diff --git a/plugins/mem.py b/plugins/mem.py
index f80cefa..b65d882 100644
--- a/plugins/mem.py
+++ b/plugins/mem.py
@@ -1,30 +1,61 @@
-import os
-import re
-
-from util import hook
-
-
-@hook.command
-def mem(inp):
-    ".mem -- returns bot's current memory usage -- linux/windows only"
-
-    if os.name == 'posix':
-        status_file = open("/proc/%d/status" % os.getpid()).read()
-        line_pairs = re.findall(r"^(\w+):\s*(.*)\s*$", status_file, re.M)
-        status = dict(line_pairs)
-        keys = 'VmSize VmLib VmData VmExe VmRSS VmStk'.split()
-        return ', '.join(key + ':' + status[key] for key in keys)
-    
-    elif os.name == 'nt':
-        cmd = "tasklist /FI \"PID eq %s\" /FO CSV /NH" % os.getpid()
-        out = os.popen(cmd).read()
-
-        total = 0
-        for amount in re.findall(r'([,0-9]+) K', out):
-            total += int(amount.replace(',', ''))
-
-        return 'memory usage: %d kB' % total
-
-    return mem.__doc__
-
-print mem('')
+
+import os
+import re
+
+from util import hook
+
+@hook.command
+def mem(bot):
+    ".mem -- returns bot's current memory usage"
+
+    if os.name=='posix':
+        return posixmem()
+    if os.name=='nt':
+        return ntmem()
+
+    return mem.__doc__
+
+
+def posixmem():
+    return _VmB('Size: ') + ' ' + _VmB('Resident:') + ' ' + _VmB('Stack:')
+
+def ntmem():
+    pid = os.getpid()
+    total = 0
+    
+    cmd = "tasklist /FI \"PID eq {0}\" /FO CSV /NH".format(pid)
+    e = re.compile("[,0-9]+ K")
+    
+    meml = re.findall(e,os.popen(cmd).read())
+	
+    if not mem1[0]:
+        return 'This os does not have the tasklist command installed'
+		
+    for mem in meml:
+        total += int(mem.rstrip(" K").replace(",",""))
+		
+    return 'Bot mem usage: ' + str(total) + ' K'
+
+def _VmB(Key):
+    '''Private'''
+	
+    _proc_status = '/proc/%d/status' % os.getpid()
+	
+    _scale = {'kB': 1024.0, 'mB': 1024.0*1024.0,
+              'KB': 1024.0, 'MB': 1024.0*1024.0}
+			  
+    # get pseudo file  /proc/<pid>/status
+    try:
+        t = open(_proc_status)
+        v = t.read()
+        t.close()
+    except:
+        return 0.0
+		
+    # get Key line e.g. 'VmRSS:  9999  kB\n ...'
+    i = v.index(Key)
+    v = v[i:].split(None, 3) 
+    if len(v) < 3:
+        return 0.0
+		
+    return float(v[1]) * _scale[v[2]]
diff --git a/plugins/regular.py b/plugins/regular.py
index 511c350..d6d5565 100644
--- a/plugins/regular.py
+++ b/plugins/regular.py
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-'''
-regular.py
-
-skybot plugin for testing regular expressions
-by Ipsum
-'''
-
-import re
-
-from util import hook
-
-
-@hook.command('re')
+'''
+regular.py
+
+skybot plugin for testing regular expressions
+by Ipsum
+'''
+
+import re
+
+from util import hook
+
+
+@hook.command('re')
 def reg(inp):
     ".re <regex>  <string> -- matches regular expression in given <string> "\
             "(leave 2 spaces between)"
-
-    query = inp.split("  ", 1)
-
+
+    query = inp.split("  ", 1)
+
     if not inp or len(query) != 2:
         return reg.__doc__
 
-    return '|'.join(re.findall(query[0], query[1]))
+    return '|'.join(re.findall(query[0], query[1]))
diff --git a/plugins/validate.py b/plugins/validate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..774d39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/validate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'''
+Runs a given url through the w3c validator and queries
+	the result header for information
+'''
+
+import urllib
+
+from util import hook
+
+path = 'http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=%s'
+
+@hook.command('val')
+@hook.command
+def validate(inp):
+	'''.val/.validate <url> -- runs url through the w3c markup validator'''
+	
+	if not inp:
+		return validate.__doc__
+		
+	if not inp.startswith('http://'):
+		inp = 'http://' + inp
+		
+	url = path % (urllib.quote(inp))
+	temp = urllib.urlopen(url).info()
+
+	status = temp.getheader('X-W3C-Validator-Status')
+	if (status == "Valid" or status == "Invalid"):
+		errorcount = temp.getheader('X-W3C-Validator-Errors')
+		warningcount = temp.getheader('X-W3C-Validator-Warnings')
+		return "%s was validated as %s with %s errors and %s warnings. See: %s" \
+			% (inp, status.lower(), errorcount, warningcount, url)
+	else:
+		return "Something went wrong while validating %s" % (inp)
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