diff --git a/2018/ferguson/FILES b/2018/ferguson/FILES
index f3c62578f..99da7dcf1 100644
--- a/2018/ferguson/FILES
+++ b/2018/ferguson/FILES
@@ -24,20 +24,7 @@ Makefile		    The Makefile that simplifies compilation as well as
 			    itself [1].
 
 
-weasel.man		    The local version of the man page; that is if it's
-			    not installed. You can still use 'man' on the
-			    'weasel.1' file but 'weasel.man' references
-			    different file paths from 'weasel.1'.
-
-
-weasel.1		    The system wide version of the man page for when
-			    (if) it's installed [2]. Note that the suggested
-			    invocation 'man -l ./weasel.man' can be replaced
-			    with 'man -l ./weasel.1' too but if the weasel
-			    package is installed 'man weasel.1' (note the
-			    missing '-l ./') would read the from the system
-			    man page.
-
+weasel.1		    The man page for weasel.
 
 
 README.md		    The source of the index.html file [3].
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/Makefile b/2018/ferguson/Makefile
index f1671da73..40d9ad489 100644
--- a/2018/ferguson/Makefile
+++ b/2018/ferguson/Makefile
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ PROG= prog
 #
 OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 CSRC= ${PROG}.o
-DATA= FILES hint.css rpm.md test-strings.txt weasel.1 weasel.man weasel.spec
+DATA= FILES hint.css rpm.md test-strings.txt weasel.1 weasel.spec
 TARGET= ${PROG} weasel
 #
 ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/README.md b/2018/ferguson/README.md
index 8dbdde50e..1749a62a5 100644
--- a/2018/ferguson/README.md
+++ b/2018/ferguson/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 make
 ```
 
+The author provided an alternate version which has a simpler keyboard for the
+monkey Eric. See [Alternate code](#alternate-code) below.
+
 
 ## To use:
 
@@ -15,20 +18,35 @@ make
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./weasel words
-./weasel -mq words
-./weasel -q -r8 'EVOLUTION IS A PROVEN FACT'
-./weasel -m 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN'
-
-make test
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
-The author provided an alternate version which has a simpler keyboard for the
-monkey Eric. See his comments under the 'keyboards' section, briefly referred to
-in the 'what it is' section.
+This version has a simpler keyboard (fewer characters). The author wrote more
+about this under the [keyboards](#keyboards) section, briefly referred to in the
+[what it is](#what) section.
+
+
+### Alternate build:
+
+
+```sh
+make alt
+```
+
+
+### Alternate use:
+
+Use `weasel.alt` as you would `weasel` above.
+
+
+### Alternate try:
+
+```sh
+./try.alt.sh
+```
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
@@ -50,7 +68,7 @@ while using more Cenozoic minded code migration, read rpm.md.
