diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
deleted file mode 100644
index da33ef5..0000000
--- a/TODO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-- editing your homepage
-- checking your mail
-- joining irc
-- goodbye & link to town explore and wiki
diff --git a/app/editor.go b/app/editor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4999f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/editor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"os/user"
+
+	"git.sr.ht/~rockorager/vaxis"
+	"git.sr.ht/~rockorager/vaxis/widgets/term"
+	"git.tilde.town/nbsp/welcome/ui"
+)
+
+type Editor struct{}
+
+func (view *Editor) Draw(state *ui.State) {
+	win := state.Window()
+	user, _ := user.Current()
+	win.Print(
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: `                       ──── editing your homepage ────
+
+nice work! you'll get used to the shell in no time. one of the main things
+you're going to do in town is editing text files. the program we use to do this
+is aptly called an `},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: "editor", Style: vaxis.Style{Foreground: vaxis.IndexColor(3)}},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: `.
+
+take your homepage, for example:
+`},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("https://tilde.town/~%s", user.Username),
+			Style: vaxis.Style{
+				Foreground:     vaxis.IndexColor(4),
+				UnderlineStyle: vaxis.UnderlineSingle,
+			},
+		},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: `
+looks pretty barren, doesn't it? let's edit it to add some more words.
+
+type `},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: "nano public_html/index.html", Style: vaxis.Style{Foreground: vaxis.IndexColor(3)}},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: ` to open nano, our text editor of choice. in it,
+make some changes, and press `},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: "Ctrl+O", Style: vaxis.Style{Foreground: vaxis.IndexColor(3)}},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: ` to save and look at the changes in your
+browser. press `},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: "Ctrl+X", Style: vaxis.Style{Foreground: vaxis.IndexColor(3)}},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: ` to save and exit nano.
+
+like before, when you're done, type `},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: "exit", Style: vaxis.Style{Foreground: vaxis.IndexColor(3)}},
+		vaxis.Segment{Text: ` in your shell to continue.`},
+	)
+}
+
+func (view *Editor) Event(state *ui.State, event vaxis.Event) (processed bool) {
+	win := state.Window()
+	view.Draw(state)
+
+	vt := term.New()
+	vt.Draw(win.New(0, 16, 80, 80))
+	vt.Attach(state.PostEvent())
+	vt.Focus()
+	err := vt.Start(exec.Command("bash", "-i"))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer vt.Close()
+
+	for ev := range state.Events() {
+		switch ev.(type) {
+		case term.EventClosed:
+			state.HideCursor()
+			vt.Detach()
+			vt.Close()
+			state.Window().Clear()
+			ui.ViewChange <- &Help{}
+			return
+		case vaxis.Redraw:
+			view.Draw(state)
+			vt.Draw(win.New(0, 16, 80, 80))
+			state.Render()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// for some reason vaxis doubles all events for Press/Release so this just ignores releases
+		if key, ok := ev.(vaxis.Key); ok && key.EventType == vaxis.EventPress {
+			vt.Update(ev)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/app/settings.go b/app/settings.go
index 082c517..1e3d968 100644
--- a/app/settings.go
+++ b/app/settings.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ them later, or leave them unset.
    >
 
 2. when's your birthday? this will show up in certain places, so people can wish
-   you a happy birthday :) format is MM/YY.
+   you a happy birthday :) format is MM/DD.
 
    >
 
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ them later, or leave them unset.
 		vaxis.Segment{
 			Text: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List",
 			Style: vaxis.Style{
-				Foreground: vaxis.IndexColor(4),
-				// UnderlineColor: vaxis.IndexColor(3),
+				Foreground:     vaxis.IndexColor(4),
 				UnderlineStyle: vaxis.UnderlineSingle,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/app/shell.go b/app/shell.go
index 252d3d8..c80166f 100644
--- a/app/shell.go
+++ b/app/shell.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (view *Shell) Event(state *ui.State, event vaxis.Event) (processed bool) {
 			vt.Detach()
 			vt.Close()
 			state.Window().Clear()
-			ui.ViewChange <- &Help{}
+			ui.ViewChange <- &Editor{}
 			return
 		case vaxis.Redraw:
 			view.Draw(state)