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diff --git a/timemachine/README b/timemachine/README
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+timemachine is a bunch of scripts which can be used to travel forward through time.
+Currently it just consists of a bunch of random youtube url generators.
diff --git a/timemachine/bin/youtube_boring b/timemachine/bin/youtube_boring
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -euf
+
+main() {
+  if [ ! $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    usage
+  fi
+
+  get_petite_video
+}
+
+get_petite_video() {
+  video=''
+  until [ ! $video = '' ]; do
+    video=$(curl -sS -L http://www.petittube.com/ | sed -n 's|.*http://www.youtube\.com\/v\/\([^?]*\).*|http://youtube.com/watch?v=\1|p')
+  done
+  echo $video
+}
+
+usage() {
+  echo 'returns the url to a boring youtube video'
+  echo 'scrapes http://www.petittube.com/'
+  echo 'example: mpv $(youtube_unseen)'
+}
+
+main
diff --git a/timemachine/bin/youtube_random b/timemachine/bin/youtube_random
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -euf
+
+main() {
+  if [ ! $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    usage
+  fi
+
+  get_random_video
+}
+
+get_random_video() {
+  curl -Ss http://randomyoutube.net/watch | sed -n 's|.*\(http://www\.youtube.com/watch?v=.\{11\}\).*|\1|p'
+}
+
+usage() {
+  echo 'returns a random youtube video.'
+  echo 'scrapes http://randomyoutube.net/'
+  echo 'example: mpv $(youtube_random)'
+}
+
+main