(function($){ 

$.fn.lastTwitterMessage = function(username){ 

var $base = this; 

if(!username || username == "") return this; // username required 

var url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.json?callback=?"; 

$.getJSON( url, { count: 10, screen_name: username }, 

function(data){ 

if(data && data.length >= 1){ 

try{ 

var item = null; 

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

if(/^@/i.test(data[i].text)) continue; 

item = data[i]; break; 

} 

if(!item) return; 

var $tweet = $("<p></p> ").text(item.text); 

$tweet.html( 

$tweet.html() 

.replace(/((ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+) (:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?)/gi,'<a href="$1">$1</a>') 

.replace(/(^|\s)#(\w+)/g,'$1<a href="http://search.twitter.com/ search?q=%23$2">#$2</a>') 

.replace(/(^|\s)@(\w+)/g,'$1<a href="http://twitter. com/$2">@$2</a>') 

) 

$tweet.wrapInner("<span>"); 

$base.empty().append($tweet).show(); 

} catch (e) { };113 

}; 

}); 

return this; // Don't break the chain 

}; 



})(jQuery);