diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
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+var fs  = require('fs')
+  , sys = require('sys')
+
+var Configurator = function (file) {
+
+  var self = this;
+  var config = {};
+  var oldConfig = {};
+
+  this.updateConfig = function () {
+    sys.log('reading config file: ' + file);
+
+    fs.readFile(file, function (err, data) {
+      if (err) { throw err; }
+      old_config = self.config;
+
+      self.config = process.compile('config = ' + data, file);
+      self.emit('configChanged', self.config);
+    });
+  };
+
+  this.updateConfig();
+
+  fs.watchFile(file, function (curr, prev) {
+    if (curr.ino != prev.ino) { self.updateConfig(); }
+  });
+};
+
+sys.inherits(Configurator, process.EventEmitter);
+
+exports.Configurator = Configurator;
+
+exports.configFile = function(file, callbackFunc) {
+  var config = new Configurator(file);
+  config.on('configChanged', function() {
+    callbackFunc(config.config, config.oldConfig);
+  });
+};
+
diff --git a/exampleConfig.js b/exampleConfig.js
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+{
+  graphitePort: 2003
+, graphiteHost: "graphite.host.com"
+, port: 8125
+}
+
diff --git a/php-example.php b/php-example.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Sends statistics to the stats daemon over UDP
+ *
+ **/
+
+class StatsD {
+
+    /**
+     * Log timing information
+     *
+     * @param string $stats The metric to in log timing info for.
+     * @param float $time The ellapsed time (ms) to log
+     * @param float|1 $sampleRate the rate (0-1) for sampling.
+     **/
+    public static function timing($stat, $time, $sampleRate=1) {
+        StatsD::send(array($stat => "$time|ms"), $sampleRate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Increments one or more stats counters
+     *
+     * @param string|array $stats The metric(s) to increment.
+     * @param float|1 $sampleRate the rate (0-1) for sampling.
+     * @return boolean
+     **/
+    public static function increment($stats, $sampleRate=1) {
+        StatsD::updateStats($stats, 1, $sampleRate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decrements one or more stats counters.
+     *
+     * @param string|array $stats The metric(s) to decrement.
+     * @param float|1 $sampleRate the rate (0-1) for sampling.
+     * @return boolean
+     **/
+    public static function decrement($stats, $sampleRate=1) {
+        StatsD::updateStats($stats, -1, $sampleRate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates one or more stats counters by arbitrary amounts.
+     *
+     * @param string|array $stats The metric(s) to update. Should be either a string or array of metrics.
+     * @param int|1 $delta The amount to increment/decrement each metric by.
+     * @param float|1 $sampleRate the rate (0-1) for sampling.
+     * @return boolean
+     **/
+    public static function updateStats($stats, $delta=1, $sampleRate=1) {
+        if (!is_array($stats)) { $stats = array($stats); }
+        $data = array();
+        foreach($stats as $stat) {
+            $data[$stat] = "$delta|c";
+        }
+
+        StatsD::send($data, $sampleRate);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Squirt the metrics over UDP
+     **/
+    public static function send($data, $sampleRate=1) {
+        $config = Config::getInstance();
+        if (! $config->isEnabled("statsd")) { return; }
+
+        // sampling
+        $sampledData = array();
+
+        if ($sampleRate < 1) {
+            foreach ($data as $stat => $value) {
+                if ((mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax()) <= $sampleRate) {
+                    $sampledData[$stat] = "$value|@$sampleRate";
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            $sampledData = $data;
+        }
+
+        if (empty($sampledData)) { return; }
+
+        // Wrap this in a try/catch - failures in any of this should be silently ignored
+        try {
+            $host = $config->getConfig("statsd.host");
+            $port = $config->getConfig("statsd.port");
+            $fp = fsockopen("udp://$host", $port, $errno, $errstr);
+            if (! $fp) { return; }
+            foreach ($sampledData as $stat => $value) {
+                fwrite($fp, "$stat:$value");
+            }
+            fclose($fp);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/stats.js b/stats.js
