diff --git a/source/js/VMM.js b/source/js/VMM.js
index 6ec4060..f28f30a 100644
--- a/source/js/VMM.js
+++ b/source/js/VMM.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 	};
 
 	// VMM.getJSON(url, the_function);
-	VMM.getJSON = function(url, the_function) {
+	VMM.getJSON = function(url, data, callback) {
 		if( typeof( jQuery ) != 'undefined' ){
 			
 			/* CHECK FOR IE AND USE Use Microsoft XDR
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 
 				if (ie_url.match('^http://')){
 				     //ie_url = ie_url.replace("http://","//");
-					$.getJSON(url, the_function);
+					$.getJSON(url, data);
 				} else if (ie_url.match('^https://')) {
 					ie_url = ie_url.replace("https://","http://");
 					var xdr = new XDomainRequest();
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 					xdr.send();
 				}
 			} else {
-				$.getJSON(url, the_function);
+				//$.getJSON(url, data);
+				return jQuery.getJSON(url, data, callback);
+				
 				
 			}
 		}
@@ -1295,11 +1297,11 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 				
 				// CREDIT
 				if (data.credit != null && data.credit != "") {
-					creditElem = "<div class='credit'>" + data.credit + "</div>";
+					creditElem = "<div class='credit'>" + VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(data.credit, "_blank") + "</div>";
 				}
 				// CAPTION
 				if (data.caption != null && data.caption != "") {
-					captionElem = "<div class='caption'>" + data.caption + "</div>";
+					captionElem = "<div class='caption'>" + VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(data.caption, "_blank") + "</div>";
 				}
 				
 				// MEDIA TYPE
@@ -1327,7 +1329,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 				} else if (m.type == "vimeo") {
 					mediaElem = "<iframe class='media-frame video vimeo' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='100%' src='http://player.vimeo.com/video/" + m.id + "?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff'></iframe>";
 				} else if (m.type == "twitter"){
-					mediaElem = "<div class='twitter' id='" + m.id + "'>Loading Tweet</div>";
+					mediaElem = "<div class='twitter' id='" + "twitter_" + m.id + "'>Loading Tweet</div>";
 					//VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.getHTML(m.id);
 					trace("TWITTER");
 					VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.prettyHTML(m.id);
@@ -1505,16 +1507,9 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 			onJSONLoaded: function(d) {
 				trace("TWITTER JSON LOADED");
 				var id = d.id;
-				VMM.attachElement("#"+id, VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.linkify(d.html) );
-			},
-			//somestring = VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.linkify(d);
-			linkify: function(d) {
-				return d.replace(/[@]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(u) {
-					var username = u.replace("@","");
-					
-					return u.link("http://twitter.com/"+username);
-				});
+				VMM.attachElement("#"+id, VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.html) );
 			},
+			
 			// VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.parseTwitterDate(date);
 			parseTwitterDate: function(d) {
 				var date = new Date(Date.parse(d));
@@ -1561,10 +1556,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 						/* FORMAT RESPONSE
 						================================================== */
 						var twit = "<div class='twitter'><blockquote><p>";
-						var td = VMM.Util.linkify(d.text);
-						td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2'>$1</a>");
-						td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2'>$1</a>");
-						//twit += VMM.Util.linkify(d.text);
+						var td = VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.text, "_blank");
 						twit += td;
 						twit += "</p>";
 						
@@ -1582,7 +1574,10 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 							var the_tweets = {tweetdata: tweetArray}
 							VMM.fireEvent(global, "TWEETSLOADED", the_tweets);
 						}
-					});
+					})
+					.success(function() { trace("second success"); })
+					.error(function() { trace("error"); })
+					.complete(function() { trace("complete"); });
 					
