diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a629c41f..65d2c9bb3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,27 +18,32 @@ With Diaspora you can:
 
 Documentation is available on our [wiki](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki)
 
+[Pull Request Guidelines](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Pull-Request-Guidelines)
+
+Before submitting code, feel free to sign our [Contributor License Agreement](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/New-CLA--12-13-10) [Sign Here](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ)
+
 ## Quick Start:
 
 Here's how you can get a development environment up and running. You can check out system-specific guides [here](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installation-Guides).
 
 ### Step 1: Download the script
-```wget https://raw.github.com/diaspora/diaspora/ec5289bd3b9b5608d339b28e1e30272f380a9211/script/install.sh
+```
+  curl https://raw.github.com/diaspora/diaspora/master/script/install.sh | /bin/sh
 ```
 
-### Step 2: Set permissions and run
-```chmod +x install.sh && install.sh
+### Step 2: Follow the instructions
+
+
+### Step 3: Run the the development server
+```
+  rails s
 ```
 
-### Step 3: Follow the instructions
+then visit 'http://localhost:3000' in your browser.
 
-
-### Step 4: Run the test server
-```rails s
+### Step 4: Run tests
 ```
-
-### Step 5: Run tests
-```rake tests
+  rake
 ```
 
 ## Resources:
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/helpers/text_formatter.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/helpers/text_formatter.js
index fe4069911..0759a6665 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/helpers/text_formatter.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/helpers/text_formatter.js
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
       text = text.replace(linkRegex, function() {
         var unicodeUrl = arguments[3];
         var addr = parse_url(unicodeUrl);
+        if( !addr.host ) addr.host = ""; // must not be 'undefined'
+
         var asciiUrl = // rebuild the url
           (!addr.scheme ? '' : addr.scheme +
           ( (addr.scheme.toLowerCase()=="mailto") ? ':' : '://')) +
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index 064cdd523..23a6dfbf9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
   photos : function() {
     app.photos = new app.models.Stream([], {collection: app.collections.Photos});
     app.page = new app.views.Photos({model : app.photos});
+
+
     $("#main_stream").html(app.page.render().el);
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views.js
index 0e6f2aaf0..fc7329390 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ app.views.Base = Backbone.View.extend({
   },
 
   defaultPresenter : function(){
-    var modelJson = this.model ? _.clone(this.model.attributes) : {}
+    var modelJson = this.model && this.model.attributes ? _.clone(this.model.attributes) : {}
+
     return _.extend(modelJson, {
       current_user : app.currentUser.attributes,
       loggedIn : app.currentUser.authenticated()
@@ -71,3 +72,66 @@ app.views.Base = Backbone.View.extend({
     $(".tooltip").remove();
   }
 });
+
+// Mixin to render a collection that fetches more via infinite scroll, for a view that has no template.
+//  Requires:
+//    a stream model, bound as this.stream
+//    a stream's posts, bound as this.collection
+//    a postClass to be declared
+//    a #paginate div in the layout
+//    a call to setupInfiniteScroll
+
+app.views.infiniteScrollMixin = {
+  setupInfiniteScroll : function() {
+    this.postViews = this.postViews || []
+
+    this.bind("loadMore", this.fetchAndshowLoader, this)
+    this.stream.bind("fetched", this.hideLoader, this)
+    this.stream.bind("allPostsLoaded", this.unbindInfScroll, this)
+    this.collection.bind("add", this.addPost, this);
+
+    var throttledScroll = _.throttle(_.bind(this.infScroll, this), 200);
+    $(window).scroll(throttledScroll);
+  },
+
+  renderTemplate : function() {
+    if(this.stream.isFetching()) { this.showLoader() }
+  },
+
+  addPost : function(post) {
+    var postView = new this.postClass({ model: post })
+      , placeInStream = (this.collection.at(0).id == post.id) ? "prepend" : "append";
+
+    this.$el[placeInStream](postView.render().el);
+    this.postViews.push(postView)
+  },
+
+  unbindInfScroll : function() {
+    $(window).unbind("scroll");
+  },
+
+  fetchAndshowLoader : function(){
+    if(this.stream.isFetching()) { return false }
+    this.stream.fetch()
+    this.showLoader()
+  },
+
+  showLoader: function(){
+    $("#paginate .loader").removeClass("hidden")
+  },
+
+  hideLoader: function() {
+    $("#paginate .loader").addClass("hidden")
+  },
+
+  infScroll : function() {
+    var $window = $(window)
+      , distFromTop = $window.height() + $window.scrollTop()
+      , distFromBottom = $(document).height() - distFromTop
+      , bufferPx = 500;
+
+    if(distFromBottom < bufferPx) {
+      this.trigger("loadMore")
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
index d20b1e224..dff7052d3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/photos_view.js
@@ -1,52 +1,16 @@
-app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend({
-
-  events : {},
-
+app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend(_.extend({
   initialize : function(options) {
-    this.photos = this.model;
-    this.collection = this.model.items;
+    this.stream = this.model;
+    this.collection = this.stream.items;
 
