diff --git a/sketches/history/index.html b/sketches/history/index.html
index 0004b1f..5652219 100644
--- a/sketches/history/index.html
+++ b/sketches/history/index.html
@@ -63,40 +63,139 @@
   .pager { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding: 12px 16px; font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--muted-fg); }
   .pager .pg { display: flex; gap: 6px; }
   .pager button { border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: 7px; padding: 4px 11px; font: inherit; font-size: 12.5px; cursor: pointer; }
+  .pager button:hover:not(:disabled) { color: var(--fg); border-color: var(--muted); }
   .pager button.on { background: var(--accent); color: var(--bg); border-color: var(--accent); }
+  .pager button:disabled { opacity: .4; cursor: default; }
+  .empty { text-align: center; padding: 40px 16px; color: var(--muted-fg); font-size: 13px; }
 </style>
 </head>
 <body data-preset="midnight">
   <div class="topbar">
-    <a class="logo" href="index.html">Palette <em>/ v0</em></a>
-    <nav><a href="/new/v2.html">new</a><a class="on" href="index.html">history</a><a href="https://git.archfox.org/poslop/palette">git</a></nav>
+    <a class="logo" href="/history/">Palette <em>/ v0</em></a>
+    <nav><a href="/new/">new</a><a class="on" href="/history/">history</a><a href="https://git.archfox.org/poslop/palette">git</a></nav>
     <div class="spacer"></div>
   </div>
   <div class="deck">
     <div class="head-row">
       <h1>Public pastes</h1>
-      <span class="count">2,431 total</span>
+      <span class="count" id="count"></span>
       <div class="spacer"></div>
-      <div class="search"><input placeholder="filter by language or slug…"></div>
+      <div class="search"><input id="filter" placeholder="filter by language or slug…"></div>
     </div>
     <div class="float">
       <table>
         <thead><tr><th>Paste</th><th>Description</th><th>Language</th><th>Size</th><th>Views</th><th>Created</th></tr></thead>
-        <tbody>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/paste/index.html">k3sYt2</a></td><td class="title-cell">traefik redirect middleware snippet</td><td><span class="badge">go</span></td><td class="dim">412 B</td><td class="dim">12</td><td class="dim">2m ago</td></tr>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/paste/index.html">b7QwRn</a></td><td class="title-cell">nginx notes for staging</td><td><span class="badge">txt</span></td><td class="dim">1.2 KB</td><td class="dim">3</td><td class="dim">14m ago</td></tr>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/paste/index.html">xT8vZc</a></td><td class="title-cell">csv parse helper</td><td><span class="badge">py</span></td><td class="dim">890 B</td><td class="dim">41</td><td class="dim">3h ago</td></tr>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/unlock/index.html">9mQkLp</a><span class="badge lock">🔒</span></td><td class="title-cell">uptime kuma compose</td><td><span class="badge">yaml</span></td><td class="dim">2.4 KB</td><td class="dim">—</td><td class="dim">5h ago</td></tr>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/can-demo/index.html">can/9fL2m</a></td><td class="title-cell">incident screenshots + logs (4 items)</td><td><span class="badge">can</span></td><td class="dim">3.8 MB</td><td class="dim">7</td><td class="dim">1h ago</td></tr>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/paste/index.html">vR4nWq</a></td><td class="title-cell">sql index check</td><td><span class="badge">sql</span></td><td class="dim">220 B</td><td class="dim">2</td><td class="dim">6h ago</td></tr>
-<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="/unlock/index.html">pL2xCa</a><span class="badge lock">🔒</span></td><td class="title-cell">todo: rewrite auth flow</td><td><span class="badge">md</span></td><td class="dim">560 B</td><td class="dim">—</td><td class="dim">1d ago</td></tr>
-        </tbody>
+        <tbody id="rows"></tbody>
       </table>
+      <div class="empty" id="empty" style="display:none">No pastes match that filter.</div>
       <div class="pager">
-        <span>Showing 1–7 of 2,431 · page 1 of 348</span>
-        <div class="pg"><button class="on">1</button><button>2</button><button>3</button><button>…</button><button>348</button></div>
+        <span id="showing"></span>
+        <div class="pg" id="pg"></div>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+<script>
+// Demo dataset: 7 real entries + generated filler to simulate 2,431 total
+const real = [
+  {slug:"k3sYt2",    href:"/paste/index.html",  desc:"traefik redirect middleware snippet", lang:"go",   size:"412 B",  views:"12", created:"2m ago", lock:false},
+  {slug:"b7QwRn",    href:"/paste/index.html",  desc:"nginx notes for staging",             lang:"txt",  size:"1.2 KB", views:"3",  created:"14m ago",lock:false},
+  {slug:"xT8vZc",    href:"/paste/index.html",  desc:"csv parse helper",                    lang:"py",   size:"890 B",  views:"41", created:"3h ago", lock:false},
