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 smart wrapping, rendering (HTML, Markdown, ANSI Art), custom shortcuts, blocklists, auto CR/LF detection for server compatibility, protocol validation and error handling.

License: Blue Oak Model License↗  Screenshot: Help  Script: nf.txt
Compatibility: Linux, macOS and *BSD  Status: Updated 18 Jun 2026

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.

• 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: 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.

Author's note: bfinger uses Bash's /dev/tcp, which opens TCP connections via the kernel's socket interface, then reads and writes data character-by-character using shell-level I/O redirection. This method is slower than conventional Finger clients that use system calls directly.

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.

As a secondary function, it converts the cleaned Markdown into HTML 3.2.

The resulting HTML is available in its own Text Area window. Optionally, you can copy the rendered 7-bit ASCII text (sans HTML tags) from the [Preview] tab.

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

Author's Note: You can also paste modern html (a complete page or snippets) to preview quickly.

License: Blue Oak License↗  htmlApp: Simple HTML 3.2 Editor
Compatibility: All platforms  Status: minor update 20 Oct 2025

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

Author's Note: This standalone script requires the user to enter "sv {URL}" which may be an issue for some. The sbl file below (a companion bookmark/launcher to sv) fixes that. It links to some great pages on spartan in an easy to access way.

License: Blue Oak License↗ Script: sv.txt Screens: Rendered & Help
Compatibility: Linux, macOS, *BSD  Status: updated 12 Feb 2026

I like netcat (combined with gmir) and will be using it instead as the engine that drives sbl (Spartan Bookmark Launcher):

"sv {URL} | less -R"

Author's Note: I use this to easily visit core spartan pages and great ascii art available using the spartan:// protocol. Requires sv (above) in order to retrieve and render the pages (it's just a single, portable script like this one). 14 pages are currently listed and it's easy to add your own (via: sbl --edit).

License: Blue Oak License↗ Script: sbl.txt Screens: Main & Help
Compatibility: Linux, macOS, *BSD  Status: updated 09 Feb 2026

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 stoicism quotes included were generated by AI. While most capture the spirit well, a few seem to miss the mark. I am currently curating the list to remove questionable quotes and improve the data set quality.

Author's Note: Below are two versions by different authors. The first is by Ursula K. Le Guin (a translation) and is well-received. The other (an interpretation), by Stephen Mitchell, is controversial.

I actually started with Mitchell's version first. His style gave me a perspective that made every subsequent translation more approachable. He's included here for that reason.

For philosopher John Gray, moral progress is a myth. Technology advances; people don't. He argues that we should accept the permanence of human darkness - not pretend we're evolving past it.

The John Gray Quotes page is a fully working minimalist template that uses arrays to randomly display 30 curated quotes. The collection is built around Gray's rejection of moral progress.

Fictional in origin but real in practice, the Law of Jante↗ (janteloven↗) is a part of Scandinavian culture describing a social attitude of disapproval towards expressions of individuality and personal success.

Sandemose’s ten laws are not distinct rules, but merely ten variations of one core principle: You are not to think you're anyone special or that you're better than us.

Author's note: I first came across this in a TikTok post (Jul/2026). It's a social code that is widely recognized as a real and influential part of Scandinavian life.

Secular Humanism is a belief system that embraces human reason, logic, secular ethics↗ (human-based ethics, not supernatural) and philosophical naturalism↗ (natural laws over supernatural laws).

Author's note: From a quick scan, it's basically saying... no gods, be good to each other. Seems reasonable. Listed here to remind me to dig deeper. (Links: Humanists International↗ | World Humanist Day↗)

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;-)

Author's Note: This is a fun program that was created as a prop to the short story: The Council of Linux Greybeards. Its existence in the real world feels like fourth wall stuff. Details are here.

It's listed here to remind me that I want to add some additional, similar simple ciphers while keeping everything else intact. I'm digging the UI.

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.

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