[Thursday] How often do you leave a trail to New England Wireless & Steam Museum?

Sun Feb 18 12:39:50 MST 2024

I supported a half dozen labs totaling over a hundred Macs during much of my career in the RISD Film/Animation/Video Department - and one DOS 3.1 workstation that servo-controlled a 12’ tall 3 axis camera stand….. I can manage to stumble around in Windows, but not at all gracefully.  

Since I was in charge of recycling obsolete computers, I ended up being a Mac guy at home, too….. 

Newest Mac at home is from 2013, which I’m coming to believe may be a blessing. I do have one 20 year old Mac running a CAD program that I paid big dollars for and won’t run on anything newer unless I go to a subscription license, which for a hobby user is rank heresy. I do revel in my ability to search, sort and shuffle information in ways my father only dreamed of.

I’m confident that many of the telegraphers had their suspicions about radio, rightly enough, never mind the horse couriers before them…..

I’m just wondering what the Next Thing might be.

Vbob

> On Feb 18, 2024, at 2:09 PM, David Crowell <ka1edp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, if it isn't there right now, the new gen will move on to something else. Their loss.
> 
> My main PC is Windows 7 Pro with 16 GB Ram. Works for me. I also have an XP box that I built years ago and it still runs. A couple other XP boxes that I never use, but haven't recycled yet. I also have an old desktop with Windows 98 in it that I run in DOS for a database program that I can't run on Windows and don't want to retype all the data. Sometimes I wish computers had never been invented or at least made affordable.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 11:23:25 AM EST, Robert Vincent <robvi3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi David,   Yes you are right however I use a Mac.  This max I use has a quad core with two 3 Ghz processors and 32 Gbyte of high speed Ram plus a 1 terabyte solid state hard drive along with a high speed graphics processor.  I need it because of some of the graphic programs and math programs I use.  So it is a very real speedster.  I have as many as 50 different windows open at a time and it never slows down. In case any of you did not know it Mac's are wonderful machines for  internet surfing. 
> 
> Yes, all these cookies and other little bits of trails left behind slow your computer down, especially  if you are using a Windows machine.. A Mac does not run on Windows, they  use Unix and some other proprietary language of Apple. I do not like Apple for a lot of reasons (Personal). I like Gates and Windows even less,  I use a lot of Windows boxes and I still use Windows XP on all of them, however, none of them have ever been on the internet... never, never never for some 15 years or more now.  They run a lot of expensive software and run very fast. I keep away from that money trap.
> 
> With my Mac I can download gigabytes in fractions of a second,  I also keep several browsers running at one time.
> So when I type New England wireless & steam museum or any combination thereof, I get pages and pages of info instantly.  Now what we have to do is find a way so that Johnny, using his phone accomplishes the same thing. ( It may not exist). This is because when  Johnny&Susan have  a short attention span and if it takes too long, they will say "Aww the hell with it."  and move on.  This is the problem with Johnny and Sue.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 8:14 AM David Crowell <ka1edp at yahoo.com <mailto:ka1edp at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> 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!
> 
> Bob, sorry to hear about your ankle. Let it heal well before doing any cartwheels!
> 
> Dave
> KA1EDP
> 
> On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 08:57:10 PM EST, Robert Vincent via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org <mailto:thursday at newsm.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.  
> 
> 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.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 10:32 AM Vbob <vbob at whipplestreet.net <mailto:vbob at whipplestreet.net>> wrote:
> Facebook is indeed problematic, as all social media can be. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Vbob
> 
> 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.
> 
> V
> 
>> On Feb 17, 2024, at 9:31 AM, Robert Vincent <robvi3 at gmail.com <mailto:robvi3 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 7:13 AM Vbob via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org <mailto:thursday at newsm.org>> wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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. 
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum <https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum> seems to be the ‘official’ page and opens with a nice shot of the big engines…
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20 <https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20>and%20Steam%20Museum/144134172264489 - unofficial page but fairly current
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20 <https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20>&%20Steam%20Museum/1095731340460661/ - unofficial page but last post from 2016
>> 
>> How did we end up with multiple variously updated pages, and who manages it/them/us?
>> 
>> Can/should we figure out how to have one official page? 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Vbob
>> 
>>> On Feb 14, 2024, at 5:36 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org <mailto:thursday at newsm.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Do you frequent speciality groups on Facebook or other social media sites
>>> that you have an interest in?
>>> 
>>> Do yo search out topics such as:
>>> steam engines.           electricity.       DIY.               STEM
>>> trains.                          mechanics.    Machining.     Physics
>>> engineering.                physics.         ham radio.      Antique Radios
>>> Makers.                       History.          wireless.         Restoration 
>>> 
>>> How often do you drop a plug for the museum?
>>> It’s easy to do and if we all make it a habit, even more people
>>> will discover us. A  suggested sample is below:
>>> If you type just the text within the parentheses (omit the parentheses) you will
>>> get the nice photo link you may see below:
>>> “https://newsm.org” <https://newsm.xn--org-9o0a/> 
>>> 
>>> New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum <https://newsm.org/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum
>>> The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum emphasizing the beginnings of radio and steam power.
>>> 
>>>  <https://newsm.org/> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> Dear GOD, things here are very bad, We need help, don't send Jesus, Come yourself!
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>  When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on!
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> Dear GOD, things here are very bad, We need help, don't send Jesus, Come yourself!
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