Add Bash and curl way

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@@ -72,3 +72,28 @@ sudo -u user /home/user/go/bin/go-uptime-alert >> "${LOGFILE}" 2>&1
 
 - Send output to a static HTML file and format appropriately for web server.
 - Send output to a .md file for use in Hugo or other static site generators.
+
+## Or just use Bash and curl
+
+``` shell
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# associative array to store mappings between site URLS and ping URLs.
+declare -A sites_hc_urls
+
+sites_hc_urls["https://hyperreal.coffee"]="https://healthchecks.io/ping/blahblah"
+sites_hc_urls["https://anonoverflow.hyperreal.coffee""]="https://healthchecks.io/ping/blahblahblah"
+...
+
+for key in "${!sites_hc_urls[@]}"; do
+    if curl -sSL -q "$key" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if curl -m 10 --retry 5 "${sites_hc_urls[$key]}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "$key: OK"
+        else
+            echo "Error sending ping to ${sites_hc_urls[$key]}"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "$key: DOWN"
+    fi
+done
+```