-    this.setupEvents();
-    this.setupLightbox();
+    // viable for extraction
+    this.stream.fetch();
+
+    this.setupLightbox()
+    this.setupInfiniteScroll()
   },
 
-  setupEvents : function(){
-    this.photos.bind("fetched", this.removeLoader, this)
-    this.collection.bind("add", this.addPhoto, this);
-  },
-
-  addPhoto : function(photo) {
-    var photoView = new app.views.Photo({ model: photo });
-
-    $(this.el)[
-      (this.collection.at(0).id == photo.id)
-        ? "prepend"
-        : "append"
-    ](photoView.render().el);
-
-    return this;
-  },
-
-  render : function(evt) {
-    if(evt) {evt.preventDefault(); }
-
-    if(this.model.fetch()) {
-      this.appendLoader();
-    };
-
-    return this;
-  },
-
-  appendLoader: function(){
-    $("#paginate").html($("<img>", {
-      src : "/assets/static-loader.png",
-      "class" : "loader"
-    }));
-  },
-
-  removeLoader: function() {
-    $("#paginate").empty();
-  },
+  postClass : app.views.Photo,
 
   setupLightbox : function(){
     this.lightbox = Diaspora.BaseWidget.instantiate("Lightbox");
@@ -55,6 +19,5 @@ app.views.Photos = Backbone.View.extend({
       imageSelector: 'img.photo'
     });
     $(this.el).delegate("a.photo-link", "click", this.lightbox.lightboxImageClicked);
-  },
-
-});
+  }
+}, app.views.infiniteScrollMixin));
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js
index bf4de92f3..5df7574ca 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_view.js
@@ -1,77 +1,27 @@
-app.views.Stream = Backbone.View.extend({
+app.views.Stream = Backbone.View.extend(_.extend({
   initialize: function(options) {
     this.stream = this.model
-    this.collection = this.model.items
+    this.collection = this.stream.items
 
-    this.setupEvents()
-    this.setupInfiniteScroll()
-    this.setupLightbox()
     this.postViews = []
+
+    this.setupNSFW()
+    this.setupLightbox()
+    this.setupInfiniteScroll()
   },
 
-  setupEvents : function(){
-    this.stream.bind("fetched", this.removeLoader, this)
-    this.stream.bind("allItemsLoaded", this.unbindInfScroll, this)
-    this.collection.bind("add", this.addPost, this);
-
-    app.currentUser.bind("nsfwChanged", reRenderPostViews, this)
-    function reRenderPostViews() {
-      _.map(this.postViews, function(view){ view.render() })
-    }
-  },
-
-  addPost : function(post) {
-    var postView = new app.views.StreamPost({ model: post })
-      , placeInStream = (this.collection.at(0).id == post.id) ? "prepend" : "append";
-
-    this.$el[placeInStream](postView.render().el);
-    this.postViews.push(postView)
-  },
-
-  unbindInfScroll : function() {
-    $(window).unbind("scroll");
-  },
-
-  render : function() {
-    if(this.stream.isFetching()) { this.appendLoader() }
-    return this;
-  },
-
-  fetchAndAppendLoader : function(){
-    if(this.stream.isFetching()) { return false }
-    this.stream.fetch()
-    this.appendLoader()
-  },
-
-  appendLoader: function(){
-    $("#paginate").html($("<img>", {
-      src : "/assets/static-loader.png",
-      "class" : "loader"
-    }));
-  },
-
-  removeLoader: function() {
-    $("#paginate").empty();
-  },
+  postClass : app.views.StreamPost,
 
   setupLightbox : function(){
     this.lightbox = Diaspora.BaseWidget.instantiate("Lightbox");
     this.$el.delegate("a.stream-photo-link", "click", this.lightbox.lightboxImageClicked);
   },
 