 If you find yourself in an evolutionary dead end, try:
 
 ```sh
-man ./weasel.man
+man ./weasel.1
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/test.sh b/2018/ferguson/test.sh
index c7823ea7e..77c62b13f 100755
--- a/2018/ferguson/test.sh
+++ b/2018/ferguson/test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Make sure the program has been compiled
-make clobber all 1> /dev/null|| exit 1
+make everything 1> /dev/null|| exit 1
 
 while read -r f; do
     ./weasel "$@" "${f}" # full line because of quotes
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/try.alt.sh b/2018/ferguson/try.alt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..83713b706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2018/ferguson/try.alt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.alt.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2018/ferguson alt code
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" alt >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./weasel.alt words (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+time ./weasel.alt words | less -EXF
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to see how long it'll take Eric the monkey to type his name: "
+echo 1>&2
+time ./weasel.alt -mq Eric
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: make test: "
+echo 1>&2
+make test
+
+read -r -p "Do you wish to try and prove 'intelligent design' (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" == "Y" || "$REPLY" == "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$ ./weasel.alt -m 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN'" 1>&2
+    echo "Press any key to continue. Send ctrl-c when convinced that intelligent" 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "design is not real or you're tired of waiting: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    time ./weasel.alt -m 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN'
+    echo 1>&2
+else
+    echo "$ ./weasel.alt -q -r8 'EVOLUTION IS A PROVEN FACT'" 1>&2
+    time ./weasel.alt -q -r8 'EVOLUTION IS A PROVEN FACT'
+fi
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Do you want to see how long it might take the monkey Eric to type 'words'? (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" == "Y" || "$REPLY" == "y" ]]; then
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "Will not display until Eric succeeds or too many generations. Hit ctrl-c" 1>&2
+    echo "to stop him early." 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    time ./weasel.alt -mq words
+fi
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/try.sh b/2018/ferguson/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9552e1e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2018/ferguson/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2018/ferguson
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./weasel words (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+time ./weasel words | less -EXF
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to see how long it'll take Eric the monkey to type his name: "
+echo 1>&2
+time ./weasel -mq Eric
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: make test: "
+echo 1>&2
+make test
+
+read -r -p "Do you wish to try and prove 'intelligent design' (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" == "Y" || "$REPLY" == "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$ ./weasel -m 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN'" 1>&2
+    echo "Press any key to continue. Send ctrl-c when convinced that intelligent" 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "design is not real or you're tired of waiting: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    time ./weasel -m 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN'
+    echo 1>&2
+else
+    echo "$ ./weasel -q -r8 'EVOLUTION IS A PROVEN FACT'" 1>&2
+    time ./weasel -q -r8 'EVOLUTION IS A PROVEN FACT'
+fi
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Do you want to see how long it might take the monkey Eric to type 'words'? (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" == "Y" || "$REPLY" == "y" ]]; then
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "Will not display until Eric succeeds or too many generations. Hit ctrl-c" 1>&2
+    echo "to stop him early." 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    time ./weasel -mq words
+fi
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/weasel.1 b/2018/ferguson/weasel.1
index 1d19b133d..3b6e62b65 100644
--- a/2018/ferguson/weasel.1
+++ b/2018/ferguson/weasel.1
@@ -135,40 +135,6 @@ was disabled as above). Observe that here the \fB-r5-q\fP doesn't prevent the
 quiet output from being enabled; on the other hand the options
 \fB-r5- -q -- -r10\fP would!
 .RE
-.SH FILES
-\fI/usr/src/weasel/weasel.c\fP
-.RS
-The source code to the \fBweasel\fP program.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fI/usr/src/weasel/weasel.alt.c\fP
-.RS
-The source code to the \fBweasel.alt\fP program.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fI/usr/src/weasel/Makefile\fP
-.RS
-The Makefile to compile the source code should you wish to compile the
-source code files.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fI/usr/src/weasel/test.sh\fP
-.RS
-A test script that demonstrates the weasel program (this script is used
-by \fBmake test\fP) by reading in strings, one at a time, and invoking
-the program with that string as the target chromosome. See the
-\fIREADME.md\fP or \fIhint.html\fP for more details on using this script.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fI/usr/src/weasel/test-strings.txt\fP
-.RS
-The data file the \fItest.sh\fP script reads strings from.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fI/usr/share/doc/weasel/weasel.html\fP, \fI/usr/share/doc/weasel/weasel.markdown\fP
-.RS
-More detailed documentation.
-.RE
 .SH HINTS
 The IOCCC judges in 2018 asked the following in the guidelines:
 .RS
diff --git a/2018/ferguson/weasel.man b/2018/ferguson/weasel.man
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d6fa400..000000000
--- a/2018/ferguson/weasel.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-.TH weasel 1 "15 February 2023" "weasel" "IOCCC 2018"
-.SH NAME
-weasel \- The IOCCC 2018 Implementation of Richard Dawkins's Weasel program
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBweasel\fP [\fI\-r<rate>\fP] [\fI\-m\fP] [\fI\-q\fP] [<\fIchromosomal string\fP>]
-.PP
-\fBweasel.alt\fP [\fI\-r<rate>\fP] [\fI\-m\fP] [\fI\-q\fP] [<\fIchromosomal string\fP>]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBweasel\fP is an obfuscated implementation of Richard Dawkins' \fIWeasel program\fP.
