Commencement 08

Pictures courtesy of my uncle.



I finally (well, not really finally, because it came all too soon) graduated from Carnegie Mellon last Sunday. Even only a week later it feels like ages ago. The ceremony itself was incredibly well done, and the best I've witnessed yet. I was fortunate for it to be mine. Al Gore gave a great speech for our keynote address, but it was the surprise visit of Randy Pausch, finishing the Charge to the Graduates, at the end of the ceremony that made it immeasurably special: