curly's law

2012.08.30
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? This. [holds up one finger]

Mitch: Your finger?

Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don't mean shit.

Mitch: But what is the "one thing?"

Curly: [smiles] That's what you have to find out.
via Coding Horror who use it to explain "Curly's Law", an emphasis of only doing things one time.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/ Kudos to Fox News for allowing such a negative editorial! "Ryan's speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech."
Geekery! I'm releasing a new javascript library, geared at sounds for browser-based games: http://lowlag.alienbill.com/ lowLag.js: responsive html5 audio "a simple wrapper for low-latency, high-compatibility, html5-friendly audio"
$25 to United for an "excess baggage" charge. Hm, I think that used to be called just "any baggage"... #bravenewworld