var TwitterGitter = new Class({
  
  //implements
  Implements: [Options,Events],

  //options
  options: {
    count: 2,
    sinceID: 1,
    link: true,
    onRequest: null,
    onComplete: null
  },
  
  //initialization
  initialize: function(username,options) {
    //set options
    this.setOptions(options);
    this.info = {};
    this.username = username;
  },
  
  //get it!
  retrieve: function() {
    var jsonp = new Request.JSONP({
      url:'http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/' + this.username + '.json',
      data: {
        count: this.options.count,
        since_id: this.options.sinceID
      },
      onRequest: this.fireEvent('request'),
      onComplete: function(data) {
        //linkify?
        if(this.options.link) {
          data.each(function(tweet) { tweet.text = this.linkify(tweet.text); },this);
        }
        //complete!
        this.fireEvent('complete',[data,data[0].user]);
      }.bind(this)
    }).send();
    return this;
  },
  
  //format
  linkify: function(text) {
    //courtesy of Jeremy Parrish (rrish.org)
    return text.replace(/(https?:\/\/\S+)/gi,'<a href="$1">$1</a>').replace(/(^|\s)@(\w+)/g,'$1<a href="http://twitter.com/$2">@$2</a>').replace(/(^|\s)#(\w+)/g,'$1#<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$2">$2</a>');
  }
});