diff --git a/helloworld_eio/helloworld_eio.cc b/helloworld_eio/helloworld_eio.cc
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+/*
+ * Licensed to Paul Querna under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * Paul Querna licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <v8.h>
+#include <node.h>
+#include <node_events.h>
+#include <node_buffer.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+using namespace node;
+using namespace v8;
+
+#define REQ_FUN_ARG(I, VAR)                                             \
+  if (args.Length() <= (I) || !args[I]->IsFunction())                   \
+    return ThrowException(Exception::TypeError(                         \
+                  String::New("Argument " #I " must be a function")));  \
+  Local<Function> VAR = Local<Function>::Cast(args[I]);
+
+class HelloWorldEio: ObjectWrap
+{
+private:
+  int m_count;
+public:
+
+  static Persistent<FunctionTemplate> s_ct;
+  static void Init(Handle<Object> target)
+  {
+    HandleScope scope;
+
+    Local<FunctionTemplate> t = FunctionTemplate::New(New);
+
+    s_ct = Persistent<FunctionTemplate>::New(t);
+    s_ct->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
+    s_ct->SetClassName(String::NewSymbol("HelloWorldEio"));
+
+    NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(s_ct, "hello", Hello);
+
+    target->Set(String::NewSymbol("HelloWorldEio"),
+                s_ct->GetFunction());
+  }
+
+  HelloWorldEio() :
+    m_count(0)
+  {
+  }
+
+  ~HelloWorldEio()
+  {
+  }
+
+  static Handle<Value> New(const Arguments& args)
+  {
+    HandleScope scope;
+    HelloWorldEio* hw = new HelloWorldEio();
+    hw->Wrap(args.This());
+    return args.This();
+  }
+
+  struct hello_baton_t {
+    HelloWorldEio *hw;
+    int increment_by;
+    int sleep_for;
+    Persistent<Function> cb;
+  };
+
+  static Handle<Value> Hello(const Arguments& args)
+  {
+    HandleScope scope;
+
+    REQ_FUN_ARG(0, cb);
+
+    HelloWorldEio* hw = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<HelloWorldEio>(args.This());
+
+    hello_baton_t *baton = new hello_baton_t();
+    baton->hw = hw;
+    baton->increment_by = 2;
+    baton->sleep_for = 1;
+    baton->cb = Persistent<Function>::New(cb);
+
+    hw->Ref();
+
+    eio_custom(EIO_Hello, EIO_PRI_DEFAULT, EIO_AfterHello, baton);
+    ev_ref(EV_DEFAULT_UC);
+
+    return Undefined();
+  }
+
+
+  static int EIO_Hello(eio_req *req)
+  {
+    hello_baton_t *baton = static_cast<hello_baton_t *>(req->data);
+
+    sleep(baton->sleep_for);
+
+    baton->hw->m_count += baton->increment_by;
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  static int EIO_AfterHello(eio_req *req)
+  {
+    HandleScope scope;
+    ev_unref(EV_DEFAULT_UC);
+    hello_baton_t *baton = static_cast<hello_baton_t *>(req->data);
+
+    Local<Value> argv[1];
+
+    argv[0] = String::New("Hello World");
+
+    TryCatch try_catch;
+
+    baton->hw->Unref();
+    baton->cb->Call(Context::GetCurrent()->Global(), 1, argv);
+
+    if (try_catch.HasCaught()) {
+      FatalException(try_catch);
+    }
+
+    baton->cb.Dispose();
+
+    delete baton;
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+};
+
+Persistent<FunctionTemplate> HelloWorldEio::s_ct;
+
+extern "C" {
+  static void init (Handle<Object> target)
+  {
+    HelloWorldEio::Init(target);
+  }
+
+  NODE_MODULE(helloworld_eio, init);
+}
diff --git a/helloworld_eio/wscript b/helloworld_eio/wscript
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+
+
+def set_options(opt):
+  opt.tool_options("compiler_cxx")
+
+def configure(conf):
+  conf.check_tool("compiler_cxx")
+  conf.check_tool("node_addon")
+
+def build(bld):
+  obj = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "shlib", "node_addon")
+  obj.cxxflags = ["-g", "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64", "-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE", "-Wall"]
+  obj.target = "helloworld_eio"
+  obj.source = "helloworld_eio.cc"