Unworking version of the 'metric' method. Not sure why yet.

Rakefile

@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 task :irb do
   exec 'irb -I.:lib -rubygems -rcontinuum'
 end
+
+task :autotest do
+  exec 'autotest -b'
+end
+
+task :default= => :test

lib/continuum.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'hugs'
 require 'json'
+require 'socket'
 require 'continuum/client'
 
 ## Continuum

lib/continuum/client.rb

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ class Client
     #
     # A client to play with
     def initialize host = '127.0.0.1', port = 4242
+      @host = host
+      @port = port
       @client = Hugs::Client.new(
-        :host   => host,
-        :port   => port,
+        :host   => @host,
+        :port   => @port,
         :scheme => 'http',
         :type   => :none
       )
@@ -113,6 +115,19 @@ def suggest query, type = 'metrics'
       JSON.parse response.body
     end
 
+    # Format
+    # put <metric> <tisse> <value> host=<hostname>
+    # put proc.loadavg.5m 1305308654 0.01 host=i-00000106
+    def metric name, value
+      message = "put #{name} #{Time.now.to_i} #{value} host=#{Socket.gethostname}"
+
+      socket = TCPSocket.new @host, @port
+      socket.write message
+      socket.close
+
+      message
+    end
+
     # Returns the version of OpenTSDB
     #
     # Returns