Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The Last Lecture

What would you say to your students on your last lecture? Last month Randy Pausch delivered his "last lecture". This 47 years old married father of three children and Computer Science professor at Carnegie Mellon suffers from pancreatic cancer and literally only has weeks to live. His lecture is full of humor and wisdom on realizing your childhood dreams.

To read the transcript click here.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Cool ads

Nice CGI and a thumping tune. Alex Rutterford is the guy who produced the amazing video for Autechre's 'Gantz Graf'.

Would you notice the beauty in front of you?

What would happened if a world famous musician & his famous instrument busking at the metro station? Have a guess. Have a wild guess.

An interesting story at Washington Post.

I like this quote:

If you love something but choose not to do it professionally, it's not a waste. Because, you know, you still have it. You have it forever.
Picarello