 				}
 					
@@ -1591,8 +1586,6 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 			
 			// VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.getTweetSearch(search string);
 			getTweetSearch: function(tweets, number_of_tweets) {
-				
-				
 				var _number_of_tweets = 40;
 				if (number_of_tweets != null && number_of_tweets != "") {
 					_number_of_tweets = number_of_tweets;
@@ -1607,9 +1600,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 					for(var i = 0; i < d.results.length; i++) {
 						var tweet = {}
 						var twit = "<div class='twitter'><blockquote><p>";
-						var td = VMM.Util.linkify(d.results[i].text);
-						td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2'>$1</a>");
-						td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2'>$1</a>");
+						var td = VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.results[i].text, "_blank");
 						twit += td;
 						twit += "</p>";
 						twit += "— " + d.results[i].from_user_name + " (<a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.results[i].from_user + "'>@" + d.results[i].from_user + "</a>) <a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.results[i].from_user + "/status/" + d.id + "'>" + VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.prettyParseTwitterDate(d.results[i].created_at) + " </a></blockquote></div>";
@@ -1624,32 +1615,51 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 			},
 			// VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.prettyHTML(id);
 			prettyHTML: function(id) {
-				
-				// https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show.json?id=164165553810976768&include_entities=true&callback=?
+				var id = id.toString();
+				var error_obj = {
+					twitterid: id
+				};
 				var the_url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show.json?id=" + id + "&include_entities=true&callback=?";
-				VMM.getJSON(the_url, VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.formatJSON);
+				trace("id " + id);
+				var twitter_timeout = setTimeout(VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.notFoundError, 4000, id);
+				VMM.getJSON(the_url, VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.formatJSON)
+					.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+						trace("TWITTER error");
+						trace("TWITTER ERROR: " + textStatus + " " + qXHR.responseText);
+						VMM.attachElement("#twitter_"+id, "<p>ERROR LOADING TWEET " + id + "</p>" );
+					})
+					.success(function() {
+						clearTimeout(twitter_timeout);
+					});
+				
+			},
+			
+			notFoundError: function(id) {
+				trace("TWITTER JSON ERROR TIMEOUT " + id);
+				VMM.attachElement("#twitter_" + id, "<p>TWEET NOT FOUND " + id + "</p>"  );
 			},
 			
 			formatJSON: function(d) {
 				trace("TWITTER JSON LOADED F");
+				trace(d);
 				var id = d.id_str;
 				
 				var twit = "<blockquote><p>";
-				var td = VMM.Util.linkify(d.text);
-				td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2'>$1</a>");
-				td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2'>$1</a>");
+				var td = VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.text, "_blank");
+				//td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>");
+				//td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>");
 				twit += td;
 				twit += "</p></blockquote>";
-				twit += " <a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "/status/" + d.id + "' alt='link to original tweet' title='link to original tweet'>" + "<span class='created-at'></span>" + " </a>";
+				twit += " <a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "/status/" + d.id + "' target='_blank' alt='link to original tweet' title='link to original tweet'>" + "<span class='created-at'></span>" + " </a>";
 				twit += "<div class='vcard author'>";
-				twit += "<a class='screen-name url' href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "' data-screen-name='" + d.user.screen_name + "'>";
+				twit += "<a class='screen-name url' href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "' data-screen-name='" + d.user.screen_name + "' target='_blank'>";
 				twit += "<span class='avatar'><img src=' " + d.user.profile_image_url + "'  alt=''></span>";
 				twit += "<span class='fn'>" + d.user.name + "</span>";
 				twit += "<span class='nickname'>@" + d.user.screen_name + "</span>";
 				twit += "</a>";
 				twit += "</div>";
 				
-				VMM.attachElement("#"+id, twit );
+				VMM.attachElement("#twitter_"+id.toString(), twit );
 				
 			}
 			
diff --git a/source/js/timeline.js b/source/js/timeline.js
index 34cdc55..7801628 100755
--- a/source/js/timeline.js
+++ b/source/js/timeline.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
-	Verite Timeline 0.88
+	Open Timeline 0.88
 	Designed and built by Zach Wise digitalartwork.net
 	Date: April 8, 2012
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 // @codekit-prepend "VMM.LoadLib.js";
 // @codekit-prepend "bootstrap-tooltip.js";
 
-/* Timeline Class contained in VMM (verite) namespace
+/* Open Timeline Class contained in VMM (verite) namespace
 ================================================== */
 
 if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Timeline == 'undefined') {
@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Timeline == 'undefined') {
 					if (d.type == "tweets") {
 						
 					} else if (dd.type == "start") {
-						c._text += VMM.createElement("h2", d.headline, "start");
+						c._text += VMM.createElement("h2", VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.headline, "_blank"), "start");
 					} else {
-						c._text += VMM.createElement("h3", d.headline);
+						c._text += VMM.createElement("h3", VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.headline, "_blank"));
 					}
 				}
 				if (d.text != null && d.text != "") {
 					_hastext = true;
-					c._text += VMM.createElement("p", d.text);
+					c._text += VMM.createElement("p", VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.text, "_blank"));
 				}
 				
 				c._text = VMM.createElement("div", c._text, "container");
diff --git a/timeline.js b/timeline.js
index d62f060..b9f22fe 100644
--- a/timeline.js
+++ b/timeline.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 	};
 