-According to Wikipedia in chapter three of his book \fIThe Blind Watchmaker\fP Dawkins wrote:
-.PP
-.RS
-I don't know who it was first pointed out that, given enough time,
-a monkey bashing away at random on a typewriter could produce all
-the works of Shakespeare. The operative phrase is, of course, given
-enough time. Let us limit the task facing our monkey somewhat.
-Suppose that he has to produce, not the complete works of Shakespeare
-but just the short sentence 'Methinks it is like a weasel', and we
-shall make it relatively easy by giving him a typewriter with a
-restricted keyboard, one with just the 26 (capital) letters, and
-a space bar. How long will he take to write this one little sentence?
-.RE
-.PP
-He refers to the \fIInfinite Monkey Theorem\fP in particular and as he
-points out it is \fBgiven enough time.\fP The weasel program uses a \fIgenetic
-algorithm (GA)\fP to intelligently come to a conclusion but this implementation
-has several additions: \fBtwo Easter eggs,\fP a \fBquiet output mode,\fP
-an \fBoption to change the mutation rate\fP as well as the ability to
-\fBspecify the chromosomal string.\fP
-Furthermore the keyboard isn't as limited as Dawkins's implementation.
-The \fBweasel.alt\fP keyboard is a more limited keyboard but not
-as limited as Dawkins's Weasel program keyboard.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.PP
-\fB\-r\fP\fI<rate>\fP
-This sets the mutation rate to \fI<rate>\fP; valid range is 1 through 100.
-Anything outside this range will disable the genetic algorithm and simulate
-a monkey in front of a typewriter.
-If a valid mutation rate is set after this then the monkey typewriter mode
-will be disabled but if monkey mode has been explicitly requested by the
-\fB\-m\fP option the mutation rate is ignored.
-Note that there cannot be a space between the \fB\-r\fP and \fI<rate>\fP.
-The default is 1; valid range is >= 1 && <= 100.
-.PP
-\fB\-m\fP
-Set monkey mode. This disables the genetic algorithm and is disables the
-mutation rate entirely; instead it will pseudo-randomly select a character
-from the keyboard in every offspring for every generation and selection
-will not take place: parents are simply the first two offspring
-regardless of their fitness score. Once this is enabled you
-cannot disable it: be wary of the typing monkeys!
-.PP
-\fB\-q\fP
-Quiet output.
-Only display settings like mutation rate, quiet output,
-target string and the final answer - if it comes to one.
-Just like monkey mode you cannot disable this once it's been enabled.
-.PP
-\fB--\fP
-Disable parsing of additional options (but not target strings); see
-.B EXAMPLES
-for a subtle point.
-.SH EXIT STATUS
-On error of any kind (including reaching the maximum number of attempts)
-return 1; otherwise return 0.
-.SH BUGS
-Bugs? What's this? :) Any bugs are actually insolent monkeys tampering
-with the program! But if you insist I do include errata on my website.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.PP
-\fBweasel\fP
-.PP
-.NF
-Using the GA with the default mutation rate of 1 and output mode (verbose)
-look for the default string in Hawkins's Weasel program; note that in
-all cases the string to be found is capitalised.
-.FI
-.PP
-\fBweasel \-qr5
-weasel \-q \-r5\fP
-.NF
-.PP
-Enables quiet output and sets a mutation rate of 5.
-.PP
-.FI
-\fBweasel \-rqr10\fP
-.NF
-.PP
-First sets an invalid mutation rate, then enables quiet output and
-finally sets (a valid) mutation rate of 10.
