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+#+title: About.jl
+#+author: tecosaur
+
+Sometimes you want to know more /about/ what you're working with, whether it be a
+function, type, value, or something else entirely.
+
+This package is a utility to help answer that question, it exports a single
+function ~about~, which can be applied to any Julia object.