--- a/openwebchat.py	Mon Apr 27 16:24:15 2009 -0700
+++ b/openwebchat.py	Mon Apr 27 16:48:46 2009 -0700
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@
 import channels
 
 class Conversation(list):
-    pass
+    def __init__(self, fileobj):
+        list.__init__(self)
+        self.__file = fileobj
+        items = []
+        for line in self.__file.readlines():
+            items.append(eval(line))
+        self[:] = items
+
+    def append(self, item):
+        list.append(self, item)
+        self.__file.write('%s\n' % repr(item))
+        self.__file.flush()
 
 class OpenWebChatServer(object):
     CONVERSATION_URL = re.compile('\/conversations\/([A-Za-z0-9_]+)')
@@ -126,6 +137,9 @@
                                                      code = 404)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if not os.path.exists('conversation.txt'):
+        open('conversation.txt', 'w').close()
+
     server = OpenWebChatServer(('127.0.0.1', 8071),
-                               Conversation())
+                               Conversation(open('conversation.txt', 'r+w')))
     server.run()