/*   jQuery Timer plugin v0.1  Matt Schmidt [http://www.mattptr.net]  Licensed under the BSD License:  http://mattptr.net/license/license.txt */
jQuery.timer = function(interval, callback) {
     /** timer() provides a cleaner way to handle intervals  
     *      @usage
     *          $.timer(interval, callback); */
    var interval = interval || 100; 
    if (!callback)
        return false;
     _timer = function(interval, callback) {
        this.stop = function() {
            clearInterval(self.id);
        };
        this.internalCallback = function() {
            callback(self);
        }; 
        this.reset = function(val) {
            if (self.id)
                clearInterval(self.id);
            var val = val || 100;
            this.id = setInterval(this.internalCallback, val);
        };
        this.interval = interval;
        this.id = setInterval(this.internalCallback, this.interval);
        var self = this;
    }; 
    return new _timer(interval, callback);
};