My dad has had his 1951 Packard 250 Convertible with Ultramatic transmission since 1986. It was an amazing luxury car then and it has only gotten more spectacular as the years pass by.
As times change, he is selling the car. The last few years, it has mostly sat in a garage waiting for him to come up to New Jersey, something he doesn’t do as often as he used to. So, here it goes, back into the universe. You can find the most beautiful car in the world for sale on Hemmings
The Hemmings listing reads like so: 1951 Packard 250 Convertible
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840
Mileage: 36000
Trans: Auto
Condition: Excellent
Exterior: Packard Cream (yellow)
Interior: Red
Description: Original 1951 Packard 250 Convertible
Solid car, Excellent condition, Packard Cream (pale yellow) with Red interior, All Power, Ultramatic, Boot and Tonnheau Cover, Radials
Second owner (purchased and restored in 1986)
Voted Most Beautiful Car of 1951
Price: $32,000
Melissa took this little Vine.co video of Dad driving the car in August 2013
I’ve been doing a bit more volunteering in Occupational Therapy. I’m volunteering at the Spectrum School in Hayward, a non-public school for kids with autism. It’s been a really good, albeit intense experience.
Can you help me find adult or geriatric OT where I can visit and volunteer at? I’m still looking for a bit more volunteering.
Just finished taking a Library Research class at College of San Mateo. This “A” (hurray!) will push out some older grades on my “last 60 units” list, bringing my GPA from a 3.67 to a 3.87
I’ve got to start studying for the GRE again soon! I’m hoping to take the GRE in September.
I’ve got got rewrite my application to let it shine brightly.
I’m hoping to apply to San Jose State on October 1st when admissions open.
I’ve been teaching several classes in the last few weeks. Above is one project from a kid in my Radical Robots class. It works quite well for a prototype! And Thank you to Peter Moore for the photo!
Flame Effects Intensive at the Crucible last weekend. 7 students: lots of propane!
Arduino class at the Crucible. Ongoing for the next few Tuesdays. I asked if they wanted to go meticulously or burn their brains. From their slight deer-in-headlights expressions they are often wearing, sometimes I think they chose poorly ;-). They’re enjoying it and learning a lot though!
Here is a suggestion I just sent the Android Gmail team:
If an email sender has been previously approved to display images, the images should be loaded when the email is downloaded to my phone.
Right now the images are loaded when the email is viewed for the first time. This means I have to wait for the images to download and depending on my internet connection that could be a while. If I’m checking my email where there is no service (on subways, elevators, about 1/2 of Berkeley CA) the experience totally sucks.
If images are pre-downloaded, it will break “web bug” functionality built into email images. But web bugs have never been a web standard, just a clever, if unreliable hack at gaining metrics. If you’re totally excited about it, you could build a new web standard for when web bugs get viewed. Also, nowadays, if a user cares enough to have emails go to their inbox (and not unsubscribing, or marking it as spam), they are probably interested in reading the email, so web bugs aren’t that important any more.
Groupme is a group-texting app for smartphones and dumbphones. I use it all the time to chat with Megan because it’s faster and more reliable than texting with my Virgin Mobile phone (ugh, I know).
I just sent a message to Groupme support with my biggest gripe:
Since the promise of Groupme is (from the homepage) “the best way to chat with everyone you know”… “works on every device”… It would be great if the emoji were similar on the 3 main platforms me and my friends use it on: iphone, android, website. It is frustrating when the emoji I send isn’t the emoji they receive.
I’m not directly involved with this but it looks very cool. https://workshopweekend.net/video/catalog July 20 & 21 in Oakland, they’ve got a gazillion experts gathered to teach video production. Pre-production, camera work, lighting, interviewing skills, post-production… the list is a freaking mile long. All jammed into your brain in one weekend!
I’ve long cursed Ticketmaster for gouging customers with their service fees. They have exclusive contracts with almost every large performance venue in the US. Here is a good article that explains how this came to be.
This article written by Steve Knopper was in Rolling Stone Magazine July 2009 and was found on the author’s website. I’d summarize it by saying the business is complicated by it’s long history and it’s convoluted evolution.
In light of recent news, maybe it’s best that I didn’t accept the offer to go to CCSF’s Diagnostic Medical Imaging program. I would have been at the start of my second and final year of the program. Right now, there’s no telling if the program would be accredited. It’s still all up in the air though!
