diff --git a/2012/hamano/README.md b/2012/hamano/README.md
index 9d2b1cffc..b5417be80 100644
--- a/2012/hamano/README.md
+++ b/2012/hamano/README.md
@@ -15,23 +15,21 @@ make
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./hamano < README.md > hint.pdf
+./try.sh
 ```
 
-You can read `hint.pdf` with a PDF reader like `acroread hint.pdf` or `evince
-hint.pdf`. With macOS you can do `open hint.pdf` which by default will open
-`Preview.app`. You may of course use your pdf view to open the file directly
-instead.
+The script will generate a number of PDF files and it will suggest you look at
+them as well. You can read `hint.pdf` with a PDF reader like `acroread hint.pdf`
+or `evince hint.pdf`. With macOS you can do `open hint.pdf` which by default
+will open `Preview.app`. You may of course use your pdf viewer to open the file
+directly instead.
 
+One of the PDF files generated is this README.md file as a PDF, obfuscated, and
+the PDF file will then be compiled as C (itself!) and executed so that it shows
+README.md!
 
-To deobfuscate:
-
-```sh
-cc -xc hint.pdf -o hint
-./hint
-```
-
-Of course, You can also obfuscate C code:
+Another PDF file generated is obfuscated C code. Once this is done it will
+compile the PDF as if it was C and then run it like:
 
 ```sh
 echo 'int main(){puts("Hello World!");}' | ./hamano > hello.pdf
@@ -53,7 +51,8 @@ is the font?), and the submitted entry created PDF files that left Ghostscript
 confused.
 
 The results can be viewed with Acrobat Reader,
-[evince](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince) and Apple's Preview.
+[evince](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince) and Apple's
+[Preview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preview_(macOS)).
 
 The updated version can also be viewed using Ghostscript.
 
@@ -63,7 +62,9 @@ you might draw is too elementary.  :-)
 
 So what do those flags really mean?
 
-The [Dancing men algorithm][1] might be useful.
+The [Dancing men
+algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Dancing_Men) might
+be useful.
 
 Don't forget to take a look at the generated PDF. Perhaps you might even want
 to compile the output with a C compiler.  When you run it, what does it
diff --git a/2012/hamano/try.sh b/2012/hamano/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2f949d0e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/hamano/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2012/hamano
+#
+
+# 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="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to obfuscate README.md, writing to hint.pdf: "
+echo 1>&2
+echo "$ ./hamano < README.md > hint.pdf" 1>&2
+./hamano < README.md > hint.pdf
+
+echo "Now try opening it in a pdf viewer before proceeding." 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+
+echo 1>&2
+echo "$ ${CC} -xc hint.pdf -o hint" 1>&2
+${CC} -xc hint.pdf -o hint
+echo 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./hint | less (space = next page, q = quit): "
+./hint | less
+
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "Will obfuscate the following code: " 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+echo "	    int main(){puts("Hello World!");}"
+echo 1>&2
+echo "writing to hello.pdf" 1>&2
+echo 'int main(){puts("Hello World!");}' | ./hamano > hello.pdf
+echo 1>&2
+echo "Now open hello.pdf in a pdf viewer before continuing." 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue to deobfuscate and compile hello.pdf: "
+echo 1>&2
+echo "$ ${CC} -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -xc hello.pdf -o hello2" 1>&2
+${CC} -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -xc hello.pdf -o hello2
+echo "$ ./hello2 | ${CC} -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -xc - -o ./hello3" 1>&2
+./hello2 | ${CC} -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -xc - -o ./hello3
+echo "$ ./hello3" 1>&2
+./hello3
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 61f124cd8..298226ba3 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -3349,6 +3349,11 @@ Cody fixed a typo in the ruby script
 Cody restored the original code from the archive.
 
 
+## [2012/hamano](2012/hamano/hamano.c) ([README.md](2012/hamano/README.md]))
+
+Cody added the [try.sh](2012/hamano/try.sh) script.
+
+
 ## [2012/hou](2012/hou/hou.c) ([README.md](2012/hou/README.md]))
 
 Cody added the [try.sh](2012/hou/try.sh) script and restored the original [hint