Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab v1.0.2 Released

I have released a new version (1.0.2) of the Neurocognitive Linguistics Laboratory software.

The program is available for download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

This update contains mostly user interface improvements, including:

  • Added some sample files to the distribution.
  • Cut and paste: you can now cut, copy and paste network items.
  • You can now zoom in and out of the network view.
  • Printing support: you can print network diagrams or export them to a variety of graphics formats.
  • Implemented node threshold learning similar to that in Colin Harrison’s dissertation.
  • Added a network item type for text labels.
  • Added some nice icons from the Silk icon set.
  • You can now edit common properties when more than one item is selected.

Please see the changelog for further details.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab (“NeuroLab” for short) is a program that allows you to experiment with the relational networks of Sydney Lamb‘s neurocognitive linguistics model using a convenient GUI, and record the results of your experiments in tabular form.

The Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab is Copyright (C) 2010 Gordon Tisher, and available under the terms of the BSD License.

Sending Outlook Meeting invitations from C#

In case anyone needs to send Outlook meeting invitations from C# (or VB.NET, etc.), I have found the following resources useful:

It turned out that adapting none of the code in these links worked correctly (the goal is to have Outlook add the “Attend”, etc. buttons) the only way that worked for me was to send a request, and then cut-n-paste the resulting ICAL file, filling the relevant fields with my data.

It seems Outlook is incredibly finicky in what it accepts, and incredibly liberal in what it generates.

La Fundamenta Krestomatio

Memori vortojn kaj gramatikajn leĝojn estas la plej malgranda parto da lingva lernado.

Estas ĉiam multaj manieroj esprimi tiun, kiun oni volas diri. Sed kutime estas plej populara vojo paroli, kies uzo distingas inter flua kaj malflua uzantaj.

Do kial neniam ajn rekomendiĝis la Fundamenta Krestomatio al mi? Estas granda ekzemplaro de stilo kaj kutimoj de Esperanta uzado.

Ĝies stilo estas kompreneble klasika, sed ĝi estas solida bazo sur kio kreskigi onies esperantan sperton.