Last week the Wall Street Journal featured a fabulous column by Jeffrey Zaslow which told the story of the "last lecture" of Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch, a 46-year old father of three young boys (ages 5, 2 and 1) who is afflicted with terminal pancreatic cancer. This lecture is probably one of the most inspiring things I've ever experienced and I wanted to share it with you.
You can view his lecture at mms://wms.andrew.cmu.edu/001/pausch.wmv.
Today the Wall Street Journal published a follow up article about the enormous response there has been world wide to this lecture. Professor Pausch is expected to live for another month or two, but the effects of this lecture and his life's work will live on. I was inspired by the awards and announcements after his lecture too, so be sure to stay tuned.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Paragliding at Pacifica
Keith, Brent and I spent Sunday afternoon in Pacifica enjoying the scenery and watching Sam paraglide. Check it out!
Labor Day at the Palace of Fine Arts
Jacob came to visit us over Labor Day weekend. We did a lot of fun things. One of our favorite things was visiting the Palace of Fine Arts in downtown San Francisco. Here are a few of my favorite photos.
After our long walk around the Palace for a few hours we got really hungry. So we decided to get dinner at Tarantinos (a sentimental place for the Hiatts) and then dessert at Ghirardelli. We had to roll ourselves home.
This is the Palace of Fine Arts.
I love the swans swimming out front.
Jacob in front of the columns at the Palace.
After our long walk around the Palace for a few hours we got really hungry. So we decided to get dinner at Tarantinos (a sentimental place for the Hiatts) and then dessert at Ghirardelli. We had to roll ourselves home. Hiatts know how to party! ;)