diff --git a/place/babeldos.i b/place/babeldos.i
index 6c538ae..ad6d649 100644
--- a/place/babeldos.i
+++ b/place/babeldos.i
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 
 #include <input_to.h>
 #include <ht/http.h>
+#include <net.h>
 #define INHERIT_CONNECT
 
 start();
 babel();
 
 #define CRESET	start();
-inherit "net/connect";
+inherit NET_PATH "connect";
 #include <place.gen>
 
 #define emit	binary_message
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ start() {
     qInit(ME, 1000, 100);
     unless (has_con || is_con) {
 	is_con = 1;
-	call_out(#'connect, 0, "babelfish.altavista.com", 80);
+	call_out(#'connect, 0, "babelfish.yahoo.com", 80);
     }
 }
 
@@ -37,21 +38,24 @@ escape(data) {
     return regreplace(data, "[^a-zA-Z0-9]", (: return sprintf("%%%x", $1[0]); :), 1);
 }
 
-disconnect() {
+disconnected() {
+    string k;
+
+//efine FMT "%~s<td bgcolor=white class=s><div style=padding:10px;>%s</div></td>%~s"
+#define FMT "%~s<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"p\" value=\"%s\">%~s"
+
     has_con = 0;
+    P0(("%O received %O bytes of buffer for %O\n", ME, sizeof(buffer), current))
     switch (pointerp(current) ? current[0] : "") {
-	string k;
 case TRANSLATION:
-	    if (sscanf(buffer, "%~s<td bgcolor=white class=s><div style=padding:10px;>%s</div></td>%~s", k)) {
-		krank = k;
-	    }
+	    if (sscanf(buffer, FMT, k)) krank = k;
+	    else krank = "und es geschah ihr als sei es von der ferne";
 #ifdef TRANSLATION2
 	    babel(TRANSLATION2, current[1], current[2], krank, current[4]);
 	    break;
 case TRANSLATION2:
-	    if (sscanf(buffer, "%~s<td bgcolor=white class=s><div style=padding:10px;>%s</div></td>%~s", k)) {
-		krank = k;
-	    }
+	    if (sscanf(buffer, FMT, k)) krank = k;
+	    else krank = "und sie sah fern als sei es ein geschehen";
 #endif
 	    ::msg(current[1], current[2], replace(krank, "&quot;", "\""), current[4]);
     default:
@@ -103,8 +107,13 @@ babel(mode, source, mc, data, mapping vars) {
     buffer = "";
     krank = 0;
     current = ({ mode, source, mc, data, vars });
-    emit("GET /tr?lp=" + mode + "&urltext=" + escape(data) + " HTTP/1.1\r\n"
-	 "Host: babelfish.altavista.com\r\n\r\n");
+    // old API
+//  emit("GET /tr?lp=" + mode + "&urltext=" + escape(data) + " HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+//	 "Host: babelfish.altavista.com\r\n\r\n");
+    // new API
+    emit("GET /translate_txt?ei=UTF-8&doit=done&fr=bf-res&intl=1&lp="+
+	 mode +"&tt=urltext&trtext="+
+	 escape(data) +" HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: babelfish.yahoo.com\r\n\r\n");
 }
 
 msg(source, mc, data, mapping vars) {
diff --git a/world/net/library.i b/world/net/library.i
index d04dcce..3ef9933 100644
--- a/world/net/library.i
+++ b/world/net/library.i
@@ -794,7 +794,12 @@ varargs mixed sendmsg(mixed target, string mc, mixed data, vamapping vars,
 						    showingLog, source, u);
 #endif
 			case 0:
-#ifdef DEVELOPMENT
+#if 0 //def DEVELOPMENT
+				// we get here when doing remote messaging
+				// in xmpp.. and in fact, in net/jabber we
+				// don't *know* which scheme needs to be
+				// used.
+				//
 				raise_error("scheme 0 is a bug\n");
 				//
 				// TODO: we had this error, and maybe it's
diff --git a/world/net/library/share.c b/world/net/library/share.c
index a3845bb..195be99 100644
--- a/world/net/library/share.c
+++ b/world/net/library/share.c
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ volatile mapping share = ([
 #ifdef JABBER_PATH
 # ifndef _flag_disable_module_presence
 	"jabber2avail": ([
-		0	: AVAILABILITY_HERE,
 		"chat"	: AVAILABILITY_TALKATIVE,
-		"dnd"	: AVAILABILITY_BUSY,
-		"away"	: AVAILABILITY_DO_NOT_DISTURB,
-		"xa"	: AVAILABILITY_AWAY
+		0	: AVAILABILITY_HERE,
+		"dnd"	: AVAILABILITY_BUSY,		// dnd?
+		"away"	: AVAILABILITY_DO_NOT_DISTURB,	// nearby?
+		"xa"	: AVAILABILITY_AWAY		// "not available"
 	]),
 	// map to http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0107.html although that
 	// is more like good ole mud feelings