# File lib/twitter/base.rb, line 105
    def d(user, text)
      url = URI.parse("http://#{@@api_url}/direct_messages/new.xml")
      req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
      
      req.basic_auth(@config[:email], @config[:password])
      req.set_form_data({'text' => text, 'user' => user})
      
      response = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start { |http| http.request(req) }
      DirectMessage.new_from_xml(parse(response.body).at('direct_message'))
    end