diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/.gitignore b/urlbot-mcabber/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d150401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.*swp
+*.pyc
+cmdfifo
+logs/
+event_files/
+urlbot.persistent
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/common.py b/urlbot-mcabber/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c786a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+if '__main__' == __name__:
+	print('''this is a library file, which is not meant to be executed''')
+	exit(-1)
+
+import sys, os, time, pickle
+from local_config import conf
+
+RATE_GLOBAL      = 0x01
+RATE_NO_SILENCE  = 0x02
+RATE_INTERACTIVE = 0x04
+RATE_CHAT        = 0x08
+RATE_URL         = 0x10
+
+BUFSIZ = 8192
+delay = 0.100 # seconds
+
+basedir = '.'
+if 2 == len(sys.argv): basedir = sys.argv[1]
+
+event_files_dir = os.path.join(basedir, conf('path_event_files'))
+fifo_path = os.path.join(basedir, conf('path_cmdfifo'))
+
+def debug_enabled():
+#	return True
+	return False
+
+def logger(severity, message):
+#	sev = ( 'err', 'warn', 'info' )
+#	if severity in sev:
+	args = (sys.argv[0], time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S'), severity, message)
+	sys.stderr.write('%s %s %s: %s\n' % args)
+
+def conf_save(obj):
+	with open(conf('persistent_storage'), 'wb') as fd:
+		return pickle.dump(obj, fd)
+
+def conf_load():
+	with open(conf('persistent_storage'), 'rb') as fd:
+		fd.seek(0)
+		return pickle.load(fd)
+
+def levenshtein(a, b, return_table=False):
+	'''returns the levenshtein distance between a and b'''
+	# initialisize a table with 0, but the 0-rows/cols with their index
+	d = [[ (i if 0 == j else j if 0 == i else 0) for j in range(len(b)+1) ] for i in range(len(a)+1) ]
+
+	i = j = 0
+	for i in range(1, len(a)+1):
+		for j in range(1, len(b)+1):
+			if a[i-1] == b[j-1]:
+				d[i][j] = d[i-1][j-1]
+			else:
+				d[i][j] = min(
+					d[i-1][j] + 1,   # deletion
+					d[i][j-1] + 1,   # insertion
+					d[i-1][j-1] + 1, # substitution
+				)
+
+	if return_table:
+		return (d, d[i][j])
+	else:
+		return d[i][j]
+
+def get_version_git():
+	import subprocess
+
+	cmd = ['git', 'log', '--oneline', '--abbrev-commit']
+
+	p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, bufsize=1, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+	first_line = p.stdout.readline()
+	line_count = len(p.stdout.readlines()) + 1
+
+	if 0 == p.wait():
+		# skip this 1st, 2nd, 3rd stuff and use always [0-9]th
+		return "version (Git, %dth rev) '%s'" % (
+			line_count, str(first_line.strip(), encoding='utf8')
+		)
+	else:
+		return "(unknown version)"
+
+VERSION = get_version_git()
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/levenshtein_test.py b/urlbot-mcabber/levenshtein_test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a29abc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/levenshtein_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from common import levenshtein
+
+(a, b) = ('foo barbaz', 'foobar baz')
+(a, b) = ('sitting', 'kitten')
+(a, b) = ('Monte Kali (Heringen)', 'http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Kali_%28Heringen%29')
+
+(matrix, ret) = levenshtein(a, b, return_table=True)
+
+sep = ' '*0
+out = ''
+for B in b:
+	out += sep + '%2s' % B
+print(sep + ' '*4 + out)
+
+for i in range(len(matrix)):
+	if 0 == i:
+		out = '  '
+	else:
+		out = '%2s' % a[i-1]
+
+	for j in range(len(matrix[i])):
+		if 0 == i or 0 == j:
+			col = '30;42'
+		elif i == j:
+			col = '41'
+		else:
+			col = 0
+
+		if 0 != col:
+			out += sep + '\x1b[%sm%2d\x1b[m' %(col, matrix[i][j])
+		else:
+			out += sep + '%2d' % matrix[i][j]
+
+	print(out)
+
+print(ret)
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/local_config.py.skel b/urlbot-mcabber/local_config.py.skel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78a9112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/local_config.py.skel
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import time, sys
+
+def _logger(a, b): sys.stderr.write('logger: %s::%s\n' %(a, b))
+try: logger
