Character Counter v1.0
Appends a span with the count of characters in each textarea on the page
example
$(function() {
	$('textarea').CharacterCounter();
});

Textarea Expander v1.0
If a textarea has x lines or x characters the height of the textarea will change.
The maxHeight will be set on focus and the minHeight will be set on blur.
$(function() {
	$('textarea').TextareaExpander({
		lines: 6,
		chars: 400,
		maxHeight: '400px',
		minHeight: '50px'
	});
});