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fishskinfreak2008 profile image71

How to stop being so sensitive about stuff!

There's an old saying that "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". Yeah, right. All we have to do is refer to bombastic Jeremiah Wright's "God damn America" speech or the...

3 comments    life advice family
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The Alice Project - Make Your Own Movie With The Sims

The Alice project is part of the legacy of Randy Pausch, a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon university, currently dying of cancer, who is famous for his Last Lecture. Alice 3.0, to be released this year, will allow users to create animations using Sims.

7 comments    technology education children
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Best books for gift, a complete review. #1

I will use Hubpages to publicize my books reviews. This one is just the first from a serie of many more that will present a nice list of books. Apart from being great ideas for present, these titles...

0 comments    review gifts book
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The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch Gives Life Lessons in His Final Days

At the start of his lecture, Randy Pausch, with little ceremony, acknowledges "the elephant in the room." In his case, the unspeakable is what brought him here to speak; the unspeakable is his cancer. Randy...

2 comments    love life advice
Benson Yeung profile image53

Do You Enjoy What You Are Doing

Dr Randy Pausch died yesterday at the age of 47. I have been following his news and drawing strength from his straightforward approach to life, cancer and dying. Turning 47 later this year myself, I couldn’t...

0 comments    life fun death
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The Last Lecture-Dr. Randy Pausch

I saw Randy Pausch's Last Lecture on You Tube, about a year ago. I would strongly recommend for anyone with a teenager in the household to watch this and share it with their teenage child. I have this...

9 comments    computer science randy pausch
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Elusive Nature of Fun

We do many things in the pursuit of fun. The man who gave that famous speech on Oprah just before he died cited 'fun' as being high on his priority list even though his days were numbered. Randy Pausch's...

2 comments    life family children
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Easy Ways to Create a Personalized Book For Your Child

Randy Pausch and "The Last Lecture" became a phenomenon- this professor wrote his last lecture after he got news of his terminal cancer. His lecture spread across the web, he was a guest on the Oprah show...

3 comments    entertainment life advice
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Randy Pausch Last Lecture

Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor who became a YouTube phenomenon with his "Last Lecture," died of complications from pancreatic cancer at age 47.

0 comments    careers lecture childhood dreams
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Professor Randy Pausch's Legacy

Randy Pausch, formerly a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University has given new meaning to life. Although Pausch is battling pancreatic cancer with the tumors spreading to his liver & spleen,...

8 comments    life death dreams
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