(function($) {

	$.fn.twitterize = function(username, options) {

		if (username) {

			var defaultSettings = {
				count: '1'
			}
			var settings = $.extend(defaultSettings, options);

			var url = "http://twitter.com/status/user_timeline/" + username + ".json?count=" + settings.count + "&callback=?";

			var holder = this;

			$.getJSON(url,
        function(data) {

        	$.each(data, function(i, item) {

        		holder.append("<p>" + item.text.makeLinks() + "</p>");

        	});
        });

		} else {

			console.debug("jquery plugin twitterize requires a username! Check your parameters");

		}

		String.prototype.makeLinks = function() {
			return this.replace(/[A-Za-z]+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&\?\/.=]+/, function(str) {
				return str.link(str);
			});
		};


		return this;

	};

})(jQuery);