start prepping new release, distribute ./bin/ scripts

There are numerous improvements to stability/reliability.
Protocol handling is fairly robust at this point.
The new tools should help people contribute to building the knowledge
base around the protocol, ie from an educational perspective, without
needing to configure from a git clone.

The tools should be symlinked from /usr/local/bin/, making it possible
to investigate how commands work using tools included in most people's
PATH.