+except NameError: logger = _logger
+
+if '__main__' == __name__:
+	print('''this is a config file, which is not meant to be executed''')
+	exit(-1)
+
+config = {
+	'src-url': 'FIXME',
+	
+	'bot_user': 'urlbot',
+	'bot_owner': 'FIXME',
+	
+	'hist_max_count': 5,
+	'hist_max_time': 10 * 60,
+	
+	'uptime': -time.time(),
+	'request_counter': 0,
+	
+	'path_event_files': 'event_files',
+	'path_cmdfifo': 'cmdfifo',
+	'persistent_storage': 'urlbot.persistent',
+	
+	'url_blacklist': [
+		r'^.*heise\.de/[^/]+/meldung/.*$',
+		r'^.*wikipedia\.org/wiki/.*$'
+	],
+
+# the "dice" feature will use more efficient random data (0) for given users
+	'enhanced-random-user': ( 'FIXME', 'FIXME' ),
+
+	'tea_steep_time': (3*60 + 40),
+
+	'image_preview': True
+}
+
+def conf(val):
+	if val in list(config.keys()):
+		return config[val]
+	logger('warn', 'conf(): unknown key ' + str(val))
+	return None
+
+def set_conf(key, val):
+	config[key] = val
+	return None
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/plugins.py b/urlbot-mcabber/plugins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a66f453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/plugins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,623 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+if '__main__' == __name__:
+	print('''this is a plugin file, which is not meant to be executed''')
+	exit(-1)
+
+import time, random, unicodedata, re
+from local_config import conf
+from common import *
+from urlbot import extract_title
+
+joblist = []
+
+plugins = {}
+plugins['parse'] = []
+plugins['command'] = []
+
+def get_reply_data(data, field=0):
+	# FIXME: we can't determine if a user named 'foo> ' just wrote ' > bar'
+	# or a user 'foo' just wrote '> > bar'
+	f = data.split()
+
+	if 0 == field:
+		if 1 > len(f):
+			return None
+		return f[0].strip('<>')
+	else:
+		if field >= len(f):
+			return None
+		return f[field]
+
+def register_event(t, callback, args):
+	joblist.append((t, callback, args))
+
+def parse_mental_ill(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'parse mental illness',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_NO_SILENCE | RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	min_ill = 3
+	c = 0
+	flag = False
+
+	# return True for min_ill '!' in a row
+	for d in args['data']:
+		if '!' == d or '?' == d:
+			c += 1
+		else:
+			c = 0
+		if (min_ill <= c):
+			flag = True
+			break
+
+	if True == flag:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent mental illness reply')
+		return {
+			'msg': '''Multiple exclamation/question marks are a sure sign of mental disease, with %s as a living example.''' % args['reply_user']
+		}
+
+def parse_debbug(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'parse Debian bug numbers',
+			'args': ('data',),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_NO_SILENCE | RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	bugs = re.findall(r'#(\d{4,})', args['data'])
+	if not bugs:
+		return None
+
+	url = 'https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%s' % bugs[0]
+	status, title = extract_title(url)
+
+	if 0 == status:
+		title = 'Debian Bug: ' + title
+	elif 3 == status:
+		pass
+	else:
+		return None
+
+	logger('plugin', 'detected Debian bug')
+	return {
+		'msg': title
+	}
+
+def parse_cve(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'parse a CVE handle',
+			'args': ('data',),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_NO_SILENCE | RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	cves = re.findall(r'(CVE-\d\d\d\d-\d+)', args['data'].upper())
+	if not cves:
+		return None
+
+	logger('plugin', 'detected CVE handle')
+	return {
+		'msg': 'https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/%s' % cves[0]
+	}
+
+def parse_skynet(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'parse skynet',
+			'args': ('data',),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'skynet' in args['data'].lower():
+		logger('plugin', 'sent skynet reply')
+		return {
+			'msg': '''I'm an independent bot and have nothing to do with other artificial intelligence systems!'''
