diff --git a/1998/dlowe/.gitignore b/1998/dlowe/.gitignore
index 929663f8b..5855a6a26 100644
--- a/1998/dlowe/.gitignore
+++ b/1998/dlowe/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ dlowe.alt
 README.poot.md
 dlowe.orig
 prog.orig
+make.1
diff --git a/1998/dlowe/README.md b/1998/dlowe/README.md
index a385f3d48..d77e5c351 100644
--- a/1998/dlowe/README.md
+++ b/1998/dlowe/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ For more detailed information see [1998 dlowe in bugs.md](/bugs.md#1998-dlowe).
 
 Why is there different output?
 
+Also try:
+
+```sh
+./try.sh
+```
+
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
@@ -58,8 +64,10 @@ a CGI program: <https://web.archive.org/web/20001025182142/http://pootpoot.com/p
 We are sure that you will find that new web page to make a much
 more consistent level of quality.  :-)
 
-A CGI script such as:
 
+### Historical remarks:
+
+A CGI script such as:
 
 ```sh
 #!/bin/sh
@@ -85,9 +93,35 @@ else
 fi
 ```
 
-can be used to pootify web pages.
+could be used to pootify web pages. It was noticed in 2023, however, that
+`lynx(1)` does not work well and `links(1)` does not have the same security
+protections that `lynx(1)` does. Thus it might be unwise to use as a CGI script.
 
-For further information see:
+The [pootify.sh](pootify.sh) script has been added which is a modification to
+the above which can be used to render html files locally with the added bonus
+that one can use `file://` URLs. If one uses it as a CGI script (whether
+modifying it to use `lynx(1)` or not) they might want to uncomment the check in
+the script for `file://` based URLs. It has not been tested as a CGI script with
+lynx(1) so it's maybe possible that it would work this way.
+
+You can use this script, however, to download and generate html files that you
+can look at locally in a browser or pipe through `less(1)`. For instance:
+
+```sh
+./pootify.sh URL=https://microsoft.com | less
+
+./pootify.sh -r URL=https://microsoft.com > ms.html
+```
+
+where the first one would show the text as rendered but without links, images
+etc. and the second one would write the html to ms.html so that you could open
+it in a browser.
+
+If one does use it as a CGI script you'll want to check out
+[pootify.cgi.sh](pootify.cgi.sh) which forbids `file://` based URLs and which
+uses `lynx(1)` with the option referred to above.
+
+For an old example of it working as a CGI script see:
 
 ```sh
 https://web.archive.org/web/20040326083431/http://www.pootpoot.com/poot/pootify/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ioccc.org
@@ -96,8 +130,8 @@ https://web.archive.org/web/20040326083431/http://www.pootpoot.com/poot/pootify/
 
 ## Author's remarks:
 
-This program is a text filter, it reads stdin and outputs the
-"corrected" text to stdout.
+This program is a text filter, it reads `stdin` and outputs the
+"corrected" text to `stdout`.
 
 It is obfuscated in that the code is painful to look at and
 its purpose and mode of operation are not terribly obvious.
diff --git a/1998/dlowe/pootify.cgi.sh b/1998/dlowe/pootify.cgi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e7649aa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1998/dlowe/pootify.cgi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# pootify.cgi.sh - a sample CGI pootifier
+#
+POOT="./dlowe"
+LYNX="lynx"
+ECHO="echo"
+EXPR="expr"
+
+${ECHO} "Content-type: text/html"
+${ECHO}
+
+QUERY_STRING="$1"
+if [[ -z "${QUERY_STRING}" ]]; then
+    ${ECHO} "QUERY_STRING not found"
+else
+    URL="$(${EXPR} "$QUERY_STRING" : '[Uu][Rr][Ll]=\(.*\)')"
+    if [[ -z "${URL}" ]]; then
+	${ECHO} "No URL given in QUERY_STRING"
+    elif [[ X"$(${EXPR} "${URL}" : '[Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]:')" != X0 ]]; then
+    	${ECHO} "file: based URLs are not allowed"
+    else
+	${LYNX} -restrictions=all -source "${URL}" | ${POOT}
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/1998/dlowe/pootify.sh b/1998/dlowe/pootify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e9b8204a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1998/dlowe/pootify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Script to download a page and pootify it. You can pipe it through less(1) to
+# see the output or you can redirect it to a file and open it in your local
+# browser (use the -r option for that).
+#
+# Note from 2023: this used to be a CGI script that used lynx(1) which has
+# security features but lynx does not work with redirects, it would appear, and
+# unfortunately links(1) does not have such restrictions. If you wanted to use
+# it anyway you could change the -dump to -source and see how it goes. It might
+# also be that if it was used as a CGI script it would work well but this has
+# not been tested.
+#
+# Example uses:
+#
+#   ./pootify.sh URL=https://microsoft.com | less
+#
+#   ./pootify.sh -r URL=https://microsoft.com > ms.html
+#
+# and then open ms.html in your local browser. Neither are as nice as a rendered
+# html page as a script from another page and certainly it's less convenient but
+# you can at least enjoy the output somewhat, the latter one more so, perhaps.
+#
+POOT="./dlowe"
+LINKS="links"
+ECHO="echo"
+EXPR="expr"
+RAW=""
+${ECHO} "Content-type: text/html"
+${ECHO}
+if [[ "$#" -eq 2 ]]; then
+    if [[ "$1" = "-r" ]]; then
+	RAW="-r"
+    fi
+    shift 1
+fi
+
+QUERY_STRING="$1"
+if [[ -z "${QUERY_STRING}" ]]; then
+    ${ECHO} "QUERY_STRING not found"
+else
+    URL="$(${EXPR} "$QUERY_STRING" : '[Uu][Rr][Ll]=\(.*\)')"
+    if [[ -z "${URL}" ]]; then
+	${ECHO} "No URL given in QUERY_STRING"
+    # if used as a CGI script uncomment the below:
+    #elif [[ X"$(${EXPR} "${URL}" : '[Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]:')" != X0 ]]; then
+    #	${ECHO} "file: based URLs are not allowed"
+    elif [[ -n "$RAW" ]]; then
+	${LINKS} -source "${URL}" | ${POOT}
+    else
+	${LINKS} -dump "${URL}" | ${POOT}
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 055f0e328..46271cc2a 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -2048,6 +2048,17 @@ Cody added a call to `endwin()` to restore terminal sanity (echo etc.) when
 exiting the program.
 
 
+## [1998/dlowe](1998/dlowe/dlowe.c) ([README.md](1998/dlowe/README.md]))
+
+Cody added the scripts [try.sh](1998/dlowe/try.sh),
+[pootify.sh](1998/dlowe/pootify.sh) and
+[pootify.cgi.sh](1998/dlowe/pootify.cgi.sh) for a fun example use of the
+program, a local pootifier of web pages and a CGI pootifier. It should be noted
+that the CGI version might have an issue with modern systems; see [historical
+remarks](1998/dlowe/README.md#historical-remarks) for more details on the
+pootify scripts.
+
+
 ## [1998/dloweneil](1998/dloweneil/dloweneil.c) ([README.md](1998/dloweneil/README.md]))
 
 Cody added [alt code](1998/dloweneil/dloweneil.alt.c) which has vi(m) movement