 	// VMM.getJSON(url, the_function);
-	VMM.getJSON = function(url, the_function) {
+	VMM.getJSON = function(url, data, callback) {
 		if( typeof( jQuery ) != 'undefined' ){
 			
 			/* CHECK FOR IE AND USE Use Microsoft XDR
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 
 				if (ie_url.match('^http://')){
 				     //ie_url = ie_url.replace("http://","//");
-					$.getJSON(url, the_function);
+					$.getJSON(url, data);
 				} else if (ie_url.match('^https://')) {
 					ie_url = ie_url.replace("https://","http://");
 					var xdr = new XDomainRequest();
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 					xdr.send();
 				}
 			} else {
-				$.getJSON(url, the_function);
+				//$.getJSON(url, data);
+				return jQuery.getJSON(url, data, callback);
+				
 				
 			}
 		}
@@ -1295,11 +1297,11 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 				
 				// CREDIT
 				if (data.credit != null && data.credit != "") {
-					creditElem = "<div class='credit'>" + data.credit + "</div>";
+					creditElem = "<div class='credit'>" + VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(data.credit, "_blank") + "</div>";
 				}
 				// CAPTION
 				if (data.caption != null && data.caption != "") {
-					captionElem = "<div class='caption'>" + data.caption + "</div>";
+					captionElem = "<div class='caption'>" + VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(data.caption, "_blank") + "</div>";
 				}
 				
 				// MEDIA TYPE
@@ -1327,7 +1329,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 				} else if (m.type == "vimeo") {
 					mediaElem = "<iframe class='media-frame video vimeo' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='100%' src='http://player.vimeo.com/video/" + m.id + "?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff'></iframe>";
 				} else if (m.type == "twitter"){
-					mediaElem = "<div class='twitter' id='" + m.id + "'>Loading Tweet</div>";
+					mediaElem = "<div class='twitter' id='" + "twitter_" + m.id + "'>Loading Tweet</div>";
 					//VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.getHTML(m.id);
 					trace("TWITTER");
 					VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.prettyHTML(m.id);
@@ -1505,16 +1507,9 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 			onJSONLoaded: function(d) {
 				trace("TWITTER JSON LOADED");
 				var id = d.id;
-				VMM.attachElement("#"+id, VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.linkify(d.html) );
-			},
-			//somestring = VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.linkify(d);
-			linkify: function(d) {
-				return d.replace(/[@]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(u) {
-					var username = u.replace("@","");
-					
-					return u.link("http://twitter.com/"+username);
-				});
+				VMM.attachElement("#"+id, VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.html) );
 			},
+			
 			// VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.parseTwitterDate(date);
 			parseTwitterDate: function(d) {
 				var date = new Date(Date.parse(d));
@@ -1561,10 +1556,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 						/* FORMAT RESPONSE
 						================================================== */
 						var twit = "<div class='twitter'><blockquote><p>";
-						var td = VMM.Util.linkify(d.text);
-						td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2'>$1</a>");
-						td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2'>$1</a>");
-						//twit += VMM.Util.linkify(d.text);
+						var td = VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.text, "_blank");
 						twit += td;
 						twit += "</p>";
 						
@@ -1582,7 +1574,10 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 							var the_tweets = {tweetdata: tweetArray}
 							VMM.fireEvent(global, "TWEETSLOADED", the_tweets);
 						}
-					});
+					})
+					.success(function() { trace("second success"); })
+					.error(function() { trace("error"); })
+					.complete(function() { trace("complete"); });
 					