+		}
+
+def data_parse_other(data):
+	reply_user = get_reply_data(data)
+
+	for p in plugins['parse']:
+		if ratelimit_exceeded(p['ratelimit_class']):
+			continue
+
+		args = {}
+
+		if 'args' in list(p.keys()):
+			for a in p['args']:
+				if None == a: continue
+
+				if 'data' == a:
+					args['data'] = data
+				elif 'reply_user' == a:
+					args['reply_user'] = reply_user
+				else:
+					logger('warn', 'unknown required arg for %s: %s' %(p['name'], a))
+
+		ret = p['func'](args)
+
+		if None != ret:
+			if 'msg' in list(ret.keys()):
+				ratelimit_touch(RATE_CHAT)
+				chat_write(ret['msg'])
+
+def command_command(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'command',
+			'desc': 'lists commands',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user', 'cmd_list'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'command' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent command list')
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': known commands: ' + str(args['cmd_list']).strip('[]')
+		}
+
+def command_help(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'help',
+			'desc': 'print help for a command',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user', 'cmd_list'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+
+	cmd = None
+	flag = False
+
+	for word in args['data'].split():
+		if True == flag:
+			cmd = word
+			break
+
+		if 'help' == word:
+			flag = True
+
+	if False == flag: # no match on 'help'
+		return None
+
+	if None == cmd:
+		logger('plugin', 'empty help request')
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': no command given'
+		}
+
+	if not cmd in [p['name'] for p in plugins['command']]:
+		logger('plugin', 'no help found for %s' % cmd)
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': no such command: %s' % cmd
+		}
+
+	for p in plugins['command']:
+		if cmd == p['name']:
+			logger('plugin', 'sent help for %s' % cmd)
+			return {
+				'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': help for %s: %s' %(cmd, p['desc'])
+			}
+
+
+def command_version(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'version',
+			'desc': 'prints version',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'version' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent version string')
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + (''': I'm running ''' + VERSION)
+		}
+
+def command_klammer(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'klammer',
+			'desc': 'prints an anoying paper clip aka. Karl Klammer',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'klammer' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent karl klammer')
+		return {
+			'msg': 
+				(
+					args['reply_user'] + r''':  _, Was moechten''',
+					args['reply_user'] + r''': ( _\_   Sie tun?''',
+					args['reply_user'] + r''':  \0 O\          ''',
+					args['reply_user'] + r''':   \\ \\  [ ] ja ''',
+					args['reply_user'] + r''':    \`' ) [ ] noe''',
+					args['reply_user'] + r''':     `''         '''
+				)
+		}
+
+def command_unicode(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'unikot',
+			'desc': 'prints an unicode string',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'unikot' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent some unicode')
+		return {
+			'msg': 
+				(
+					args['reply_user'] + ''': ┌────────┐''',
+					args['reply_user'] + ''': │Unicode!│''',
+					args['reply_user'] + ''': └────────┘'''
+				)
+		}
+
+def command_source(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'source',
+			'desc': 'prints git URL',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'source' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent source URL')
+		return {
+			'msg': 'My source code can be found at %s' % conf('src-url')
+		}
+
+def command_dice(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'dice',
+			'desc': 'rolls a dice',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_INTERACTIVE
+		}
+
+	if 'dice' in args['data']:
+		if args['reply_user'] in conf('enhanced-random-user'):
+			rnd = 0 # this might confuse users. good.
+			logger('plugin', 'sent random (enhanced)')
+		else:
+			rnd = random.randint(1, 6)
+			logger('plugin', 'sent random')
+
+		dice_char = ['◇', '⚀', '⚁', '⚂', '⚃', '⚄', '⚅']
+		return {
+			'msg': 'rolling a dice for %s: %s (%d)' %(args['reply_user'], dice_char[rnd], rnd)
+		}
+
+def command_uptime(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'uptime',
+			'desc': 'prints uptime',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'uptime' in args['data']:
+		u = int(conf('uptime') + time.time())
+		plural_uptime = 's'
+		plural_request = 's'
+
+		if 1 == u: plural_uptime = ''
+		if 1 == conf('request_counter'): plural_request = ''
+
+		logger('plugin', 'sent statistics')
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + (''': happily serving for %d second%s, %d request%s so far.''' %(u, plural_uptime, conf('request_counter'), plural_request))
+		}
+
+def command_ping(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'ping',
+			'desc': 'sends pong',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_INTERACTIVE
+		}
+
+	if 'ping' in args['data']:
+		rnd = random.randint(0, 3) # 1:4
+		if 0 == rnd:
+			msg = args['reply_user'] + ''': peng (You're dead now.)'''
