diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 40051c22..8779e7e6 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Experiments in a REST API lib
 Super alpha!  Don't use it if you mind throwing away all the code when I change
 the API on a whim.
 
+This mess is gonna get raw, like sushi. So, haters to the left.
+
 == Usage
 
     # uses Net/HTTP, no response parsing
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ connection class:
 
 == TODO
 
+* other HTTP methods besides just GET
 * gracefully skip tests for Yajl and other optional libraries if they don't exist.
 * gracefully skip live http server tests if the sinatra server is not running.
 * use Typhoeus' request mocking facilities in the Typhoeus adapter test
diff --git a/faraday.gemspec b/faraday.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01aa28c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faraday.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Generated by jeweler
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run the gemspec command
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = %q{faraday}
+  s.version = "0.0.1"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["rick"]
+  s.date = %q{2009-12-19}
+  s.description = %q{HTTP/REST API client library with pluggable components}
+  s.email = %q{technoweenie@gmail.com}
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "LICENSE",
+     "README.rdoc"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    ".document",
+     ".gitignore",
+     "LICENSE",
+     "README.rdoc",
+     "Rakefile",
+     "VERSION",
+     "lib/faraday.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/adapter/mock_request.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/adapter/net_http.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/adapter/typhoeus.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/connection.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/error.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/response.rb",
+     "lib/faraday/response/yajl_response.rb",
+     "test/adapter/typhoeus_test.rb",
+     "test/adapter_test.rb",
+     "test/connection_test.rb",
+     "test/helper.rb",
+     "test/live_server.rb",
+     "test/response_test.rb"
+  ]
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/technoweenie/faraday}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.5}
+  s.summary = %q{HTTP/REST API client library}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "test/adapter/typhoeus_test.rb",
+     "test/adapter_test.rb",
+     "test/connection_test.rb",
+     "test/helper.rb",
+     "test/live_server.rb",
+     "test/response_test.rb"
+  ]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    else
+    end
+  else
+  end
+end
+