In LOS I refer to the work of Artist Mike Nourse in the 4th Law learn as an example of how repetition can be a powerful tool for learning. Nourse took video footage from a press conference by President George Bush before the Iraq war and did a simple thing. He removed all references of “terror,” “weapons of mass destruction,” and “Iraq,” and simply edited all those parts into a single piece of video. The result embodies the kind of strength that is achieved through the power of repeating oneself.

I imagine you could apply the same treatment for most politicians out there and get similar results. Repetition, repetition, repetition. It works. It works. It works.

I gave a talk at Sun Labs where I encountered a special light switch in one of their conference rooms. At first I thought it was some kind of silly “engineer” joke. But the light switch functions as stated for real. Does it win the award for the most confusing light switch? I bet there are other ones out there that are equally complex to use.

Today I was perusing quotes from Ben Franklin here and there

Do not squander time for
that is the stuff life is made of.

because I have a few deadlines right now that make me feel a bit time-less, and not in the good sense of the word. And then Ben hits me with

He that is good for making excuses
is seldom good for anything else.

which makes me think that he didn’t want me to waste any time reading his stuff. Especially if I use good Ben as a poor excuse for procrastinating today. Because as Ben says

Lost time is never found again.

I hate it when Ben’s right.