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+var dgram  = require('dgram')
+  , sys    = require('sys')
+  , net    = require('net')
+  , config = require('./config')
+
+var counters = {};
+var timers = {};
+var debugInt, flushInt, server;
+
+config.configFile(process.argv[2], function (config, oldConfig) {
+  if (! config.debug && debugInt) {
+    clearInterval(debugInt); 
+    debugInt = false;
+  }
+
+  if (config.debug) {
+    if (debugInt !== undefined) { clearInterval(debugInt); }
+    debugInt = setInterval(function () { 
+      sys.log("Counters:\n" + sys.inspect(counters) + "\nTimers:\n" + sys.inspect(timers));
+    }, config.debugInterval || 10000);
+  }
+
+  if (server === undefined) {
+    server = dgram.createSocket('udp4', function (msg, rinfo) {
+      if (config.dumpMessages) { sys.log(msg.toString()); }
+      var bits = msg.toString().split(':');
+      var key = bits.shift()
+                    .replace(/\s+/g, '_')
+                    .replace(/\//g, '-')
+                    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z_\-0-9\.]/g, '');
+
+      if (bits.length == 0) {
+        bits.push("1");
+      }
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < bits.length; i++) {
+        var sampleRate = 1;
+        var fields = bits[i].split("|");
+        if (fields[1] == "ms") {
+          if (! timers[key]) {
+            timers[key] = [];
+          }
+          timers[key].push(Number(fields[0] || 0));
+        } else {
+          if (fields[2] && fields[2].match(/^@([\d\.]+)/)) {
+            sampleRate = Number(fields[2].match(/^@([\d\.]+)/)[1]);
+          }
+          if (! counters[key]) {
+            counters[key] = 0;
+          }
+          counters[key] += Number(fields[0] || 1) * (1 / sampleRate);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    server.bind(config.port || 8125);
+
+    var flushInterval = Number(config.flushInterval || 10000);
+
+    flushInt = setInterval(function () {
+      var statString = '';
+      var ts = Math.round(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
+      var numStats = 0;
+      var key;
+
+      for (key in counters) {
+        var value = counters[key] / (flushInterval / 1000);
+        var message = 'stats.' + key + ' ' + value + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+        statString += message;
+        counters[key] = 0;
+
+        numStats += 1;
+      }
+
+      for (key in timers) {
+        if (timers[key].length > 0) {
+          var pctThreshold = config.percentThreshold || 90;
+          var values = timers[key].sort(function (a,b) { return a-b; });
+          var count = values.length;
+          var min = values[0];
+          var max = values[count - 1];
+
+          var mean = min;
+          var maxAtThreshold = max;
+
+          if (count > 1) {
+            var thresholdIndex = Math.round(((100 - pctThreshold) / 100) * count);
+            var numInThreshold = count - thresholdIndex;
+            values = values.slice(0, numInThreshold);
+            maxAtThreshold = values[numInThreshold - 1];
+
+            // average the remaining timings
+            var sum = 0;
+            for (var i = 0; i < numInThreshold; i++) {
+              sum += values[i];
+            }
+
+            mean = sum / numInThreshold;
+          }
+
+          timers[key] = [];
+
+          var message = "";
+          message += 'stats.timers.' + key + '.mean ' + mean + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+          message += 'stats.timers.' + key + '.upper ' + max + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+          message += 'stats.timers.' + key + '.upper_' + pctThreshold + ' ' + maxAtThreshold + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+          message += 'stats.timers.' + key + '.lower ' + min + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+          message += 'stats.timers.' + key + '.count ' + count + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+          statString += message;
+
+          numStats += 1;
+        }
+      }
+
+      statString += 'statsd.numStats ' + numStats + ' ' + ts + "\n";
+      
+      var graphite = net.createConnection(config.graphitePort, config.graphiteHost);
+
+      graphite.on('connect', function() {
+        this.write(statString);
+        this.end();
+      });
+
+    }, flushInterval);
+  }
+
+});
+