-  setupInfiniteScroll : function() {
-    var throttledScroll = _.throttle(_.bind(this.infScroll, this), 200);
-    $(window).scroll(throttledScroll);
-  },
+  setupNSFW : function(){
+    app.currentUser.bind("nsfwChanged", reRenderPostViews, this)
 
-  infScroll : function() {
-    var $window = $(window)
-      , distFromTop = $window.height() + $window.scrollTop()
-      , distFromBottom = $(document).height() - distFromTop
-      , bufferPx = 500;
-
-    if(distFromBottom < bufferPx) {
-      this.fetchAndAppendLoader()
+    function reRenderPostViews() {
+      _.map(this.postViews, function(view){ view.render() })
     }
   }
-});
+}, app.views.infiniteScrollMixin));
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
index f224ebb7a..47158db90 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ form.new_comment
   img
     :border none
 
+  :min-height 20px
+
 #photo_container
   :text
     :align center
diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 5dee5bb46..60d0ec9f3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require Rails.root.join("app", "presenters", "post_presenter")
 class PostsController < ApplicationController
   include PostsHelper
   
-  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:show, :iframe]
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:show, :iframe, :oembed]
   before_filter :set_format_if_malformed_from_status_net, :only => :show
 
   layout 'post'
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
-    key = params[:id].to_s.length <= 8 ? :id : :guid
-
-    if user_signed_in?
-      @post = current_user.find_visible_shareable_by_id(Post, params[:id], :key => key)
-    else
-      @post = Post.where(key => params[:id], :public => true).includes(:author, :comments => :author).first
-    end
+    @post = find_by_guid_or_id_with_current_user(params[:id])
 
     if @post
       # @commenting_disabled = can_not_comment_on_post?
@@ -59,6 +53,17 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     render :text => post_iframe_url(params[:id]), :layout => false
   end
 
+  def oembed
+    post_id = OEmbedPresenter.id_from_url(params.delete(:url))
+    post = find_by_guid_or_id_with_current_user(post_id) 
+    if post.present?
+      oembed = OEmbedPresenter.new(post, params.slice(:format, :maxheight, :minheight))
+      render :json => oembed
+    else
+      render :nothing => true, :status => 404
+    end
+  end
+
   def destroy
     @post = current_user.posts.where(:id => params[:id]).first
     if @post
@@ -76,6 +81,16 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
 
   private
 
+  def find_by_guid_or_id_with_current_user(id)
+    key = id.to_s.length <= 8 ? :id : :guid
+    if user_signed_in?
+      current_user.find_visible_shareable_by_id(Post, id, :key => key)
+    else
+      Post.where(key => id, :public => true).includes(:author, :comments => :author).first
+    end
+
+  end
+
   def set_format_if_malformed_from_status_net
    request.format = :html if request.format == 'application/html+xml'
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
index 35e981a1c..e12ed5901 100644
--- a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module PostsHelper
   def post_iframe_url(post_id, opts={})
     opts[:width] ||= 516
     opts[:height] ||= 315 
-   "<iframe src='#{post_url(post_id)}' width='#{opts[:width]}px' height='#{opts[:height]}px' frameBorder='0'></iframe>".html_safe
+    host = AppConfig[:pod_uri].port ==80 ? AppConfig[:pod_uri].host : "#{AppConfig[:pod_uri].host}:#{AppConfig[:pod_uri].port}"
+   "<iframe src='#{Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(post_id, :host => host)}' width='#{opts[:width]}px' height='#{opts[:height]}px' frameBorder='0'></iframe>".html_safe
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/presenters/o_embed_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/o_embed_presenter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0723b7df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/o_embed_presenter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+require 'uri'
+class OEmbedPresenter
+  include PostsHelper
+  include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
+
+  def initialize(post, opts = {})
+    @post = post
+    @opts = opts
+  end
+
+  def to_json(opts={})
+    as_json(opts).to_json
+  end
+
+  def as_json(opts={})
+    {
+      :provider_name => "Diaspora", 
+      :provider_url => AppConfig[:pod_url],
+      :type => 'rich',
+      :version => '1.0',
+      :title => post_title,
+      :author_name => post_author,
+      :author_url => post_author_url,
+      :width => @opts.fetch(:maxwidth, 516), 
+      :height => @opts.fetch(:maxheight, 320),
+      :html => iframe_html
+    }
+  end
+
+  def self.id_from_url(url)
+    URI.parse(url).path.gsub(%r{\/posts\/|\/p\/}, '')
+  end
+
+  def post_title
+    post_page_title(@post)
+  end
+
+  def post_author
+    @post.author.name
+  end
+
+  def post_author_url
+   Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.person_url(@post.author, :host => AppConfig[:pod_uri].host)
+  end
+
+  def iframe_html
+    post_iframe_url(@post.id, :height => @opts[:maxheight], :width => @opts[:maxwidth])
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
index 79771a15b..91cbbbe81 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #main_stream.stream
 