-.FI
-.PP
-.NF
-\fBweasel \-m 'I AM A MONKEY TYPING'\fP
-.PP
-.FI
-Simulate a monkey typing at the typewriter trying to type out the
-string \fBI AM A MONKEY TYPING\fP without quotes. Note that this will
-take some time almost assuredly and you might fall asleep before
-the monkey succeeds. Here you would see all the attempts because
-quiet output was not requested.
-.PP
-\fBweasel I AM NOT A MONKEY\fP
-.PP
-.NF
-Using the GA find the final string specified (this always happens);
-because the string wasn't quoted the program will have seen each word
-as a separate argument and thus it would search for \fBMONKEY\fP.
-.FI
-.PP
-\fBweasel '"WEASEL"'\fP
-.PP
-.NF
-Search for the string \fB"WEASEL"\fP including double quotes ("s).
-.FI
-.PP
-\fBweasel "'WEASEL'"\fP
-.PP
-.NF
-Search for the string \fB'WEASEL'\fP including the single quotes ('s).
-.FI
-.PP
-\fBweasel \-q \-r5 \-\- \-r10\fP
-.PP
-.NF
-Enable quiet output, set mutation rate to 5, disable further option parsing
-and set target string to \fB-r10\fP (literally because option parsing was disabled).
-.FI
-.PP
-\fBweasel \-r5\-q \-\- \-r10\fP
-.PP
-Set mutation rate to 5, enable quiet output, disable further parsing of
-options and set target string to \fB-r10\fP (literally - because option parsing
-was disabled as above). Observe that here the \fB-r5-q\fP doesn't prevent the
-quiet output from being enabled; on the other hand the options
-\fB-r5- -q -- -r10\fP would!
-.RE
-.SH FILES
-\fIprog.c\fP
-.RS
-The source code to the \fBweasel\fP program.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fIprog.alt.c\fP
-.RS
-The source code to the \fBweasel.alt\fP program.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fIMakefile\fP
-.RS
-The Makefile to compile the source code should you wish to compile the
-source code files.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fItest.sh\fP
-.RS
-A test script that demonstrates the weasel program (this script is used
-by \fBmake test\fP) by reading in strings, one at a time, and invoking
-the program with that string as the target chromosome. See the
-\fIREADME.md\fP or \fIhint.html\fP for more details on using this script.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fItest-strings.txt\fP
-.RS
-The data file the \fItest.sh\fP script reads strings from.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fIhint.html\fP, \fIREADME.md\fP
-.RS
-More detailed documentation.
-.RE
-.SH HINTS
-The IOCCC judges in 2018 asked the following in the guidelines:
-.RS
-.PP
-\fBBTW: What is so special about 2305567963945518424753102147331756070? You tell us!\fP
-.RE
-.PP
-It is the primorial prime of 97; but can you find a way to get the program
-to by default search for this number instead? You might need the source code to
-find it!
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.NF
-<\fBhttps://ioccc.xexyl.net/2018/weasel\fP>
-.PP
-<\fBhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem\fP>
-.PP
-<\fBhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_program\fP>
-.PP
-<\fBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180308131613/http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_96/journal/vol1/hmw/article1.html\fP>
-.SH AUTHOR
-Cody Boone Ferguson <\fBweasel@xexyl.net\fP>
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index a3b85ceb0..4b865c37b 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -3954,7 +3954,8 @@ He also added the [try.sh](/2015/yang/try.sh) script.
 [Cody](#cody), with irony well intended :-), fixed the [test.sh
 script](/2018/ferguson/test.sh) for portability, shellcheck, making it executable
 and other things, fixed dead links in the man page, updated the test-strings.txt
-file and other things as well.
+file and other things as well (like adding the [try.sh](/2018/ferguson/try.sh)
+and [try.alt.sh](/2018/ferguson/try.alt.sh) scripts).
 
 Landon notes that Cody will probably never finish changes in his entries and
 that's probably true: let's just say that for the IOCCC I'm (Cody) a weasel! :-)