diff --git a/examples/simple-http-client.scm b/examples/simple-http-client.scm
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+#! /usr/bin/env chibi-scheme
+
+; Simple HTTP client 
+; Retrieves the contents of the URL argument:
+
+; Usage:
+; simple-http-client.scm [URL]
+;
+; Example:
+; simple-http-client.scm http://localhost:8000
+
+(import (chibi) (chibi net) (chibi net http) (chibi io))
+
+(if (> (length (command-line)) 1) 
+  (let ((url (car (cdr (command-line)))))
+        (if (> (string-length url) 0) 
+          (begin
+            (display (read-string 65536 (http-get url)))  
+            (newline))))
+  (let ((progname (car (command-line))))
+    (display "Retrieve the contents of a URL.")
+    (newline)
+    (display "Usage:")
+    (newline)
+    (newline)
+    (display progname)
+    (display " [URL]")
+    (newline)))
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/simple-http-server.scm b/examples/simple-http-server.scm
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+#! /usr/bin/env chibi-scheme
+
+; Simple HTTP server
+; Returns a minimal HTML page with a single number incremented
+; every request. Binds to localhost port 8000.
+
+(import (chibi) (chibi net http-server) (chibi net servlet) (chibi sxml))
+
+(let ((count 0))
+   (run-http-server
+    8000
+    (lambda (cfg request next restart)
+      (set! count (+ 1 count))
+      (servlet-write request (sxml->xml `(html (body 
+        (p "Count: \n")
+        (p ,count))))))))