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.

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

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

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 04 May 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.

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.

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.

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

weather is the core utility that fetches and displays a concise set of essential weather information in just two lines. It uses OpenStreetMap to resolve locations to latitude/longitude (an improvement over open-meteo's own geocoding) and Open-Meteo for weather retrieval.

ww (worldweather) is a convenience wrapper that runs the weather script sequentially for multiple predefined locations, allowing you to check conditions in several cities at once. See the screenshot below.

Update: Tweak 3: You can opt for the 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.

"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).

This is a rewrite of a previous htmlApp that relied on an external API and a CORS proxy. Issues along the pipeline forced me 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.

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

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

Note: The dog facts included were generated by AI. While likely accurate, they have not been professionally verified. 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.

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