 				}
 					
@@ -1591,8 +1586,6 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 			
 			// VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.getTweetSearch(search string);
 			getTweetSearch: function(tweets, number_of_tweets) {
-				
-				
 				var _number_of_tweets = 40;
 				if (number_of_tweets != null && number_of_tweets != "") {
 					_number_of_tweets = number_of_tweets;
@@ -1607,9 +1600,7 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 					for(var i = 0; i < d.results.length; i++) {
 						var tweet = {}
 						var twit = "<div class='twitter'><blockquote><p>";
-						var td = VMM.Util.linkify(d.results[i].text);
-						td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2'>$1</a>");
-						td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2'>$1</a>");
+						var td = VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.results[i].text, "_blank");
 						twit += td;
 						twit += "</p>";
 						twit += "— " + d.results[i].from_user_name + " (<a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.results[i].from_user + "'>@" + d.results[i].from_user + "</a>) <a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.results[i].from_user + "/status/" + d.id + "'>" + VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.prettyParseTwitterDate(d.results[i].created_at) + " </a></blockquote></div>";
@@ -1624,32 +1615,51 @@ if (typeof VMM == 'undefined') {
 			},
 			// VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.prettyHTML(id);
 			prettyHTML: function(id) {
-				
-				// https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show.json?id=164165553810976768&include_entities=true&callback=?
+				var id = id.toString();
+				var error_obj = {
+					twitterid: id
+				};
 				var the_url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show.json?id=" + id + "&include_entities=true&callback=?";
-				VMM.getJSON(the_url, VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.formatJSON);
+				trace("id " + id);
+				var twitter_timeout = setTimeout(VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.notFoundError, 4000, id);
+				VMM.getJSON(the_url, VMM.ExternalAPI.twitter.formatJSON)
+					.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+						trace("TWITTER error");
+						trace("TWITTER ERROR: " + textStatus + " " + qXHR.responseText);
+						VMM.attachElement("#twitter_"+id, "<p>ERROR LOADING TWEET " + id + "</p>" );
+					})
+					.success(function() {
+						clearTimeout(twitter_timeout);
+					});
+				
+			},
+			
+			notFoundError: function(id) {
+				trace("TWITTER JSON ERROR TIMEOUT " + id);
+				VMM.attachElement("#twitter_" + id, "<p>TWEET NOT FOUND " + id + "</p>"  );
 			},
 			
 			formatJSON: function(d) {
 				trace("TWITTER JSON LOADED F");
+				trace(d);
 				var id = d.id_str;
 				
 				var twit = "<blockquote><p>";
-				var td = VMM.Util.linkify(d.text);
-				td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2'>$1</a>");
-				td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2'>$1</a>");
+				var td = VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.text, "_blank");
+				//td = td.replace(/(@([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>");
+				//td = td.replace(/(#([\w]+))/g,"<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>");
 				twit += td;
 				twit += "</p></blockquote>";
-				twit += " <a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "/status/" + d.id + "' alt='link to original tweet' title='link to original tweet'>" + "<span class='created-at'></span>" + " </a>";
+				twit += " <a href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "/status/" + d.id + "' target='_blank' alt='link to original tweet' title='link to original tweet'>" + "<span class='created-at'></span>" + " </a>";
 				twit += "<div class='vcard author'>";
-				twit += "<a class='screen-name url' href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "' data-screen-name='" + d.user.screen_name + "'>";
+				twit += "<a class='screen-name url' href='https://twitter.com/" + d.user.screen_name + "' data-screen-name='" + d.user.screen_name + "' target='_blank'>";
 				twit += "<span class='avatar'><img src=' " + d.user.profile_image_url + "'  alt=''></span>";
 				twit += "<span class='fn'>" + d.user.name + "</span>";
 				twit += "<span class='nickname'>@" + d.user.screen_name + "</span>";
 				twit += "</a>";
 				twit += "</div>";
 				
-				VMM.attachElement("#"+id, twit );
+				VMM.attachElement("#twitter_"+id.toString(), twit );
 				
 			}
 			
@@ -3238,25 +3248,45 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Util == 'undefined') {
 		// VMM.Util.linkify();
 		linkify: function(text,targets,is_touch) {
 			
-			if(!text) return text;
+			// http://, https://, ftp://
+			var urlPattern = /\b(?:https?|ftp):\/\/[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%=~_|]/gim;
+
+			// www. sans http:// or https://
+			var pseudoUrlPattern = /(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;
+
+			// Email addresses
+			var emailAddressPattern = /(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@[a-zA-Z_]+?(?:\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))+/gim;
 			
-			text = text.replace(/((https?\:\/\/|ftp\:\/\/)|(www\.))(\S+)(\w{2,4})(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/gi, function(url) {
 