 #paginate
+  = image_tag "static-loader.png", :height => 14, :width => 14, :class => "loader hidden"
 
 - if current_user.contacts.size < 2
   = render 'aspects/no_contacts_message'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/post.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/post.html.haml
index 75ae0cb19..98f941219 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/post.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/post.html.haml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
     = set_asset_host
     = translation_missing_warnings
     = current_user_atom_tag
+    - if @post.present?
+      %link{:rel => 'alternate', :type => "application/json+oembed", :href => "#{oembed_url(:url => post_url(@post))}"}
 
     = yield(:head)
     = csrf_meta_tag
diff --git a/app/views/people/show.html.haml b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
index 54ae49a59..4448b1d22 100644
--- a/app/views/people/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@
           = t('.ignoring', :name => @person.first_name)
           
     #paginate
+      = image_tag "static-loader.png", :height => 14, :width => 14, :class => "loader hidden"
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 0a01b0369..1aaa3b27a 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -47,4 +47,6 @@ Diaspora::Application.configure do
   # This is necessary if your schema can't be completely dumped by the schema dumper,
   # like if you have constraints or database-specific column types
   # config.active_record.schema_format = :sql
+  
+  config.default_url_options = { :host => AppConfig[:pod_uri].host}
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/silence_assets.rb b/config/initializers/silence_assets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bae826fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/silence_assets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+if Rails.env.development?
+
+  Rails.application.assets.logger = Logger.new('/dev/null')
+
+  Rails::Rack::Logger.class_eval do
+    def call_with_quiet_assets(env)
+      previous_level = Rails.logger.level
+      Rails.logger.level = Logger::ERROR if env['PATH_INFO'] =~ %r{^/assets/}
+      call_without_quiet_assets(env)
+    ensure
+      Rails.logger.level = previous_level
+    end
+    alias_method_chain :call, :quiet_assets
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d556997cb..daee08957 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
   mount RailsAdmin::Engine => '/admin_panel', :as => 'rails_admin'
 
+  get 'oembed' => 'posts#oembed', :as => 'oembed'
   # Posting and Reading
   resources :reshares
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
index 2a53a661b..221beaca8 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ describe PostsController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'oembed' do
+    it 'works when you can see it' do
+      sign_in alice
+      get :oembed, :url => "/posts/#{@message.id}"
+      response.body.should match /iframe/
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a 404 response when the post is not found' do
+      get :oembed, :url => "/posts/#{@message.id}"
+      response.should_not be_success
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#destroy' do
     before do
       sign_in alice
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
index 51cedb9c7..5f4a8c9d2 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/photos_view_spec.js
@@ -2,27 +2,31 @@ describe("app.views.Photos", function() {
   beforeEach(function() {
     loginAs({name: "alice", avatar : {small : "http://avatar.com/photo.jpg"}});
 
-    this._photos = $.parseJSON(spec.readFixture("photos_json"))["photos"];
+    this.photos = $.parseJSON(spec.readFixture("photos_json"))["photos"];
 
