I'm mourning today for somebody that I've never met.
Professor Dr. Randy Pausch died yesterday of complications from pancreatic cancer.
I came to know of him the same way that millions around the world did via his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon. He was a professor of computer science, but his lecture was about life and was given when he only expected to have another five months to live. We all face adversity in our lives; I hope and aspire to be able to handle whatever life throws at me with the same grace and attitude he did.
The video of his last lecture is about 1:15 long, but you owe it to yourselves to block out some time and watch it.
Rest in peace Professor. The world is poorer without you in it.
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Thank you Strangelove, and thank you jwfbean. For I have been "Cutting Class" for a year now. "It's too long", "I have better things to do now", "I'll watch it later", "It cant be THAT important".
But I finally just sat my lazy ass down and watched the damned thing.
I think exchanging an hour of a busy day for seeing that was a trade that came out in my favor.
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