I hadn’t heard of Randy Pausch until I came across this newspaper column by Michael Smerconish.

Shame on me: He has a best-selling book (ranked number four overall at Amazon as I type this) and his "last lecture" has been viewed millions of times over here on YouTube . That’s encouraging: We always hear about the dumbass 30-second video that gets millions of views, but this is a 76-minute lecture about achieving your childhood dreams.

Read the Smerconish column. Watch the video. If not today, then soon. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better way to spend about an an hour and a half — and I type that statement without the slightest whiff of hyperbole.

JULY 25 UPDATE: USA Today reports that Randy died today.

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 15th, 2008 at 6:00 am and is filed under Internet Stuff, This 'n' That.