The script is useful for creating a page for general (private) bookmarks, bookmarks focusing on a specific topic (linux apps, for example), shareable online bookmark pages (with RSS) and even a local intranet of links (file:/// supported).

Author's Note: I recently added a configuration section to automate the balancing of left/right tag columns. The same section also includes instructions for personalizing the final output. I found the manual edits straightforward enough that I didn't see a need to automate them.

Help: Doc & Help  Demo: demo.html  Script: smarks.py

Author's Note: I've been using this on my own blog page since 19 April 2026 with no issues either on this site or on two online RSS readers I use regularly. I will update this statement if I encounter any issues.

Right-click & save the 3 files below: doc, template and script.

Compatibility: Linux, macOS, *BSD, Windows  License: Blue Oak Model

• Status: New 11 May 2026
• Status: Updated 13 May 2026: Documentation only
• Status: Updated 31 May 2026: template.html only (recommended)

Additional features include HTML/Markdown renderers, smart wrapping, blocklists, custom shortcuts, ANSI Art viewer, classic 7-bit mode and more.

This 13 August 2026 update adds classic mode, width variable, a much improved configuration section, improved help, significant code restructuring for better usability.

• Your current .plan file will be retrieved
• You will be prompted for your password (if not set in the script)
• The .plan file will automatically load into your terminal editor
• Edit, save and exit
• On exit, the file is uploaded to your plan.cat account
• The script exits successfully (temporary files cleared)

Author's Note: This simple little thing is probably my most used finger utility. So useful for checking in on the core servers running finger. See the screenshot below for a sample output.

Features: Smart HTML stripping, link citation, relative link handling, configuration options (base URL, line wrapping, footer), 80-Column preview window, single standalone htmlApp. Long URLs are handled manually.

Author's Note: I enjoy reading .plan files with terminal-based clients but I go through phases where I route everything through 'NFO Viewer'. Requires both NFO Viewer and this script. The "install" is simple. The rewards...? see the screenshots below.

exec 3<>/dev/tcp/${1#*@}/79;printf '%s\r\n' ${1%@*}>&3;cat<&3

Usage:     point echo@plan.cat    (bash is default)
           bash point user@host   (bash not default)

Features:  Tiny size :-) Supports 7 & 8-bit
Limits:    alphanumeric user/host input (no special characters)
Requires:  Bash with /dev/tcp support

Inline expansion was the key to a smaller size:
${1#*@} : Remove the left side of $1, including "@"
${1%@*} : Remove the right side of $1, including "@"

exec 3<>"/dev/tcp/${1#*@}/79";printf '%s\r\n' "${1%@*}">&3;cat<&3

Other ways to render and make the links clickable are via lynx, nview, portal.mozz.us↗ and thebackupbox.net↗.

It is easy to add, remove or modify the current replacement pairs directly in the script.

An integral secondary function, is to convert the cleaned Markdown into HTML 3.2. The resulting HTML is available in its own text Area window.

The rendered 7-bit ASCII text (sans HTML tags) is available in the [Preview] tab.

License: Blue Oak License↗  htmlApp: Binary Markdown Killer
Compatibility: All platforms  Status: Last update 09 Jul 2026

License: Blue Oak License↗  htmlApp: Simple HTML Previewer
Compatibility: All platforms  Status: new 24 Jul 2026

Author's note: (23aug2026) This should be rewritten to add configuration on top for: (1) adding new cities easily and (2) putting the cities in the right order. I hope to get to this at some point.

Author's Note: It's in-house - so... maybe it could look nicer (I think it looks perfect:-) but it gets the job done for me. I plan on adding another template/htmlApp (for example: this one is next). Others may follow after that.

Author's Note: ART is a basic ANSI viewer. Some files may not display correctly. It was created specifically to automate posting ANSI art to finger accounts and to make files Linux-terminal compatible.

Additional notes, background and demo at this ANSI Art page

Author's Note: I wanted a terminal-based storytelling format and tried several methods. This approach seemed best suited for the short-form storytelling and other little projects I had in mind with everything in a single file.

This is a rewrite of a previous htmlApp that relied on an external API and a CORS proxy. Issues along the pipeline forced me to create a standalone, self-reliant version.

Note: The dog facts included were generated by AI and therefore... slop-ridden. I am looking for a permissively licensed, verified data set to replace them - so that I don't have to independently verify 100 factoids;-)

The 12 Aug 2026 update brings useful size optimization to the final binary, reducing it from ~16KB to ~5KB.

CSS: Lightweight and browser-friendly. See the demo below. 39 total declarations: 10 CSS 3 and 29 that are CSS 2.1 or less.

Author's Note: I didn't know where to put this and this page seemed like the current best fit.

I thought about adding additional simple ciphers but decided this htmlApp is perfect as is. Certainly digging the UI. Listing it here because it's fun to have at the ready.

Update: Tweak #3 brings a 100% 7-bit ASCII version without the Unicode line characters (U+2500 and U+2501).

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