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Title: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: KevinH on October 06, 2012, 11:32:03 PM
Please see: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,26015.0.html for information on the soon-to-happen removal of my web articles on Ysart and Related Paperweights.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: Wuff on October 07, 2012, 11:12:37 AM
Hi Kevin,

this is really sad news!

In the other thread (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,26015.msg280900.html#msg280900) you give the reasons: you mention Yahoo - same provider which killed my SSD project (http://swiss.genealogy.net/surnam-m.htm) a few years back.

You also mention that you consider shifting your pages to Scotland's Glass. I am not quite neutral here  ::) - but I would consider this a good solution to keep as much of your important info as possible online.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: flying free on October 07, 2012, 01:12:09 PM
eek, I use your pages a lot - It would be good if we can help to keep them alive somewhere Kev.
m
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: Frank on October 07, 2012, 04:51:14 PM
I have been in discussion with Kevin and hope to preserve all of his pages in one way or another. They are an extremely important asset to the community.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: RAY on October 07, 2012, 10:03:21 PM
They are an extremely important asset to the community.

to right Frank.. ive learned alot off Kev's Pages and i think so many others have
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: user9318 on October 08, 2012, 05:44:08 AM
It would be a shame if Kev's pages and site was not preserved, I have learnt a lot reading through his site in the past and continue to use to refresh my ailing memory!
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 08, 2012, 09:55:56 AM
This might be an appropriate time and place to remind folk gently that Scotland's Glass very much appreciates donations to keep it  up and running.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: SophieB on October 26, 2012, 07:09:15 PM
Hi Kevin,

I feel terribly bereft by the loss of your website  :'(. I can neither enjoy a quick break looking at pretty PY/SY weights nor refresh my memory on some features of Ysart weights when I need to.

I hope that the content of the site will be available on Scotland Glass soon (no pressure ;D)...

In the meantine, can you tell me whether you showed a butterfly with a torsade and an outer ring of canes among your PY butterflies collection?

SophieB
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: KevinH on October 26, 2012, 09:23:09 PM
There were no weights with a torsade in my pages. That is one of several designs that I do not have in my collection.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: flying free on October 26, 2012, 09:33:15 PM
I've immediately wanted to look at pics as soon as it's disappeared and I didnt' print any off  :'(
m
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: antiquerose123 on October 27, 2012, 04:48:50 AM
Oh no, Sorry to hear that....was it saved anywhere?

Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: jamalpa36 on October 27, 2012, 08:37:11 AM
Hi Have you seen the one sold on Ebay 23 Oct 12 for £250???Roy
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: KevinH on October 27, 2012, 05:11:49 PM
Roy - yes, I saw the eBay PY Butterfly with cane garland and torsade. I asked the seller about the size of it. When I had decided how much I would bid, bearing in mind the chip to the dome, I was surprised to see that the listing had ended with a Buy It Now! That's the way things go.

Rose - it is not really a problem that the BT-Yahoo! free webspace is disappearing. That's the way things go. I have all the original details - it would be foolish to set up webpages without keeping personal copies of original data.

What happens from now is still uncertain. I do not have the enthusiasm for such things that I used to.

I might just forget everything and do something else entirely. ;D
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: SophieB on October 29, 2012, 10:59:19 AM
Hi Kevin,

Many thanks for that.

My memory is definitely going. I was sure that I had seen a PY butterfly with cane garland and torsade on your site. I wonder where I actually saw it.

SophieB
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: alpha on October 29, 2012, 01:12:26 PM
Kevin - you should load it all on to a DVD and sell it as an e-book of sorts. I know I'd buy a copy.

A.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: SophieB on October 29, 2012, 04:28:57 PM
I second that. I would buy that DVD/ebook too.

Sophie
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: KevinH on October 29, 2012, 06:56:06 PM
I am very grateful to the various folk who have kindly offered assistance and ideas for the future of my web articles. Yes, I even thought about a DVD option, or equivalent.

However, today I made my decision that I will do nothing further about this for the immediate future - which may be at least for the rest of this year. This decision is, in part, driven by a series of minor, but nevertheless energy-sapping, health issues. My enthusiasm is not what it used to be.

Several parts of my articles were in need of update and I may simply rewrite some as articles for future copies of the PCC Newsletter (promises, promises!) or maybe as the basis for a couple of slide-show style presentations (more promises!).
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: KevinH on October 30, 2012, 11:20:37 PM
To clarify a point, my article in Angela's "Glass Museum" site, "Identifying Paul Ysart Paperweights (http://www.theglassmuseum.com/ysart.htm)" is not affected by the loss of my ISP free webspace.

And, especially for Sophie ..

... I should have mentioned a few posts ago, that there are examples of torsaded butterfly weights shown in that article. See the composite image at the start of the section titled "The Main Pictures". It would be good to know where those weights are now, particularly the triple butterfly, each with its own torsade.
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: jamalpa36 on October 31, 2012, 08:26:33 AM
Hi SophieThere is a picture of one in the 2012 PCA BulletinRoy
Title: Re: The disappearance of my web pages
Post by: SophieB on October 31, 2012, 04:55:21 PM
Hi there,

To Kevin - Many thanks. Indeed, this was the paperweight I remembered - although I had forgotten how sophisticated it was.

To Roy - Many thanks. I really this little beauty... Do you know whether this type of butterfly (which varies from more standard designs) is seen in other weights? I have never seen this butterfly design anywhere else.

SophieB