Tagged: library

Open Source Extravaganza!

I’ve been quiet here lately. That’s what happens when a heavy workload blends into a long vacation.

To help myself get back in the swing of this blogging lark, I’m made today an “open source dump”. Basically, I went through all the stuff I hadn’t made publicly available before and added mirrors on github.

Most of this is incomplete, trivial, and most likely crap. Read on for links!

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Actions, Objects, and Context

Nouns

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Nouns describe things: objects.

  • The noun itself carries some description of the thing: “rabbit”
  • That description can be extended through adjectives: “dark rabbit”

Nouns have a limited context. They give you a concept of a thing at a particular snapshot in time. Without more context, they are limited.

Think of full sentences:

  • car
    • What does this mean? It doesn’t convey much information without more context.
    • If you Google “car”, you get a lot of very broad results – but does it help you solve your problem?
  • move car
    • Full context, assuming a car can move. Grammatically limited, but gives a broader idea.
    • You can Google “move car” and it gives very specific, contextually useful results.

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