diff -uNr a/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT b/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT
--- a/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT 77c1fe5ce35c77d6b10d9b534c6e2aced87e55bb4c402e7113af40b2901539b282ca8a4bd5704022fba1d10d8305c956030239b2b66ae2732616c3e1fd9a3e5f
+++ b/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT 11153bcdf5cbd2587a98aeefd8cd6326988ad046d897cdbf25a23c2fd96bfe23888ee768236f5b5e11022c716dde7f79ba3f8fb267975ccb20a5fa1f542c2275
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 589662  raw_line_export     asciilifeform   "Export lines in Phf format; fix for debug knob."
 589674  rle_errata          asciilifeform   "Date arrow enable fix."
 589783  irssi2tmsr          diana_coman     "Converter of irssi logs to the tmsr format used by the logotron. Added authors in MANIFEST.TXT."
+590448  uniturds_etc        asciilifeform   "Phf's algo for uniturd digestion; cosmetic improvements to WWW displayer."
diff -uNr a/logotron/README.txt b/logotron/README.txt
--- a/logotron/README.txt 45fa8f8a0d6e12ede0c94ba6b85a7b43b8409ba841127decb2409df358dbb5c3ee6c5f2b5c17f3f5fa8829abc7ac38c979bf628ce447bd419ace2078cf3d5d8d
+++ b/logotron/README.txt 90a1c2e178dec4991603e7295a180ddec5dc9b07c14fb924b8b78645a00797edda0b01fc872fa2b5ba346dfac2e769d526c002808cb8091bfe98aaf328f8c918
@@ -80,3 +80,15 @@
 (2) User may request export of raw log lines in Phf-classical format.
     E.g. :
     http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log-raw/trilema?istart=1925000&iend=1925500
+
+
+###############
+Aug. 16 Update:
+###############
+
+(1) Bot: added Phf's algo for uniturd processing ('fallback to latin-1').
+(2) Bot: May leave IRC password blank in config for use with unregged bots
+(3) WWW: 'Checkerboard' colouring; footer links.
+(4) WWW: Links in log lines now open in new browser tab (a la Phf's log)
+(5) WWW: Can now be loaded 'in reverse gear', http://...../log?rev=1
+(6) WWW: 'Random' knob, takes reader to an arbitrary moment in past log.
diff -uNr a/logotron/bot.py b/logotron/bot.py
--- a/logotron/bot.py a168b17f05e71bec4ed700eda6ae588d080f41d1b93842044709fc8349d1a44116692fcccdc10861dc1e4e317f02f7456e70dcf66945fd9451d83b83f09a85e4
+++ b/logotron/bot.py f8aaac719d30714fb9d79e3a0e59daf3fc306d75d1aef8837919696ff81787c082eaffb5c42cc4cdfa85c78267c2cf362c5bd2c623d11cafc4ae32ac471d1d19
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@
     # Auth to server
     send("NICK %s\r\n" % Nick)
     send("USER %s %s %s :%s\r\n" % (Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick))
-    send("NICKSERV IDENTIFY %s %s\r\n" % (Nick, Pass))
+    
+    # If this is a production bot, rather than test, there will be a PW:
+    if Pass != "":
+        send("NICKSERV IDENTIFY %s %s\r\n" % (Nick, Pass))
     
     time.sleep(Join_Delay) # wait to join until fleanode eats auth
     
@@ -258,7 +261,10 @@
                 connected = False
                 continue
             try:
-                data = data.strip(b'\r\n').decode("utf-8")
+                try:
+                    data = data.strip(b'\r\n').decode("utf-8")
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    data = data.strip(b'\r\n').decode('latin-1')
                 for l in data.splitlines():
                     received_line(l)
                 continue
diff -uNr a/logotron/reader.py b/logotron/reader.py
--- a/logotron/reader.py fc6b0036d74f0369666fcbe199cda20733e2b5f384c4653ce6eebc294c61ab14ad70de596f34979ec91896e1a4d298153628f13ba430d8190d6360f0102fde39
+++ b/logotron/reader.py 96d91f8b483d435147d82a364ab5d03f1154316aa1da1a05a0b4333b3e88081fe92a0747fb0923813ffbdb4d9fb4239e4247f792bede52dcacdd83f42e439179
@@ -243,7 +243,9 @@
 
 
 # Regexps used in format_logline:
-boxlinks_re = re.compile('\[\s*<a href="(http[^ \[\]]+)">[^ <]+</a>\s*\]\[([^\[\]]+)\]')
+boxlinks_re = re.compile(
+    '\[\s*<a href="(http[^ \[\]]+)"[^>]*>[^ <]+</a>\s*\]\[([^\[\]]+)\]')
+
 stdlinks_re = re.compile('(http[^ \[\]]+)')
 
 
@@ -252,10 +254,12 @@
     payload = html_escape(l['payload'])
     
     # Format ordinary links:
-    payload = re.sub(stdlinks_re, r'<a href="\1">\1</a>', payload)
+    payload = re.sub(stdlinks_re,
+                     r'<a href="\1" target=\'_blank\'>\1</a>', payload)
 
     # Now also format [link][text] links :
-    payload = re.sub(boxlinks_re, r'<a href="\1">\2</a>', payload)
+    payload = re.sub(boxlinks_re,
+                     r'<a href="\1"  target=\'_blank\'>\2</a>', payload)
 
