diff --git a/cutup/cutup.go b/cutup/cutup.go
index e1720d7..8ff0dca 100644
--- a/cutup/cutup.go
+++ b/cutup/cutup.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func worker(opts CutupOpts, paths <-chan string, sources chan<- string) {
 			}
 			if sourceid == "" {
 				sourceid = db.StrToID(title)
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, sourceid, p)
 				prefix = sourceid + "\t"
 				of, err = os.Create(path.Join(opts.CutupDir, sourceid))
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/geocities/main.go b/geocities/main.go
index 221f348..072054a 100644
--- a/geocities/main.go
+++ b/geocities/main.go
@@ -4,10 +4,18 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
-const p = "/home/vilmibm/geocities/UPPERCASE/geocities/YAHOOIDS"
+const (
+	// TODO LOWERCASE
+	// TODO NUMBERS
+	src            = "/home/vilmibm/geocities/%s/geocities/YAHOOIDS"
+	userDirPattern = "/home/vilmibm/geocities/*/geocities/YAHOOIDS/?/?/*"
+	t              = "/home/vilmibm/gc"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	userDirs := make(chan string)
@@ -17,11 +25,12 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		if !d.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		isUserDir, err := filepath.Match("/home/vilmibm/geocities/UPPERCASE/geocities/YAHOOIDS/?/?/*", s)
+		isUserDir, err := filepath.Match(userDirPattern, s)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -30,29 +39,163 @@ func main() {
 			userDirs <- s
 		}
 
-		//if len(d.Name()) > 1 && d.IsDir() {
-		//	fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", s, d.Name())
-		//}
-		// TODO be able to tell when s is a full path (ie to a file for user)
-		// TODO sniff what kind of file full path points to
-		// TODO if text, read and append to file for that user
 		return nil
 	}
+
 	go func() {
-		err := filepath.WalkDir(p, walkFn)
-		close(userDirs)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+		dirs := []string{"UPPERCASE", "LOWERCASE", "NUMBERS"}
+		for _, dir := range dirs {
+			err := filepath.WalkDir(fmt.Sprintf(src, dir), walkFn)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
 		}
+		close(userDirs)
 	}()
+
+	totalUserDirs := 0
+
 	for ud := range userDirs {
+		totalUserDirs++
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go processUserDir(&wg, ud)
 	}
+
 	wg.Wait()
+
+	fmt.Printf("processed %d user dirs\n", totalUserDirs)
 }
 
 func processUserDir(wg *sync.WaitGroup, ud string) {
 	defer wg.Done()
-	fmt.Printf("GONNA PROCESS %s\n", ud)
+
+	var outFile *os.File
+	walkFn := func(s string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if d.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if ignoreSuffix(s) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("READING: %s\n", s)
+		f, err := os.Open(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+		if !wantSuffix(s) {
+			// if it's not a text NOR an ignore suffix, try and guess if text
+
+			// cribbed from godoc's source
+			var buf [1024]byte
+			n, err := f.Read(buf[0:])
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("\terror reading file: %s\n", err.Error())
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			if !IsText(buf[0:n]) {
+				fmt.Printf("NOT TEXT: %s\n", s)
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		if outFile == nil {
+			outFile, err = os.Create(filepath.Join(t, filepath.Base(ud)))
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+		}
+		all, err := os.ReadFile(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		wrote, _ := outFile.Write(all)
+		fmt.Printf("WROTE: %s (%d bytes)\n", s, wrote)
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err := filepath.WalkDir(ud, walkFn)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if outFile != nil {
+		outFile.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+// from godoc source
+func IsText(s []byte) bool {
+	const max = 1024 // at least utf8.UTFMax
+	if len(s) > max {
+		s = s[0:max]
+	}
+	for i, c := range string(s) {
+		if i+utf8.UTFMax > len(s) {
+			// last char may be incomplete - ignore
+			break
+		}
+		if c == 0xFFFD || c < ' ' && c != '\n' && c != '\t' && c != '\f' {
+			// decoding error or control character - not a text file
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+var ignoreSuffices []string
+var wantSuffices []string
+
+func init() {
+	ignoreSuffices = []string{
+		"jpg",
+		"jpeg",
+		"gif",
+		"js",
+		"css",
+		"mp3",
+		"wav",
+		"midi",
+		"JPG",
+		"JPEG",
+		"GIF",
+		"JS",
+		"CSS",
+		"MP3",
+		"WAV",
+		"MIDI",
+	}
+	wantSuffices = []string{
+		"html",
+		"htm",
+		"txt",
+		"HTML",
+		"HTM",
+		"TXT",
+	}
+}
+
+func ignoreSuffix(p string) bool {
+	for _, s := range ignoreSuffices {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(p, s) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func wantSuffix(p string) bool {
+	for _, s := range wantSuffices {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(p, s) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+
 }