function get_tweets(data){

	if (!document.getElementById('twitter_update_list')) return false;

	var tweets_html = [];
	var tweets = data.results ? data.results : data;

	for (var i=0; i < tweets.length; i++){

		var username = tweets[i].from_user ? tweets[i].from_user : tweets[i].user.screen_name;

		var status = tweets[i].text.replace(/((https?|s?ftp|ssh)\:\/\/[^"\s\<\>]*[^.,;'">\:\s\<\>\)\]\!])/g, function(url) {
			return '<a target="_blank" href="'+url+'">'+url+'</a>';
		}).replace(/\B@([_a-z0-9]+)/ig, function(reply) {
			return '<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/'+reply.substring(1)+'">'+reply+'</a>';
		});

		tweets_html.push('<li><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/'+username+'">@'+username+'</a>:</strong> <span>'+status+'</span> <small><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/'+username+'/statuses/'+tweets[i].id+'">'+relative_time(tweets[i].created_at)+'</a></small></li>');

	}

	document.getElementById('twitter_update_list').innerHTML = tweets_html.join('');
	$('.newsticker').newsticker(5000);

}

function relative_time(time_value) {
	var values = time_value.split(" ");

	if (values[5].length == 4) // Wed Jun 23 16:33:30 +0000 2010
		time_value = values[1] + " " + values[2] + ", " + values[5] + " " + values[3];
	else // Mon Apr 09 17:01:15 +0000 2007
		time_value = values[2] + " " + values[1] + ", " + values[3] + " " + values[4];

	var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
	var now = new Date();

	var delta = parseInt((now - parsed_date) / 1000);
	delta = delta + (now.getTimezoneOffset() * 60);

	if (delta < 60) {
		return 'less than a minute ago';
	} else if(delta < 120) {
		return 'about a minute ago';
	} else if(delta < (60*60)) {
		return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago';
	} else if(delta < (120*60)) {
		return 'about an hour ago';
	} else if(delta < (24*60*60)) {
		return 'about ' + (parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString() + ' hours ago';
	} else if(delta < (48*60*60)) {
		return 'one day ago';
	} else {
		return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago';
	}

}