# File lib/twitter/base.rb, line 126
    def post(status)
      url = URI.parse("http://#{@@api_url}/statuses/update.xml")
      req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
      
      req.basic_auth(@config[:email], @config[:password])
      req.set_form_data({'status' => status})
      
      response = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start { |http| http.request(req) }
      Status.new_from_xml(parse(response.body).at('status'))
    end