-    this.photos = new app.models.Stream([], {collection: app.collections.Photos});
-    this.photos.add(this._photos);
+    this.stream = new app.models.Stream([], {collection: app.collections.Photos});
+    this.stream.add(this.photos);
 
-    this.view = new app.views.Photos({model : this.photos});
+    this.view = new app.views.Photos({model : this.stream});
 
     // do this manually because we've moved loadMore into render??
     this.view.render();
     _.each(this.view.collection.models, function(photo) {
-      this.view.addPhoto(photo);
+      this.view.addPost(photo);
     }, this);
   });
 
   describe("initialize", function() {
-    // nothing there yet
+    it("binds an infinite scroll listener", function() {
+      spyOn($.fn, "scroll");
+      new app.views.Stream({model : this.stream});
+      expect($.fn.scroll).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("#render", function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
-      this.photo = this.photos.items.models[0];
+      this.photo = this.stream.items.models[0];
       this.photoElement = $(this.view.$("#" + this.photo.get("guid")));
     });
 
@@ -32,14 +36,4 @@ describe("app.views.Photos", function() {
       });
     });
   });
-
-  describe("removeLoader", function() {
-    it("emptys the pagination div when the stream is fetched", function() {
-      $("#jasmine_content").append($('<div id="paginate">OMG</div>'));
-      expect($("#paginate").text()).toBe("OMG");
-      this.view.photos.trigger("fetched");
-      expect($("#paginate")).toBeEmpty();
-    });
-  });
-
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
index 79f397b66..616c1d4a8 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/stream_view_spec.js
@@ -43,19 +43,17 @@ describe("app.views.Stream", function() {
     it("fetches moar when the user is at the bottom of the page", function() {
       spyOn($.fn, "height").andReturn(0);
       spyOn($.fn, "scrollTop").andReturn(100);
-      spyOn(this.view, "fetchAndAppendLoader");
+      spyOn(this.view.model, "fetch");
 
       this.view.infScroll();
-      expect(this.view.fetchAndAppendLoader).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-  });
 
-  describe("removeLoader", function() {
-    it("emptys the pagination div when the stream is fetched", function() {
-      $("#jasmine_content").append($('<div id="paginate">OMG</div>'));
-      expect($("#paginate").text()).toBe("OMG");
-      this.view.stream.trigger("fetched");
-      expect($("#paginate")).toBeEmpty();
+      waitsFor(function(){
+        return this.view.model.fetch.wasCalled
+      }, "the infinite scroll function didn't fetch the stream")
+
+      runs(function(){
+        expect(this.view.model.fetch).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/spec/presenters/o_embed_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/o_embed_presenter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7182b6a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/presenters/o_embed_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+describe OEmbedPresenter do
+  before do
+   @oembed = OEmbedPresenter.new(Factory(:status_message))
+  end
+
+  it 'is a hash' do
+    @oembed.as_json.should be_a Hash
+  end
+
+  context 'required options from oembed spec' do
+    it 'supports maxheight + maxwidth(required)' do
+      oembed = OEmbedPresenter.new(Factory(:status_message), :maxwidth => 200, :maxheight => 300).as_json
+      oembed[:width].should  == 200
+      oembed[:height].should == 300
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#iframe_html' do
+    it 'passes the height options to post_iframe_url' do
+      @oembed.should_receive(:post_iframe_url).with(instance_of(Fixnum), instance_of(Hash))
+      @oembed.iframe_html
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.id_from_url' do
+    it 'takes a long post url and gives you the id' do
+      OEmbedPresenter.id_from_url('http://localhost:400/posts/1').should == "1"
+    end
+
+    it 'takes a short post url and gives you the id' do
+      OEmbedPresenter.id_from_url('http://localhost:400/p/1').should == "1"
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.mentionsInput.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.mentionsInput.js
index a61746ac6..274f24404 100644
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.mentionsInput.js
+++ b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.mentionsInput.js
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@
     }
 
     function onInputBoxKeyPress(e) {
-      var typedValue = String.fromCharCode(e.which || e.keyCode);
-      inputBuffer.push(typedValue);
+      if(e.keyCode != KEY.BACKSPACE) {
+        var typedValue = String.fromCharCode(e.which || e.keyCode);
+        inputBuffer.push(typedValue);
+      }
     }
 
     function onInputBoxKeyDown(e) {