After a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer, well known computer science professor Randy Pausch passed away on July 25th, 2008. His “last lecture” is a real inspiration, I highly recommend viewing it.
To find out more, you can also check out Randy’s tribute page at Carnegie Mellon University.
Archive for July, 2008
In memoriam: Randy Pausch
Posted in Found, Inspiration on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Bucket List
Posted in Fun on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I saw this great movie last week, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Apparently some people got upset at the light-hearted way this story deals with cancer. Hey, get off it, it’s only the movies!
I really did enjoy it and it made me laugh out loud more than a few times. Here’s the original bucket [...]
One month later…
Posted in Doctors, Treatment on July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wow, time flies when you’re having fun! I’ve done gone a whole month without posting as they say in Texas.
So, this is what happened in the meantime:
In Cologne, I undertook a couple of alternative (or experimental as my radio-oncologists called it) treatments related to the immune system. Firstly, I was given a treatment called hyperthermia. [...]
