didn't really know YQL was this awesome

yql.js

// example runs in node.js

// npm install yui3
var sys = require("sys")
  , YUI = require("yui3").YUI
  ;

YUI().use("gallery-yql", function(Y) {
  var q = "select * from github.user.info where (id = 'deepthawtz')"
    , o = new Y.yql(q)
    ;

  o.on("query", function(r) {
    sys.puts(sys.inspect(r));
  });
});