who manages it/them/us?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Can/should we figure out how to have one official page? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Does any of this make sense? I’m getting lost just thinking about it - and we really REALLY want folks to be able to find the place and be convinced it’s worth a visit.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Vbob</div><div><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 14, 2024, at 5:36 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none"><div><div>
Do you frequent speciality groups on Facebook or other social media sites<div>that you have an interest in?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Do yo search out topics such as:</div><div>steam engines. electricity. DIY. STEM</div><div>trains. mechanics. Machining. Physics</div><div>engineering. physics. ham radio. Antique Radios</div><div>Makers. History. wireless. Restoration </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>How often do you drop a plug for the museum?</div><div>It’s easy to do and if we all make it a habit, even more people</div><div>will discover us. A suggested sample is below:</div><div>If you type just the text within the parentheses (omit the parentheses) you will</div><div>get the nice photo link you may see below:</div><div>“<a shape="rect" href="https://newsm.xn--org-9o0a/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://newsm.org”</a> <div id="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300m_-5425634259651263617m_2201664052860709940temp-enhancr-placeholder"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a shape="rect" href="https://newsm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum</a><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydp964f4815yiv9176132300m_-5425634259651263617m_2201664052860709940enhancr2_FB04BE1A-963E-403D-9C5B-AE9E65283BAE" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <a shape="rect" href="https://newsm.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> <table style="max-width:400px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="400"> <table style="max-width:400px;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background-image: url(https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/L4m6KMsysjTWsihiguADaQ--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://newsm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NEWSM_steam-up_2024.jpg.cf.jpg); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-size: cover; min-height: 200px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"> <table style="width:100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background-image: url(https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png); background-color: transparent; min-height: 200px;" valign="top" bgcolor="transparent"> <table style="width:100%;min-height:185px;min-height:185px;" height="185"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0px 0px 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;"> <div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"> <table style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);width:95%;max-width:380px;border-width:1px 1px 3px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233) rgb(224,228,233) rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 4px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum</h2><p style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:rgb(153,153,153);">The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum emphasizing the beginnings of radio and steam power.</p> </td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </a> <button></button></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><a shape="rect" href="http://newsm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NEWSM.org</a><div><a shape="rect" href="http://IDLENOT.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IDLENOT.com</a></div></div></div>
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