diff --git a/flake.go b/flake.go
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+// generates IDs for Tasktic
+// Based on the common flake/snowflake implementations
+// 41bit timestamp, 10bit node, 12bit sequence
+// can build 4096 unique IDs per millisecond per node.
+// node ID must be defined and you should insure the
+// system can maintaine accurate time on all nodes.
+
+// simple generator for..
+// Twitter Snowflake with custom definable epoch
+
+package flake
+
+import "encoding/base64"
+import "fmt"
+import "strconv"
+import "sync"
+import "time"
+
+const (
+	TimeBits = 41
+	NodeBits = 10
+	StepBits = 12
+
+	TimeMask int64 = -1 ^ (-1 << TimeBits)
+	NodeMask int64 = -1 ^ (-1 << NodeBits)
+	StepMask int64 = -1 ^ (-1 << StepBits)
+
+	NodeMax = -1 ^ (-1 << NodeBits)
+
+	TimeShift uint8 = NodeBits + StepBits
+	NodeShift uint8 = StepBits
+)
+
+type Node struct {
+	sync.Mutex // TODO: find a way to avoid locks?
+
+	// configurable values
+	epoch int64
+	node  int64
+
+	// runtime tracking values
+	lastTime int64
+	step     int64
+}
+
+// Start a new Flake factory / server node using the given node number
+// sets with default settings, use helper functions to change
+// node, epoch, etc.
+func NewFlakeNode(node int64) (*Node, error) {
+
+	if node < 0 || node > NodeMax {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid node number.")
+	}
+
+	return &Node{
+		epoch:    time.Date(2016, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond),
+		node:     node,
+		lastTime: 0,
+		step:     0,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// high performance generator
+func (n *Node) Generator(c chan Flake) {
+
+}
+
+// Return a freshly generated Flake ID
+func (n *Node) LockedGenerate() (Flake, error) {
+
+	n.Lock()
+	defer n.Unlock()
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixNano() / 1000000
+
+	if n.lastTime > now {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Invalid system time.")
+	}
+
+	if n.lastTime == now {
+		n.step = (n.step + 1) & StepMask
+
+		if n.step == 0 {
+			for now <= n.lastTime {
+				time.Sleep(100 * time.Microsecond)
+				now = time.Now().UnixNano() / 1000000
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		n.step = 0
+	}
+
+	n.lastTime = now
+
+	return Flake((now-n.epoch)<<TimeShift |
+		(n.node << NodeShift) |
+		(n.step),
+	), nil
+}
+
+// Return a freshly generated Flake ID
+func (n *Node) Generate() (Flake, error) {
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixNano() / 1000000
+
+	if n.lastTime > now {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Invalid system time.")
+	}
+
+	if n.lastTime == now {
+		n.step = (n.step + 1) & StepMask
+
+		if n.step == 0 {
+			for now <= n.lastTime {
+				time.Sleep(100 * time.Microsecond)
+				now = time.Now().UnixNano() / 1000000
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		n.step = 0
+	}
+
+	n.lastTime = now
+
+	return Flake((now-n.epoch)<<TimeShift |
+		(n.node << NodeShift) |
+		(n.step),
+	), nil
+}
+
+type Flake int64
+type Flakes []*Flake
+
+func (f Flake) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", f)
+}
+
+func (f Flake) Base2() string {
+	return strconv.FormatInt(int64(f), 2)
+}
+func (f Flake) Base36() string {
+	return strconv.FormatInt(int64(f), 36)
+}
+
+func (f Flake) Base64() string {
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(f.Byte())
+}
+
+func (f Flake) Byte() []byte {
+	return []byte(f.String())
+}
+
+func (f Flake) Time() int64 {
+	// ugh.. TODO
+	// epoch is supposed to be configurable.....
+	Epoch := time.Date(2016, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+	return (int64(f) >> 22) + Epoch
+}
+
+func (f Flake) Node() int64 {
+	return int64(f) & 0x00000000003FF000 >> 12
+}
+
+func (f Flake) Sequence() int64 {
+	return int64(f) & 0x0000000000000FFF
+}
diff --git a/flake_test.go b/flake_test.go
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+++ b/flake_test.go
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+package flake
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// Benchmarks Presence Update event with fake data.
+func BenchmarkGenerate(b *testing.B) {
+
+	node, _ := NewFlakeNode(1)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		_, _ = node.Generate()
+	}
+
+}
+
+// Benchmarks Presence Update event with fake data.
+func BenchmarkGenerateLocks(b *testing.B) {
+
+	node, _ := NewFlakeNode(1)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		_, _ = node.LockedGenerate()
+	}
+
+}
+
+// Benchmarks Presence Update event with fake data.
+func BenchmarkGenerateLocksParallel(b *testing.B) {
+
+	node, _ := NewFlakeNode(1)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			_, _ = node.LockedGenerate()
+		}
+	})
+}