-				var nice = url;
-				var _touch = "";
-				if(url.search('^https?:\/\/') < 0) url = 'http://'+url;
-				_touch = "onclick = 'void(0)'";
-				if(is_touch) {
-					_touch = "onclick = 'void(0)'";
-				}
-				
-				onclick = "void(0)";
-				if(targets === null || targets === "") return '<a href="'+ url + " " + _touch + '">'+ url +'</a>';
-				else return "<a href='"+ url + " " + _touch + " target='" +targets+"'>'" + url + "</a>" ;
-			});
+			return text
+				.replace(urlPattern, "<a target='_blank' href='$&' onclick='void(0)'>$&</a>")
+				.replace(pseudoUrlPattern, "$1<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='http://$2'>$2</a>")
+				.replace(emailAddressPattern, "<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='mailto:$1'>$1</a>");
+		},
+		
+		linkify_with_twitter: function(text,targets,is_touch) {
 			
-			return text;
+			// http://, https://, ftp://
+			var urlPattern = /\b(?:https?|ftp):\/\/[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%=~_|]/gim;
+
+			// www. sans http:// or https://
+			var pseudoUrlPattern = /(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;
+
+			// Email addresses
+			var emailAddressPattern = /(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@[a-zA-Z_]+?(?:\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))+/gim;
+			
+			var twitterHandlePattern = /(@([\w]+))/g;
+			
+			var twitterSearchPattern = /(#([\w]+))/g;
+
+			return text
+				.replace(urlPattern, "<a target='_blank' href='$&' onclick='void(0)'>$&</a>")
+				.replace(pseudoUrlPattern, "$1<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='http://$2'>$2</a>")
+				.replace(emailAddressPattern, "<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='mailto:$1'>$1</a>")
+				.replace(twitterHandlePattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/$2' target='_blank' onclick='void(0)'>$1</a>")
+				.replace(twitterSearchPattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2' target='_blank' 'void(0)'>$1</a>");
 		},
+		
 		/* Turns plain text links into real links
 		================================================== */
 		// VMM.Util.unlinkify();
@@ -3449,6 +3479,32 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Util == 'undefined') {
 		
 	}).init();
 	
+	//'string'.linkify();
+	if(!String.linkify) {
+		String.prototype.linkify = function() {
+
+			// http://, https://, ftp://
+			var urlPattern = /\b(?:https?|ftp):\/\/[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%=~_|]/gim;
+
+			// www. sans http:// or https://
+			var pseudoUrlPattern = /(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;
+
+			// Email addresses
+			var emailAddressPattern = /(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@[a-zA-Z_]+?(?:\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))+/gim;
+			
+			var twitterHandlePattern = /(@([\w]+))/g;
+			
+			var twitterSearchPattern = /(#([\w]+))/g;
+
+			return this
+				.replace(urlPattern, '<a target="_blank" href="$&">$&</a>')
+				.replace(pseudoUrlPattern, '$1<a target="_blank" href="http://$2">$2</a>')
+				.replace(emailAddressPattern, '<a target="_blank" href="mailto:$1">$1</a>')
+				.replace(twitterHandlePattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>")
+				.replace(twitterSearchPattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>");
+	    };
+	}
+	
 }
 
 /*********************************************** 
@@ -3984,7 +4040,7 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.LoadLib == 'undefined') {
 ***********************************************/ 
 
 /*!
-	Verite Timeline 0.88
+	Open Timeline 0.88
 	Designed and built by Zach Wise digitalartwork.net
 	Date: April 8, 2012
 
@@ -4025,7 +4081,7 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.LoadLib == 'undefined') {
 // @codekit-prepend "VMM.LoadLib.js";
 // @codekit-prepend "bootstrap-tooltip.js";
 
-/* Timeline Class contained in VMM (verite) namespace
+/* Open Timeline Class contained in VMM (verite) namespace
 ================================================== */
 
 if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Timeline == 'undefined') {
@@ -4318,14 +4374,14 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Timeline == 'undefined') {
 					if (d.type == "tweets") {
 						
 					} else if (dd.type == "start") {
-						c._text += VMM.createElement("h2", d.headline, "start");
+						c._text += VMM.createElement("h2", VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.headline, "_blank"), "start");
 					} else {
-						c._text += VMM.createElement("h3", d.headline);
+						c._text += VMM.createElement("h3", VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.headline, "_blank"));
 					}
 				}
 				if (d.text != null && d.text != "") {
 					_hastext = true;
-					c._text += VMM.createElement("p", d.text);
+					c._text += VMM.createElement("p", VMM.Util.linkify_with_twitter(d.text, "_blank"));
 				}
 				
 				c._text = VMM.createElement("div", c._text, "container");