+			logger('plugin', 'sent pong (variant)')
+		elif 1 == rnd:
+			msg = args['reply_user'] + ''': I don't like you, leave me alone.'''
+			logger('plugin', 'sent pong (dontlike)')
+		else:
+			msg = args['reply_user'] + ''': pong'''
+			logger('plugin', 'sent pong')
+
+		return {
+			'msg': msg
+		}
+
+def command_info(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'info',
+			'desc': 'prints info message',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'info' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent long info')
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + (''': I'm a bot, my job is to extract <title> tags from posted URLs. In case I'm annoying or for further questions, please talk to my master %s. I'm rate limited and shouldn't post more than %d messages per %d seconds. To make me exit immediately, highlight me with 'hangup' in the message (emergency only, please). For other commands, highlight me with 'command'.''' %(conf('bot_owner'), conf('hist_max_count'), conf('hist_max_time')))
+		}
+
+def command_teatimer(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'teatimer',
+			'desc': 'sets a tea timer to $1 or currently %d seconds' % conf('tea_steep_time'),
+			'args': ('reply_user', 'argv0', 'argv1'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'teatimer' == args['argv0']:
+		steep = conf('tea_steep_time')
+
+		if None != args['argv1']:
+			try:
+				steep = int(args['argv1'])
+			except Exception as e:
+				return {
+					'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': error when parsing int(%s): %s' % (
+						args['argv1'], str(e)
+					)
+				}
+
+		ready = time.time() + steep
+
+		try:
+			logger('plugin', 'tea timer set to %s' % time.strftime('%F.%T', time.localtime(ready)))
+		except ValueError as e:
+			return {
+				'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': time format error: ' + str(e)
+			}
+
+		register_event(ready, chat_write, args['reply_user'] + ': Your tea is ready!')
+		
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': Tea timer set to %s' % time.strftime(
+				'%F.%T', time.localtime(ready)
+			)
+		}
+
+def command_decode(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'decode',
+			'desc': 'prints the long description of an unicode character',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if not 'decode' in args['data']:
+		return
+
+	d = args['data'].split()
+
+	if 4 == len(d):
+		char = d[3][0]
+		char_esc = str(char.encode('unicode_escape'))[3:-1]
+		logger('plugin', 'decode called for %s' % char)
+
+		try:
+			uni_name = unicodedata.name(char)
+		except Exception as e:
+			logger('plugin', 'decode(%s) failed: %s' %(char, str(e)))
+			return {
+				'msg': args['reply_user'] + ": can't decode %s (%s): %s" %(char, char_esc, str(e))
+			}
+
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': %s (%s) is called "%s"' %(char, char_esc, uni_name)
+		}
+	else:
+		return {
+			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': usage: decode {single character}'
+		}
+
+def command_show_blacklist(args):
+	if 'register' == args:
+		return {
+			'name': 'show-blacklist',
+			'desc': 'show the current URL blacklist',
+			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+		}
+
+	if 'show-blacklist' in args['data']:
+		logger('plugin', 'sent URL blacklist')
+		
+		return {
+			'msg': [
+				args['reply_user'] + ': URL blacklist: ' + b
+					for b in conf('url_blacklist')
+			]
+		}
+
+#def command_dummy(args):
+#	if 'register' == args:
+#		return {
+#			'name': 'dummy',
+#			'desc': 'dummy description',
+#			'args': ('data', 'reply_user'),
+#			'ratelimit_class': RATE_GLOBAL
+#		}
+#
+#	if 'dummy' in args['data']:
+#		logger('plugin', 'dummy plugin called')
+#		
+#		return {
+#			'msg': args['reply_user'] + ': dummy plugin called'
+#		}
+
+def command_else(args):
+	logger('plugin', 'sent short info')
+	return {
+		'msg': args['reply_user'] + ''': I'm a bot (highlight me with 'info' for more information).'''
