Doc pointed me to this video. It’s 1 hour 15 minutes long and amazing. Its about Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. A perfect title and a great lecture by Randy Pausch a VR specialist an fun loving guy. Here is what wikipedia says about the lecture.
Pausch delivered his “Last Lecture,” titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” at CMU on September 18, 2007.[7] This talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical “final talk,” i.e., “what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?”
Here is what wikipedia says about him:
Randy Pausch (born October 23, 1960) is a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and a best-selling author, who achieved worldwide fame for his “The Last Lecture” speech on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon University
He has terminal cancer and made this amazing Last Lecture about Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. It is not sad, its inspiring and a lecture which I recommend highly. I hope I can get close to his way of thinking and doing. Especially because I will be around
Hi Maarten – Yes, this man & lecture – AMAZING. Something anyone and everyone can benefit from. Saw him on Oprah a while back. Keep up the good spirits and we’ll talk to you very soon.
D., R. and M.
Dear Oom Maarten,
I wish that you will feel better pretty soon.
Well, I will send you 4 characters from my Mario game. The first one is Yoshi, the 2nd one is Mario, the 3rd one is Luigi, and the 4th one is Voltar (mommy doesn’t know if she’s spelling that one right
They will be already colored so you won’t have to do it, ok?
Well, do you like it in the hospital? Do you get desserts there? Well, I don’t know if you will like it there, so I will just wait until you can tell me when you feel better.
Goodbye and ‘high five’,
Miles
he lieve maarten,
wij hebben weer een update van je! heel fijn. je voelde je gisteren blijkbaar al weer iets beter. En vandaag?
goed dat je er woensdag weer zult zijn.
De driedubbele sokken met schokdempers voor Max en Sam liggen al klaar, als het nodig blijkt. Laatste redmiddel: opsluiten in hun kamer.
nog twee dagen, buurman en dan mag je weer naar huis.
Een dikke zoen van ons allemaal.
Liefs Allemaal van beneden
Het boek Nu ik dood zal gaan, Randy Pausch staat bij ons op de site. Voor jou hoop ik dat de chemo goed aan zal slaan en beterschap en veel sterkte.
that was a very well spent 76 minutes out of MY life … this guy is inspiring as hell. just 59 minutes to go, ens, and you get to go home. enjoy and give lori a big hug from me!