Pancreatic cancer is such a tragedy. It is one of the fastest forming cancers. I lost a friend to it a few years back and he, too, was way too young. I don't know a lot abut randy pausch but I do remember reading some of his work with teaching computer programming when I was in grad school. I'll have to go back and do a little research on his approach (being in the field of adult education for computer technology makes me interested in this type stuff).