+	}
+
+def data_parse_commands(data):
+	words = data.split(' ')
+
+	if 2 > len(words): # need at least two words
+		return None
+
+	# don't reply if beginning of the text matches bot_user
+	if not words[1].startswith(conf('bot_user')):
+		return None
+
+	if 'hangup' in data:
+		chat_write('', prefix='/quit')
+		logger('warn', 'received hangup: ' + data)
+		return None
+
+	reply_user = get_reply_data(data)
+	argv0 = get_reply_data(data, field=2)
+	argv1 = get_reply_data(data, field=3)
+
+	for p in plugins['command']:
+		if ratelimit_exceeded(p['ratelimit_class']):
+			continue
+
+		args = {}
+
+		if 'args' in list(p.keys()):
+			for a in p['args']:
+				if None == a: continue
+
+				if 'data' == a:
+					args['data'] = data
+				elif 'cmd_list' == a:
+					cmds = [c['name'] for c in plugins['command']]
+					cmds.sort()
+					args['cmd_list'] = cmds
+				elif 'reply_user' == a:
+					args['reply_user'] = reply_user
+				elif 'argv0' == a:
+					args['argv0'] = argv0
+				elif 'argv1' == a:
+					args['argv1'] = argv1
+				else:
+					logger('warn', 'unknown required arg for %s: %s' %(p['name'], a))
+
+		ret = p['func'](args)
+
+		if None != ret:
+			if 'msg' in list(ret.keys()):
+				if str == type(ret['msg']): # FIXME 2to3
+					ratelimit_touch(RATE_CHAT)
+					if ratelimit_exceeded(RATE_CHAT):
+						return False
+
+					chat_write(ret['msg'])
+				else:
+					for line in ret['msg']:
+						ratelimit_touch(RATE_CHAT)
+						if ratelimit_exceeded(RATE_CHAT):
+							return False
+
+						chat_write(line)
+
+			return None
+
+	ret = command_else({'reply_user': reply_user})
+	if None != ret:
+		if ratelimit_exceeded(RATE_GLOBAL):
+			return False
+
+		if 'msg' in list(ret.keys()):
+			if list is type(ret['msg']):
+				for m in ret['msg']:
+					chat_write(m)
+			else:
+				chat_write(ret['msg'])
+
+funcs = {}
+funcs['parse'] = (parse_mental_ill, parse_skynet, parse_debbug, parse_cve)
+funcs['command'] = (
+	command_command, command_help, command_version, command_unicode,
+	command_klammer, command_source, command_dice, command_uptime, command_ping,
+	command_info, command_teatimer, command_decode, command_show_blacklist
+)
+
+_dir = dir()
+
+if debug_enabled():
+	def _chat_write(a): logger('chat_write', a)
+	def _conf(a): return 'bot'
+	def _ratelimit_exceeded(ignored=None): return False
+	def _ratelimit_touch(ignored=None): return True
+
+	try: chat_write
+	except NameError: chat_write = _chat_write
+	try: conf
+	except NameError: conf = _conf
+	try: ratelimit_exceeded
+	except NameError: ratelimit_exceeded = _ratelimit_exceeded
+	try: ratelimit_touch
+	except NameError: ratelimit_touch = _ratelimit_touch
+
+	logger('info', 'debugging enabled')
+
+def register(func_type, auto=False):
+	plugins[func_type] = []
+
+	if auto:
+		# FIXME: this is broken. dir() returns str, but not
+		# the addr of the functions which we'd need here.
