My roommate told me about this guy and showed me the oprah show on him. Some professor who knew he was dying of terminal cancer made a "last lecture". One of his students video taped the lecture and put it on youtube where it became a huge sensation. I haven't seen the lecture itself, but apparently it was very inspirational.
If this is the same guy werd
The whole lecture was basically for his kid
It was posted here
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture