pedestrian.tv photography awards; vote sorting hack

gistfile1.js

jQuery.fn.sortElements = (function(){
 
    var sort = [].sort;
 
    return function(comparator, getSortable) {
 
        getSortable = getSortable || function(){return this;};
 
        var placements = this.map(function(){
 
            var sortElement = getSortable.call(this),
                parentNode = sortElement.parentNode,
 
                // Since the element itself will change position, we have
                // to have some way of storing its original position in
                // the DOM. The easiest way is to have a 'flag' node:
                nextSibling = parentNode.insertBefore(
                    document.createTextNode(''),
                    sortElement.nextSibling
                );
 
            return function() {
 
                if (parentNode === this) {
                    throw new Error(
                        "You can't sort elements if any one is a descendant of another."
                    );
                }
 
                // Insert before flag:
                parentNode.insertBefore(this, nextSibling);
                // Remove flag:
                parentNode.removeChild(nextSibling);
 
            };
 
        });
 
        return sort.call(this, comparator).each(function(i){
            placements[i].call(getSortable.call(this));
        });
 
    };
 
})();


var urls = [];
$('.item > a').each(function(key,val) {
    urls.push( "'http://www.pedestrian.tv"+$(this).attr("href")+"'");
} );

FB.api({
    method: 'fql.query',
    query: 'select url, like_count from link_stat where url in('+urls.join(',')+')'
}, function(response){
    $.each(response,function(index, value) {
       $('[href="'+value.url.substr(24)+'"]').siblings().find('.like_button')[0].innerHTML = value.like_count; 
    });
    $('.item').sortElements(function(a,b){var x = parseInt($(a).find(".like_button")[0].innerHTML); var y = parseInt($(b).find('.like_button')[0].innerHTML); res = x < y ? 1 : -1; return res;});
    window.console.log("Done");
});