+  {slug:"9mQkLp",    href:"/unlock/index.html", desc:"uptime kuma compose",                 lang:"yaml", size:"2.4 KB", views:"—",  created:"5h ago", lock:true},
+  {slug:"can/9fL2m", href:"/can-demo/index.html",desc:"incident screenshots + logs (4 items)",lang:"can", size:"3.8 MB", views:"7",  created:"1h ago", lock:false},
+  {slug:"vR4nWq",    href:"/paste/index.html",  desc:"sql index check",                     lang:"sql",  size:"220 B",  views:"2",  created:"6h ago", lock:false},
+  {slug:"pL2xCa",    href:"/unlock/index.html", desc:"todo: rewrite auth flow",             lang:"md",   size:"560 B",  views:"—",  created:"1d ago", lock:true},
+];
+const langs = ["go","py","txt","js","sh","yaml","md","sql","rs","c"];
+const TOTAL = 2431, PER_PAGE = 7;
+const PAGES = Math.ceil(TOTAL / PER_PAGE); // 348
+// deterministic pseudo-random filler so pages look stable between renders
+function filler(i) {
+  const lang = langs[(i * 7 + 3) % langs.length];
+  const locked = i % 11 === 0;
+  const slug = locked ? String(100000 + (i * 3719) % 899999).slice(0,6) : genSlugDemo(i);
+  return {
+    slug,
+    href: locked ? "/unlock/index.html" : "/paste/index.html",
+    desc: ["scratch notes","config diff","error log","snippet dump","test output","benchmark results","query plan","draft changelog"][i % 8] + " #" + (i+1),
+    lang, locked,
+    size: (0.2 + (i % 40) / 10).toFixed(1) + " KB",
+    views: locked ? "—" : String((i * 13) % 97),
+    created: (i % 24) + "h ago",
+  };
+}
+function genSlugDemo(i) {
+  const a = "23456789abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz";
+  let s = "";
+  let x = i * 2654435761 % 4294967296;
+  for (let j = 0; j < 6; j++) { s += a[x % a.length]; x = Math.floor(x / a.length) + 7; }
+  return s;
+}
+const data = [...real];
+for (let i = real.length; i < TOTAL; i++) data.push(filler(i));
+
+let page = 1;
+const rowsEl = document.getElementById('rows');
+const pgEl = document.getElementById('pg');
+const showingEl = document.getElementById('showing');
+const countEl = document.getElementById('count');
+const filterEl = document.getElementById('filter');
+
+function filtered() {
+  const q = filterEl.value.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (!q) return data;
+  return data.filter(d => d.slug.toLowerCase().includes(q) || d.lang.includes(q) || d.desc.toLowerCase().includes(q));
+}
+
+function render() {
+  const all = filtered();
+  const totalPages = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(all.length / PER_PAGE));
+  if (page > totalPages) page = totalPages;
+  const start = (page - 1) * PER_PAGE;
+  const slice = all.slice(start, start + PER_PAGE);
+
+  if (slice.length === 0) {
+    rowsEl.innerHTML = '';
+    document.getElementById('empty').style.display = 'block';
+  } else {
+    document.getElementById('empty').style.display = 'none';
+    rowsEl.innerHTML = slice.map(d =>
+      `<tr class="row"><td><a class="slug" href="${d.href}">${d.slug}</a>${d.lock ? '<span class="badge lock">🔒</span>' : ''}</td>` +
+      `<td class="title-cell">${d.desc}</td>` +
+      `<td><span class="badge">${d.lang}</span></td>` +
+      `<td class="dim">${d.size}</td><td class="dim">${d.views}</td><td class="dim">${d.created}</td></tr>`
+    ).join('');
+  }
+
+  countEl.textContent = all.length.toLocaleString() + " total";
+  const lo = all.length === 0 ? 0 : start + 1;
+  const hi = Math.min(start + PER_PAGE, all.length);
+  showingEl.textContent = `Showing ${lo}–${hi} of ${all.length.toLocaleString()} · page ${page} of ${totalPages}`;
+
+  // pager: 1, prev-1, [cur], next+1, last, plus ellipses
+  const btns = [];
+  const add = (label, target, opts={}) => btns.push(`<button ${opts.on?'class="on"':''} ${opts.dis?'disabled':''} data-p="${target}">${label}</button>`);
+  add('‹', page-1, {dis: page===1});
+  const window = new Set([1, 2, page-1, page, page+1, totalPages]);
+  let last = 0;
+  for (let i = 1; i <= totalPages; i++) {
+    if (window.has(i)) {
+      if (last && i - last > 1) btns.push('<span class="dim">…</span>');
+      add(String(i), i, {on: i===page});
+      last = i;
+    }
+  }
+  add('›', page+1, {dis: page===totalPages});
+  pgEl.innerHTML = btns.join('');
+}
+
+pgEl.addEventListener('click', e => {
+  const b = e.target.closest('button[data-p]');
+  if (!b || b.disabled) return;
+  page = parseInt(b.dataset.p);
+  render();
+});
+filterEl.addEventListener('input', () => { page = 1; render(); });
+render();
+</script>
 </body>
 </html>

Paste	Description	Language	Size	Views	Created
k3sYt2	traefik redirect middleware snippet	go	412 B	12	2m ago
b7QwRn	nginx notes for staging	txt	1.2 KB	3	14m ago
xT8vZc	csv parse helper	py	890 B	41	3h ago
9mQkLp🔒	uptime kuma compose	yaml	2.4 KB	—	5h ago
can/9fL2m	incident screenshots + logs (4 items)	can	3.8 MB	7	1h ago
vR4nWq	sql index check	sql	220 B	2	6h ago
pL2xCa🔒	todo: rewrite auth flow	md	560 B	—	1d ago