+		for f in _dir:
+			print('testing(%s)' % f)
+			if not f.startswith(func_type + '_'):
+				continue
+
+			try:
+				ret = f('register')
+				ret['func'] = f
+				plugins[func_type].append(ret)
+			except Exception as e:
+				logger('warn', 'auto-registering %s failed: %s' %(f, e))
+
+	else:
+		for f in funcs[func_type]:
+			ret = f('register')
+			ret['func'] = f
+			plugins[func_type].append(ret)
+
+def register_all():
+	register('parse')
+	register('command')
+
+def event_trigger():
+	if 0 == len(joblist):
+		return
+
+	now = time.time()
+
+	i = 0
+	for (t, callback, args) in joblist:
+		if t < now:
+			callback(args)
+			del(joblist[i])
+
+		i += 1
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/strsim.py b/urlbot-mcabber/strsim.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9a98749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/strsim.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import re
+
+def str_sim(a, b, do_print=False):
+	a = a.lower()
+	b = b.lower()
+
+	a_parts = re.split('[\W_]+', a)
+	b_parts = re.split('[\W_]+', b)
+
+	# this is a "simple" way to declare out[a][b]
+	out = list(map(list, [[0]*len(b_parts)]*len(a_parts)))
+
+	for i in range(0, len(a_parts)-1):
+		for j in range(0, len(b_parts)-1):
+			if a_parts[i] == b_parts[j]:
+				out[i][j] += 1
+	
+	if do_print:
+		i = 0
+		for j in range(0, len(b_parts)):
+			print('  |'*i + ' '*2 + '.- ' + b_parts[j])
+			i += 1
+		print('  |'*i)
+
+		for i in range(0, len(a_parts)):
+			print(' ' + str(out[i]) + ' ' + a_parts[i])
+
+	return out
+
+def sum_array(array):
+	_sum = 0
+	for a in array:
+		if list == type(a) or tuple == type(a) or hash == type(a):
+			_sum += sum_array(a)
+		elif int == type(a) or float == type(a):
+			_sum += a
+	return _sum
+
+def wrapper_print(a, b, comment=''):
+	ret = str_sim(a, b, do_print=True)
+	if '' != comment: comment = ' ^ ' + comment
+	print('[%2dx%2d::%2d]%s' %(len(ret), len(ret[0]), sum_array(ret), comment))
+
+if '__main__' == __name__:
+	pairs = (
+		(
+			'http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Kali_%28Heringen%29',
+			'Monte Kali (Heringen)'
+		),
+		(
+			'http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/buddhisten-treffen-in-colombo-blitzender-moench-a-994447.html',
+			'Buddhisten-Treffen in Colombo: Blitzender Mönch - SPIEGEL ONLINE'
+		)
+	)
+
+	wrapper_print('foo bar baz', 'foo bar boom')
+
+	for (url, title) in pairs:
+		wrapper_print(title, url, comment='raw')
+		url_no_proto = re.sub(r'https?://[^/]*/', '', url)
+		wrapper_print(title, url_no_proto, comment='no proto/domain')
+		url_no_proto_no_digits = re.sub(r'[0-9]*', '', url_no_proto)
+		wrapper_print(title, url_no_proto_no_digits, comment='no proto/domain/[0-9]')
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/test_urlbot.py b/urlbot-mcabber/test_urlbot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fcd8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/test_urlbot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""
+To be executed with nose
+"""
+import unittest
+from urlbot import fetch_page
+
+
+class TestEventlooper(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def test_broken_url(self):
+		"""
+		Test that broken socket calls are not breaking
+		"""
+		broken_url = 'http://foo'
+		result = fetch_page(url=broken_url)
+		self.assertEqual(result, (None, None))
+
diff --git a/urlbot-mcabber/urlbot.py b/urlbot-mcabber/urlbot.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5abb4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlbot-mcabber/urlbot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys, os, stat, re, time, pickle, random
+import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, html.parser
+from local_config import conf, set_conf
+from common import *
+from strsim import str_sim
+
+# rate limiting to 5 messages per 10 minutes
+hist_ts = []
+hist_flag = True
+
+parser = None
+
+def fetch_page(url):
+	logger('info', 'fetching page ' + url)
+	try:
+		request = urllib.request.Request(url)
+		request.add_header('User-Agent', '''Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 Iceweasel/31.0''')
+		response = urllib.request.urlopen(request)
+		html_text = response.read(BUFSIZ) # ignore more than BUFSIZ
+		response.close()
+		return (0, html_text, response.headers)
+	except Exception as e:
+		logger('warn', 'failed: ' + str(e))
+		return (1, str(e), 'dummy')
+
+	return (-1, None, None)
+
+def extract_title(url):
+	global parser
+
+	if 'repo/urlbot.git' in url:
+		logger('info', 'repo URL found: ' + url)
+		return (3, 'wee, that looks like my home repo!')
