github_status.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

http = Net::HTTP.new 'api.github.com', 443
http.use_ssl = true

path = '/repos/crankapps/whisper.me/statuses/dc34d819a3fc14361261b570b5c00c92cc59e4f8'
payload = { 'state'       => 'error',
            'target_url'  => 'http://crankapps.com',
            'description' => 'A test.'
          }.to_json

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new path
request.body = payload
request.basic_auth 'iamsolarpowered', 'cre@te17'

response = http.request request

puts response

Just realized, this doesn't work. 😊