diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.sw?
+.DS_Store
+.document
+coverage
+rdoc
+pkg
+ruby-graphite.gemspec
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2009 Ian Meyer
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
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+= simple-graphite
+
+A simple interface into [Graphite](http://graphite.wikidot.com "Graphite").
+
+= How-to
+
+    %w{rubygems simple-graphite}.each { |l| require l }
+    g = Graphite.new({:host => "your.graphite.host", :port => 2003})
+or
+    g = Graphite.new
+    g.host = 'your.graphite.host'
+    g.port = 2003
+
+To push data to Graphite:
+    g.push_to_graphite do |socket|
+      socket.puts "your.metric.name 3.1415926 #{g.time}"
+    end
+
+== Note on Patches/Pull Requests
+ 
+* Fork the project.
+* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
+* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
+  future version unintentionally.
+* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
+  (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but
+   bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
+* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
+
+== Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2010 Ian Meyer. See LICENSE for details.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+    gem.name = "simple-graphite"
+    gem.summary = %Q{Simple hook into graphite}
+    gem.description = %Q{Exposes methods to send data to graphite}
+    gem.email = "ianmmeyer@gmail.com"
+    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/ianmmeyer/simple-graphite"
+    gem.authors = ["Ian Meyer"]
+    gem.files = FileList['**/*.rb']
+    # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
+end
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
+  test.libs << 'simple-graphite.rb'
+  test.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+  test.verbose = true
+end
+
+begin
+  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
+  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |test|
+    test.libs << 'test'
+    test.pattern = 'test/**/*_test.rb'
+    test.verbose = true
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  task :rcov do
+    abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install spicycode-rcov"
+  end
+end
+
+task :test => :check_dependencies
+
+task :default => :test
+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+  if File.exist?('VERSION')
+    version = File.read('VERSION')
+  else
+    version = ""
+  end
+
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title = "simple-graphite #{version}"
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+end
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+++ b/VERSION
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+1.0.0
diff --git a/lib/simple-graphite.rb b/lib/simple-graphite.rb
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+++ b/lib/simple-graphite.rb
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+require 'socket'
+
+class Graphite
+  attr_accessor :host, :port, :time
+  def initialize(options = {})
+    @host = options[:host]
+    @port = options[:port]
+    @time = Time.now.to_i
+  end
+
+  def push_to_graphite
+    socket = TCPSocket.new(@host, @port)
+    yield socket
+    socket.close
+  end
+
+  def hostname
+    Socket.gethostname
+  end
+end
diff --git a/simple-graphite.gemspec b/simple-graphite.gemspec
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+++ b/simple-graphite.gemspec
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+# Generated by jeweler
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run the gemspec command
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = %q{simple-graphite}
+  s.version = "1.0.1"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Ian Meyer"]
+  s.date = %q{2010-06-19}
+  s.description = %q{Exposes methods to send data to graphite}
+  s.email = %q{ianmmeyer@gmail.com}
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "LICENSE",
+     "README.rdoc"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    "lib/simple-graphite.rb",
+     "test/simple-graphite_test.rb",
+     "test/test_helper.rb"
+  ]
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/ianmmeyer/simple-graphite}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.7}
+  s.summary = %q{Simple hook into graphite}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "test/test_helper.rb",
+     "test/simple-graphite_test.rb"
+  ]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    else
+    end
+  else
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/test/simple-graphite_test.rb b/test/simple-graphite_test.rb
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+++ b/test/simple-graphite_test.rb
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+require 'test_helper'
+
+class EtsyGraphiteTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  should "probably rename this file and start testing for real" do
+    flunk "hey buddy, you should probably rename this file and start testing for real"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
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+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'shoulda'
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'simple-graphite'
+
+class Test::Unit::TestCase
+end