diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/filters.js b/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/filters.js
index 936657fc..271361ad 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/filters.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/filters.js
@@ -246,32 +246,55 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
    
    // this is where interactions within the find box begin
    //
-   $("#topic_by_name_input").keyup(function() {
-          var topicName = $(this).val();
-		  
-		  // grab the checkboxes to see if the search is on the canvas, in the commons, or both
-		  firstVal = $("#onCanvas").attr('checked');
-		  secondVal = $("#inCommons").attr('checked');
-		  
-		  // only have the autocomplete enabled if they are searching in the commons
-		  
-		  if (firstVal == "checked" && secondVal == "checked"){
-			$('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", false );
-			onCanvasSearch(topicName,null,null);  
-		  }
-		  else if (firstVal == "checked"){
-			$('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", true );
-			onCanvasSearch(topicName,null,null);  
-		  }
-		  else if (secondVal == "checked"){
-			hideAll();
-			$('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", false ); 
-		  }
-		  else {
-			$('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", true );  
-		  }
-		  
-   });
+
+    //on keyup, start the countdown
+    $('#topic_by_name_input').typing({
+        start: function (event, $elem) {
+          // grab the checkboxes to see if the search is on the canvas, in the commons, or both
+          firstVal = $("#onCanvas").attr('checked');
+          secondVal = $("#inCommons").attr('checked');
+          
+          // only have the autocomplete enabled if they are searching in the commons
+          if (firstVal == "checked" && secondVal == "checked"){
+            $('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", false );
+          }
+          else if (firstVal == "checked"){
+            showAll();
+            $('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", true );
+          }
+          else if (secondVal == "checked"){
+            hideAll();
+            $('#topic_by_name_input').autocomplete( "option", "disabled", false ); 
+          }
+          else {
+            alert('Either select searching In the Commons, or On the Canvas to search');  
+          }
+        },
+        stop: function (event, $elem) {
+            // grab the checkboxes to see if the search is on the canvas, in the commons, or both
+            firstVal = $("#onCanvas").attr('checked');
+            secondVal = $("#inCommons").attr('checked');
+            
+            var topicName = $('#topic_by_name_input').val();
+            // run a search on the canvas or in the commons or both
+            if (firstVal == "checked" && secondVal == "checked"){
+              onCanvasSearch(topicName,null,null);
+              // and run a search in the commons
+            }
+            else if (firstVal == "checked"){
+              onCanvasSearch(topicName,null,null);
+            }
+            else if (secondVal == "checked"){
+              //run a search in the commons
+            }
+            else {
+              //do nothing
+            }
+            
+            if (topicName == "") showAll();
+        },
+        delay: 2000
+    });
 			
    $('.sideOption .select_content').change(function() {
 	      firstVal = $(this).children("option[value='topics']").attr('selected');
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/carousel/cloud-carousel.1.0.5.js b/app/assets/javascripts/carousel/cloud-carousel.1.0.5.js
index 0dd961af..3f5eb747 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/carousel/cloud-carousel.1.0.5.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/carousel/cloud-carousel.1.0.5.js
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@
 				$(options.titleBox).html( ($(event.target).attr('title') ));							
 				if ( options.bringToFront && event.type == 'click' )				
 				{
-				
+				  // METAMAPS CODE
+			    $('#topic_metacode').val($(event.target).attr('title'));
+			    // NOT METAMAPS CODE
 					var	idx = $(event.target).data('itemIndex');	
 					var	frontIndex = event.data.frontIndex;
 					//var	diff = idx - frontIndex;                    
@@ -186,9 +188,6 @@
 		{	
 			if ( items[this.frontIndex] === undefined ) { return; }	// Images might not have loaded yet.
 			$(options.titleBox).html( $(items[this.frontIndex].image).attr('title'));
-			// METAMAPS CODE
-			$('#topic_metacode').val( $(items[this.frontIndex].image).attr('title'));
-			// NOT METAMAPS CODE
 			$(options.altBox).html( $(items[this.frontIndex].image).attr('alt'));				
 		};
 						
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/typing/jquery.typing-0.2.0.min.js b/app/assets/javascripts/typing/jquery.typing-0.2.0.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23f34f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/typing/jquery.typing-0.2.0.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// jQuery-typing
+//
+// Version: 0.2.0
+// Website: http://narf.pl/jquery-typing/
+// License: public domain <http://unlicense.org/>
+// Author:  Maciej Konieczny <hello@narf.pl>
+(function(f){function l(g,h){function d(a){if(!e){e=true;c.start&&c.start(a,b)}}function i(a,j){if(e){clearTimeout(k);k=setTimeout(function(){e=false;c.stop&&c.stop(a,b)},j>=0?j:c.delay)}}var c=f.extend({start:null,stop:null,delay:400},h),b=f(g),e=false,k;b.keypress(d);b.keydown(function(a){if(a.keyCode===8||a.keyCode===46)d(a)});b.keyup(i);b.blur(function(a){i(a,0)})}f.fn.typing=function(g){return this.each(function(h,d){l(d,g)})}})(jQuery);