diff --git a/pub/talklog/hymn.hook b/pub/talklog/hymn.hook
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+++ b/pub/talklog/hymn.hook
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+::    Talk log front-end
+::
+::::  /hook/hymn/talklog/pub
+  ::
+/?    310
+/=    mez    /:  /===/talk    /%    /;  pojo  /json/
+|%
+++  cdnj  |=(a=tape ;script(src "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/{a}");)
+--
+::
+::::
+  ::
+^-  manx
+;html
+  ;head 
+    ;title: Talk Log
+    ;*  %-  turn  :_  cdnj  ^-  wall
+        :~  "jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"
+            "lodash.js/2.4.1/lodash.min.js"
+            "react/0.13.0/react.js"
+  ==    ==
+  ;body
+    ;div#cont;
+    ;script(type "text/javascript", src "/~/at/home/lib/urb.js");
+    ;link/"/home/pub/talk/src/css/main.css"(type "text/css", rel "stylesheet");
+    ;script: window.MessageData = {mez}
+    ;script@"src/MessagesComponent.coffee"(type "text/coffeescript");
+    ;script@"src/util.coffee"(type "text/coffeescript");
+    ;script@"src/main.coffee"(type "text/coffeescript");
+    ;+  (cdnj "coffee-script/1.7.1/coffee-script.min.js")
+  ==  
+==
diff --git a/pub/talklog/src/MessagesComponent.coffee b/pub/talklog/src/MessagesComponent.coffee
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+++ b/pub/talklog/src/MessagesComponent.coffee
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+recl = React.createClass
+{div,pre,br,input,textarea,a} = React.DOM
+
+
+Message = recl
+  lz: (n) -> if n<10 then "0#{n}" else "#{n}"
+
+  convTime: (time) ->
+    d = new Date time
+    h = @lz d.getHours()
+    m = @lz d.getMinutes()
+    s = @lz d.getSeconds()
+    "~#{h}.#{m}.#{s}"
+
+  render: ->
+    # pendingClass = if @props.pending isnt "received" then "pending" else ""
+    delivery = _.uniq _.pluck @props.thought.audience, "delivery"
+    klass = if delivery.indexOf("received") isnt -1 then " received" else " pending"
+    speech = @props.thought.statement.speech
+    attachments = []
+    while speech.fat?
+      attachments.push pre {}, speech.fat.tor.tank.txt.join("\n")
+      speech = speech.fat.taf  # XX
+    if !speech? then return;
+    if speech.lin?.say is false then klass += " say"
+    if speech.url then klass += " url"
+
+    name = if @props.name then @props.name else ""
+    aude = _.keys @props.thought.audience
+    audi = window.util.clipAudi(aude).map (_audi) -> (div {}, _audi.slice(1))
+
+    type = ['private','public']
+    type = type[Number(aude.indexOf(window.util.mainStationPath(window.urb.ship)) is -1)]
+
+    mess = switch
+      when (con = speech.lin) or (con = speech.app) or
+           (con = speech.exp) or (con = speech.tax)
+        con.txt
+      when (con = speech.url)
+        (a {href:con.txt,target:"_blank"}, con.txt)
+      else "Unknown speech type:" + (" %"+x for x of speech).join ''
+    
+    klass += switch
+      when speech.app? then " say"
+      when speech.exp? then " exp"
+      else ""
+    
+    {ship} = @props
+    if ship[0] is "~" then ship = ship.slice(1)
+    
+    div {className:"message#{klass}"}, [
+        (div {className:"attr"}, [
+          div {className:"type #{type}"}, ""
+          div {className:"iden"}, div {className:"ship"}, ship
+          div {className:"audi"}, audi
+          div {className:"time"}, @convTime @props.thought.statement.date
+        ])
+        div {className:"mess"}, mess,
+          if attachments.length
+            div {className:"fat"}, attachments
+      ]
+
+window.MessagesComponent = recl
+  pageSize: 50
+  paddingTop: 100
+
+  getInitialState: -> {station:window.location.pathname.split("/").reverse()[0]}
+
+  sortedMessages: (messages) ->
+    _.sortBy messages, (_message) -> 
+          _message.pending = false
+          _message.thought.statement.date
+
+  render: ->
+    _messages = @sortedMessages @props.messages
+
+    messages = _messages.map (_message,k) => 
+      if _message.thought.statement.speech?.app
+        _message.ship = "system"
+      _message.station = @state.station
+      React.createElement Message,_message
+    div {id: "messages"}, messages
diff --git a/pub/talklog/src/main.coffee b/pub/talklog/src/main.coffee
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index 0000000000..e73f1ca279
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+++ b/pub/talklog/src/main.coffee
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+$ ->
+  rend = React.render; rele = React.createElement
+  rend (rele window.MessagesComponent, messages: window.MessageData), ($ '#cont')[0]
diff --git a/pub/talklog/src/util.coffee b/pub/talklog/src/util.coffee
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+++ b/pub/talklog/src/util.coffee
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+if not window.util then window.util = {}
+_.merge window.util,
+  mainStations: ["court","floor","porch"]
+  
+  mainStationPath: (user) -> "~#{user}/#{window.util.mainStation(user)}"
+
+  mainStation: (user) ->
+    if not user then user = window.urb.ship
+    switch user.length
+      when 3
+        return "court"
+      when 6
+        return "floor"
+      when 13
+        return "porch"
+
+  clipAudi: (audi) ->
+    audi = audi.join " "
+    ms = window.util.mainStationPath window.urb.ship
+    regx = new RegExp "/#{ms}","g"
+    audi = audi.replace regx,""
+    audi.split " "
+
+  expandAudi: (audi) ->
+    audi = audi.join " "
+    ms = window.util.mainStationPath window.urb.ship
+    if audi.indexOf(ms) is -1 
+      if audi.length > 0
+        audi += " "
+      audi += "#{ms}"
+    audi.split " "
+
+  create: (name) ->
+    window.talk.StationPersistence.createStation name, (err,res) ->
+  
+  subscribe: (name) ->
+    window.talk.StationPersistence.addSource "main",window.urb.ship,["~zod/#{name}"]
+  
+  uuid32: ->
+    str = "0v"
+    str += Math.ceil(Math.random()*8)+"."
+    for i in [0..5]
+      _str = Math.ceil(Math.random()*10000000).toString(32)
+      _str = ("00000"+_str).substr(-5,5)
+      str += _str+"."
+    str.slice(0,-1)
+
+  populate: (station,number) ->
+    c = 0
+    send = ->
+      if c < number
+        c++
+      else
+        console.log 'done'
+        return true
+      _audi = {}
+      _audi[station] = "pending"
+      _message =
+        serial:window.util.uuid32()
+        audience:_audi
+        statement:
+          speech:
+            say:"Message "+c
+          time: Date.now()
+          now: Date.now()
+      window.talk.MessagePersistence.sendMessage _message,send
+    send()
+
+  getScroll: ->
+    @writingPosition = $('#c').outerHeight(true)+$('#c').offset().top-$(window).height()
+
+  setScroll: ->
+    window.util.getScroll()
+    $(window).scrollTop($("#c").height())
+
+  isScrolling: ->
+    if not window.util.writingPosition
+      window.util.getScroll()
+    return ($(window).scrollTop()+$('#writing').outerHeight() < window.util.writingPosition)
+
+  checkScroll: ->
+    if window.util.isScrolling()
+      $('body').addClass 'scrolling'
+    else
+      $('body').removeClass 'scrolling'