+\f
+############################################################################
+#
+# Pick images from ircimages.com (images that have been in the /topic of
+# various IRC channels.)
+#
+############################################################################
+
+my $ircimages_url = "http://ircimages.com/";
+
+# ircimages
+sub pick_from_ircimages {
+ my ( $timeout ) = @_;
+
+ $last_search = $ircimages_url; # for warnings
+
+ my $n = int(rand(2900));
+ my $search_url = $ircimages_url . "page-$n";
+
+ my ( $base, $body ) = get_document ($search_url, undef, $timeout);
+ return () unless $body;
+
+ my @candidates = ();
+
+ $body =~ s/\n/ /gs;
+ $body =~ s/(<A)\b/\n$1/gsi;
+
+ foreach (split (/\n/, $body)) {
+
+ my ($u) = m@<A\s.*\bHREF\s*=\s*([^>]+)>@i;
+ next unless $u;
+
+ if ($u =~ m/^\"([^\"]*)\"/) { $u = $1; } # quoted string
+ elsif ($u =~ m/^([^\s]*)\s/) { $u = $1; } # or token
+
+ next unless ($u =~ m/^http:/i);
+ next if ($u =~ m@^http://(searchirc\.com\|ircimages\.com)@i);
+ next unless ($u =~ m@[.](gif|jpg|jpeg|pjpg|pjpeg|png)$@i);
+
+ LOG ($verbose_http, " HREF: $u");
+ push @candidates, $u;
+ }
+
+ LOG ($verbose_filter, "" . $#candidates+1 . " links on $search_url");
+
+ return () if ($#candidates == -1);
+
+ my $i = int(rand($#candidates+1));
+ my $img = $candidates[$i];
+
+ LOG ($verbose_load, "picked image " .($i+1) . "/" . ($#candidates+1) .
+ ": $img");
+
+ $search_url = $img; # hmm...
+ return ($search_url, $img);
+}
+