+
+	logger('info', 'extracting title from ' + url)
+
+	(code, html_text, headers) = fetch_page(url)
+	
+	if 1 == code:
+		return (3, 'failed: %s for %s' %(html_text, url))
+
+	if html_text:
+		charset = ''
+		if 'content-type' in headers:
+			logger('debug', 'content-type: ' + headers['content-type'])
+
+			if 'text/' != headers['content-type'][:len('text/')]:
+				return (1, headers['content-type'])
+
+			charset = re.sub('.*charset=(?P<charset>\S+).*',
+				'\g<charset>', headers['content-type'], re.IGNORECASE)
+
+		if '' != charset:
+			try:
+				html_text = html_text.decode(charset)
+			except LookupError:
+				logger('warn', 'invalid charset in ' + headers['content-type'])
+
+		if str != type(html_text):
+			html_text = str(html_text)
+
+		result = re.match(r'.*?<title.*?>(.*?)</title>.*?', html_text, re.S | re.M | re.IGNORECASE)
+		if result:
+			match = result.groups()[0]
+
+			if None == parser:
+				parser = html.parser.HTMLParser()
+
+			try:
+				expanded_html = parser.unescape(match)
+			except UnicodeDecodeError as e: # idk why this can happen, but it does
+				logger('warn', 'parser.unescape() expoded here: ' + str(e))
+				expanded_html = match
+			return (0, expanded_html)
+		else:
+			return (2, 'no title')
+
+	return (-1, 'error')
+
+def chat_write(message, prefix='/say '):
+	set_conf('request_counter', conf('request_counter') + 1)
+
+	for m in message:
+		if 0x20 > ord(m):
+			logger('warn', 'strange char 0x%02x in chat_write(message), skipping' % ord(m))
+			return False
+
+	if debug_enabled():
+		print(message)
+	else:
+		try:
+			fd = open(fifo_path, 'wb')
+# FIXME 2to3
+			# FIXME: somehow, unicode chars can end up inside a <str> message,
+			# which seems to make both unicode() and ''.encode('utf8') fail.
+			try:
+				msg = str(prefix) + str(message) + '\n'
+				msg = msg.encode('utf8')
+			except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+				logger('warn', 'encoding msg failed: ' + str(e))
+				msg = prefix + message + '\n'
+
+			fd.write(msg)
+			fd.close()
+		except IOError as e:
+			logger('err', "couldn't print to fifo %s: %s" % (fifo_path, str(e)))
+
+def ratelimit_touch(ignored=None): # FIXME: separate counters
+	hist_ts.append(time.time())
+
+	if conf('hist_max_count') < len(hist_ts):
+		hist_ts.pop(0)
+
+
+def ratelimit_exceeded(ignored=None): # FIXME: separate counters
+	global hist_flag
+
+	if conf('hist_max_count') < len(hist_ts):
+		first = hist_ts.pop(0)
+		if (time.time() - first) < conf('hist_max_time'):
+			if hist_flag:
+				hist_flag = False
+				chat_write('(rate limited to %d messages in %d seconds, try again at %s)' %(conf('hist_max_count'), conf('hist_max_time'), time.strftime('%T %Z', time.localtime(hist_ts[0] + conf('hist_max_time')))))
+
+			logger('warn', 'rate limiting exceeded: ' + pickle.dumps(hist_ts))
+			return True
+
+	hist_flag = True
+	return False
+
+def extract_url(data):
+	ret = None
+	result = re.findall("(https?://[^\s>]+)", data)
+	if result:
+		for url in result:
+			ratelimit_touch()
+			if ratelimit_exceeded():
+				return False
+
+			flag = False
+			for b in conf('url_blacklist'):
+				if not None is re.match(b, url):
+					flag = True
+					logger('info', 'url blacklist match for ' + url)
+
+			if flag:
+				# an URL has matched the blacklist, continue to the next URL
+				continue
+
+# urllib.request is broken:
+# >>> '.'.encode('idna')
+# ....
