function s = set (s, varargin)

  propArgs = varargin;
  while (length (propArgs) >= 2)
    propName  = propArgs{1};
    propValue = propArgs{2};
    propArgs  = propArgs(3:end);
    switch (propName)
      case 'geek'
        s.geek = propValue;
      otherwise
        error ([propName, ' is not a valid Spork property']);
    end
  end

end