1. Great question. Would be a great new example. It would look something like:
var ddp = require('ddp').new({ 'host': 'yourapp.meteor.com', 'port': 80 });
ddp.connect(function() { ddp.call("a-method", [ params ] });
And I guess that's about it ;) You might want to add a setInterval() to make sure this gets run regularly.
2. Unfortunately I am out of the bay area for a few months. Will be back in september and would love to meet! Until then, we have hn comments ;)
