function relative_time(time_value) {

var values = time_value.split(" ");
time_value = values[1] + " " + values[2] + ", " + values[5] + " " + values[3];

     var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);

     var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
     var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000);

delta = delta + (relative_to.getTimezoneOffset() * 60);

     if(delta < 60) {
         return 'less than a minute ago';
     } else if(delta < 120) {
         return 'about a minute ago';
     } else if(delta < (45*60)) {
         return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago';
     } else if(delta < (90*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 '1 day ago';
     } else {
         return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago';
     }
  }
  
	function twitCallback(obj) {
		var id = obj[0].user.id;
		document.getElementById('twit_status').innerHTML = obj[0].text;
		document.getElementById('twit_time').innerHTML = relative_time(obj[0].created_at);
	}
	
	// Twitter returns an HTML-less string... This puts the HTML back.
	function linkify(content) {
		// linkify Links
		content = content.replace(/[A-Za-z]+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&\?\/.=]+/, function(links) {
			return links.link(links);
		});
		
		// linkify @users
		content = content.replace(/@+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(ats) {
			content = ats.replace(/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/,function(i){
				return '<a href="http://twitter.com/' + i + '">' + i + '</a> ';
			});
			return content;
		});
		
		// linkify #hash tags
		content = content.replace(/#+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(hashes) {
			content = hashes.replace(/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/,function(i){
				return '<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%23' + i + '">' + i + '</a> ';
			});
			return content;
		});
		
		// linkify $ticker tags
		content = content.replace(/\$+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(tickers) {
			content = tickers.replace(/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/,function(i){
				return '<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%24' + i + '">' + i + '</a> ';
			});
			return content;
		});
		
		return content;
	};