A library for implementing a 4 wheel remory palace based on the techniques described by Giodarno Bruno in DE UMBRIS IDEARUM.

Bruno proposes a series of concentric rings where the intersection of a token on the outer, can be combined with a token on the inner, with a token on the inner up to an unimaginable number of rings or wheels (Latin: rotas).

So by memorizing 4 rings of tokens which correspond to the alphabet one can gain 26⁴ unique intersections. While memorizing such a huge number may seem daunting, if you can memorize 26 small stories e.g. you can gain that number with very little difficulty.

rotas helps you build those sentences from your wheels.

The French word "fleur" corresponds to "flower" in English. To memorize this association, rotas helps you generate this short story.

➜  rotas git:(master) ✗ rotas "fleur/flower"
[Frank Sinatra] [snorts cocaine] with a [golf club] in/on a [tokyo!!!].
[Regina Spektor] /[shoots heroin] with a [straw] in/on a [garbage can].
[Winston Churchill] [plays golf] with a [drumstick].

1. F: subject = Frank Sinatra

2. L: verb = L (a Hollywood starlet)'s verb

3. E: implement = Ed Norton's in "Fight Club" implement - golf club

4. U: location = Ultraman's location, Tokyo!

5. R: subject = Regina Spektor

6. F: verb = Frank Sinatra in "Man with the golden arm"

7. L: implement = L (a Holywood starlet)'s object

8. O: location = Oscar the Grouch's location

9. W: subject = Winston Churchill

10. E: verb = Ed Norton's activity

11. R: implement = Drumstick for drumming on a chair done by Regina Spektor at her show

NOTE: The stories generated by rotas are FICTIONAL. They are plot ideas and are not slanders of the famous person or actor who might PLAY them.

Obviously these images and stories are important to me. You should make a datafile that is important to you. If you have son named "Isaac" he should be your I, if your best friend is an Fred, use him for F. If the convenience store by your house is an important place, use it. In short, use personal, meaningful places and people!

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'rotas'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install rotas

$ rotas ruby
[Regina Spektor] [battles a kaiju] with a [opium pipe] in a [iron islands boat].

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request