Shivam's World

It is such a pleasure and honor to be at a place where professors like Randy Pausch have spent their lives. He inspired students when he was with us and he continues to inspire us after he’s gone.
The Randy Pausch Bridge connects the fine arts buliding, Purnell Center, with the Gates & Hillman Centers, the home for computer science at Carnegie Mellon.

The bridge’s railing consists of 7000 programmable LED’s that animate to represent 6 different metaphors from his book “The Last Lecture”. The 6 animated sequence represent:

• Fun with Crayons
• Outer Space
• Make the Most of Each Day
• Be the First Penguin
• The Elevator in Randy’s Room
• Disney and the Circus

A beautiful video on the various sequence can be seen below.

This bridge will stand forever and keep inspiring generations of students who’ll walk on it. We’ll always miss him.
This picture was taken on 6 December 2009

Pittsburgh has one of the most picturesque downtown of all the cities I have seen.  You won’t find many cities where 2 rivers meet to form a third right at the heart of the town.

Two rivers, Allegheny and Monongahela meet here to form the Ohio river. The place of confluence is called the Golden Triangle (between Allegheny and Monongahela) and there is a nice park at this place.

The beauty of this is accentuated by surrounding hills which present make the view even better. If you want to admire its real beauty, take a fun ride on Duquesne Incline to reach the top of Mt. Washington and start clicking

About this Picture:
This picture was taken from Mt. Washington on 19 Dec 2008.