+# UnicodeError: label empty or too long
+# >>> '.a.'.encode('idna')
+# ....
+# UnicodeError: label empty or too long
+# >>> 'a.a.'.encode('idna')
+# b'a.a.'
+
+			try:
+				(status, title) = extract_title(url)
+			except UnicodeError as e:
+				(status, title) = (4, str(e))
+
+			if 0 == status:
+				title = title.strip()
+				lev_url = re.sub(r'https?://[^/]*/', '', url)
+				lev_res = levenshtein(lev_url, title)
+
+				sim = str_sim(title, lev_url)
+				sim_len_title = len(sim)
+				sim_len_url = len(sim[0])
+				sim_sum = sum([sum(a) for a in sim])
+
+				obj = conf_load()
+				obj['lev'].append((lev_res, title, url))
+				obj['sim'].append((sim_sum, sim_len_title, sim_len_url, title, url))
+				conf_save(obj)
+
+				message = 'Title: %s: %s' %(title, url)
+			elif 1 == status:
+				if conf('image_preview'):
+					# of course it's fake, but it looks interesting at least
+					char = """,._-+=\|/*`~"'"""
+					message = 'No text but %s, 1-bit ASCII art preview: [%c] %s' %(
+						title, random.choice(char), url
+					)
+				else:
+					logger('info', 'no message sent for non-text %s (%s)' %(url, title))
+					continue
+			elif 2 == status:
+				message = 'No title: %s' % url
+			elif 3 == status:
+				message = title
+			elif 4 == status:
+				message = 'Bug triggered (%s), invalid URL/domain part: %s' % (title, url)
+				logger('warn', message)
+			else:
+				message = 'some error occurred when fetching %s' % url
+
+			message = message.replace('\n', '\\n')
+
+			logger('info', 'printing ' + message)
+			chat_write(message)
+			ret = True
+	return ret
+
+def parse_pn(data):
+	## reply_user = data.split(' ')[0].strip('<>')
+	# since we can't determine if a user named 'foo> ' just wrote ' > bar'
+	# or a user 'foo' just wrote '> > bar', we can't safely answer here
+	logger('warn', 'received PN: ' + data)
+	return False
+
+def parse_delete(filepath):
+	try:
+		fd = open(filepath, 'r')
+	except IOError as e:
+		logger('err', 'file has vanished: %s: %s' % (filepath, e))
+		return False
+
+	content = fd.read(BUFSIZ) # ignore more than BUFSIZ
+	fd.close()
+	os.remove(filepath) # probably better crash here
+
+	if content[1:1+len(conf('bot_user'))] == conf('bot_user'):
+		return
+
+	if 'has set the subject to:' in content:
+		return
+	
+	if content.startswith('PRIV#'):
+		parse_pn(content)
+		return
+
+	if 'nospoiler' in content:
+#		logger('info', "no spoiler for: " + content)
+		return
+
+	if sys.argv[0] in content:
+		logger('info', 'silenced, this is my own log')
+		return
+
+	if True != extract_url(content):
+		plugins.data_parse_commands(content)
+		plugins.data_parse_other(content)
+		return
+
+if '__main__' == __name__:
+	import plugins
+
+	plugins.chat_write = chat_write
+	plugins.ratelimit_exceeded = ratelimit_exceeded
+	plugins.ratelimit_touch = ratelimit_touch
+
+	plugins.register_all()
+
+	print(sys.argv[0] + ' ' + VERSION)
+
+	if not os.path.exists(fifo_path):
+		logger('error', 'fifo_path "%s" does not exist, exiting' % fifo_path)
+		exit(1)
+
+	if not stat.S_ISFIFO(os.stat(fifo_path).st_mode):
+		logger('error', 'fifo_path "%s" is not a FIFO, exiting' % fifo_path)
+		exit(1)
+
+	while 1:
+		try:
+			for f in os.listdir(event_files_dir):
+				if 'mcabber-' == f[:8]:
+					parse_delete(os.path.join(event_files_dir, f))
+
+			plugins.event_trigger()
+
+			time.sleep(delay)
+		except KeyboardInterrupt:
+			print('')
+			exit(130)