■ Real Life Superhero

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand”-Randy Pausch

This Superhero is a bit different from the stereotypes. Unlike others , he did not have a second 'super' identity. He neither wore a mask nor had a fancy cape. He dressed ordinary and surprisingly the trademark characteristic of 'wearing the underwear outside the superhero outfit' was missing. What made him different from the aam junta was his point of view towards life.







Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist made news with his "last lecture" after he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. He believed in living life to the fullest rather than mourning over impending death. His "last lecture" is probably the most optimistic and liveliest lecture one can hear from a dying person.

the closest he came to wearing a superhero costume



his famous "Last Lecture"at Carnegie Mellon University:




lecture on "Time Management:" at the University of Virginia.


other resources:

• Randy Pausch's homepage:http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
• Dr. Gabriel Robins homepage: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/

[image courtesy: Dr. Gabriel Robins]