     # If this is a search result, illuminate the matched strings:
     if highlights != []:
@@ -309,12 +313,29 @@
             chan,
             next_day_txt)
 
+    # s += """<span><a href="{0}log/{1}?rev=1">Reverse</a></span>""".format(
+    #     get_base(), chan)
+
     return s
 
 # Make above callable from inside htm templater:
 app.jinja_env.globals.update(generate_navbar=generate_navbar) 
 
 
+@app.route('/rnd/<chan>')
+def rnd(chan):
+    # Handle rubbish chan:
+    if chan not in Channels:
+        return redirect(url_for('log'))
+
+    rnd_line = query_db(
+        '''select * from loglines where chan=%s
+        order by random() limit 1 ;''',
+        [chan], one=True)
+
+    return redirect(line_url(rnd_line))
+
+
 @app.route('/log/<chan>/<date>')
 @app.route('/log/<chan>', defaults={'date': None})
 @app.route('/log/', defaults={'chan': Default_Chan, 'date': None})
@@ -327,6 +348,9 @@
     # Get possible selection start and end
     sel_start = request.args.get('ss', default = 0, type = int)
     sel_end = request.args.get('se', default = 0, type = int)
+
+    # Get possible 'reverse gear'
+    rev = request.args.get('rev', default = 0, type = int)
     
     # Get current time
     now = datetime.now()
@@ -358,13 +382,18 @@
         and t between %s and %s order by idx asc;''',
                      [chan, day_start, day_end], one=False)
     
+    # Optional 'reverse gear' knob:
+    if rev == 1:
+        lines.reverse()
+
     # Return the HTMLized text
     return render_template('log.html',
                            chan     = chan,
                            loglines = lines,
                            sel      = (sel_start, sel_end),
                            date     = date,
-                           tail     = tail)
+                           tail     = tail,
+                           rev      = not rev)
 
 
 @app.route('/log-raw/<chan>')
diff -uNr a/logotron/templates/layout.html b/logotron/templates/layout.html
--- a/logotron/templates/layout.html 587ccf877ba1bff6dfa4547ebfed8fae1b071cf243fa4bd77f56f91c0a1b6a692137ff9dc5b458c34783ac632bcb83abac664073ab82d79649709810f4cf9c0a
+++ b/logotron/templates/layout.html 0ff5a7efd8e622b812ee6c649d7157d362bd89bb116eede8102c08118b064fdb555a64084c2fe6f93537e044e02198846b707687ecf4dab03ed696673bb9034f
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
          }
          
          div {
-             white-space: pre-wrap;
          }
          
          .bot,
@@ -44,14 +43,26 @@
              color: #777;
              font-weight: normal;
          }
+
+         .loglines {
+             float:left;
+             clear:none;
+         }
+         
+         .loglines div:nth-child(2n) {
+         }
+         
+         .loglines div:nth-child(2n+1) {
+             background: #f5f5f5;
+         }
          
          .mention {
-             background: lightyellow;
+             background: lightyellow !important;;
          }
          
          :target,
          .active {
-             background: lightyellow;
+             background: lightyellow !important;;
          }
          
          img.inline {
@@ -72,12 +83,12 @@
          #navbar {
              margin-bottom: 1em;
          }
-         
+
          .highlight {
-             background: yellow;
+             background: yellow !important;;
              padding: 1px;
          }
-         
+
         </style>
     </head>
 
@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@
                 <tr>
                     <td>
                         <a href="http://nosuchlabs.com">
-                            <img src="http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/static/snsa_small.jpg"
+                            <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='snsa.jpg') }}"
                                  align="left"
                                  alt="No Such lAbs"/>
                         </a>
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@
 
                     <td>
                         <a href="http://pizarroisp.net">
-                            <img src="http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/static/piz_small.jpg"
+                            <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='piz.jpg') }}"
                                  align="right"
                                  alt="Pizarro"/>
                         </a>
@@ -122,6 +133,11 @@
         
         {% block body %}{% endblock %}
 
+        <hr>
+
+        <div align="center">
+            <a href="/rnd/{{ chan }}">Random({{ chan }})</a> | <a href="{{ url_for('static', filename='log_db.gz') }}">Download daily DB snapshot</a> | <a href="http://www.loper-os.org/?p=3452">Get Source Code</a>
+        </div>
     </body>
 
 </html>
diff -uNr a/logotron/templates/log.html b/logotron/templates/log.html
--- a/logotron/templates/log.html f687b56110c1f5a947f95b3767df3f224f9580a1751cee8f27dc45a099dd1416c3afe6bb205468b7d529d5a1e73e8224fe52aa18158f5ca2e7f8874e74e698a3
+++ b/logotron/templates/log.html 52d528c55a54d0077907ddae6d862d9b3e9c4afb9d787874a8844de4c3231b8c8d714dc2bef369004efbef7cbdba4b81ec1081f71a1ea48f5598b5780facef6a
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 <div id='navbar'>{{ generate_navbar(date, tail, chan) | safe }}</div>
 
-{% for l in loglines %}
-{{ format_logline(l, [], sel) | safe }}
-{% endfor %}
+<div class='loglines'>
+    {% for l in loglines %}
+    {{ format_logline(l, [], sel) | safe }}
+    {% endfor %}
+</div>
 
 <div id='navbar'>{{ generate_navbar(date, tail, chan) | safe }}</div>