Revert "saved README as markdown"

This reverts commit a331f1c37c90be9cc6d16bdb384249e0dc5cfa7d.
Revert "Revert "saved README as markdown""

This reverts commit 93eb1cd47c1c94db083fcbaedb70d93a6e9d7eae.
About to clobber this by merging with branch. Whatever.