$(function() {
    var url = "http://twitter.com/status/user_timeline/JonErickson.json?count=5&callback=?";
    
    $.getJSON(url,
        function(data) {
            $.each(data, function(idx, item) {
                $('div.ticker').append('<span>' + item.text.parseURL().parseUsername().parseHashtag() + '</span>').children(':first').addClass('active_ticker');
            });
            k_newsticker(".ticker span", 10000); // start the news ticker
        });
});