diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 73706cc..9ca022c 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ h1{
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Parse Markdown links in the text
+			// credit: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9268827
+			var link = d.text.match(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/);
+			if (link)
+				d.text = d.text.replace(link[0], "<a href='" + link[2] + "'>" + link[1] + "</a>");
+
 			return '<div class="event" style="margin-left: ' + offset.toFixed(2) + 'px"><div class="time" style="width: ' + width.toFixed(2) + 'px"></div><b>' + d.time.title + '</b> ' + d.text + '&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>';
 			return '';
 		},
diff --git a/life.example.md b/life.example.md
index 42c5317..6cfd821 100644
--- a/life.example.md
+++ b/life.example.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ===============
 
 - 24/02/1955 Born
-- ~1968 Summer job
+- ~1968 Summer [job](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach)!
 - 03/1976 Built a computer
 - 01/04/1976 Started a company
 - 04/1976-2011 Whole bunch of interesting events
\ No newline at end of file