gistfile1.rb

# Monkey patch for faster net/http io
class Net::BufferedIO #:nodoc:
  alias :old_rbuf_fill :rbuf_fill
  def rbuf_fill
    begin
      @rbuf << @io.read_nonblock(65536)
    rescue Errno::EWOULDBLOCK
      if IO.select([@io], nil, nil, @read_timeout)
        @rbuf << @io.read_nonblock(65536)
      else
        raise Timeout::TimeoutError
      end
    end
  end
end