diff --git a/examples/benchmarks.rb b/examples/benchmarks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec24307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/benchmarks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+require "rubygems"
+require "benchwarmer"
+  
+$LOAD_PATH[0,0] = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')
+require 'mongo'
+
+include XGen::Mongo::Driver
+
+host = ARGV[0] || 'localhost'
+port = ARGV[1] || XGen::Mongo::Driver::Mongo::DEFAULT_PORT
+
+puts "Connecting to #{host}:#{port}"
+db = Mongo.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples-complex')
+coll = db.collection('test')
+coll.clear
+
+OBJS_COUNT = 100
+TEST_COUNT = 100
+
+puts "Generating benchmark data"
+msgs = %w{hola hello aloha ciao}
+arr = OBJS_COUNT.times.map {|x| { :number => x, :rndm => (rand(5)+1), :msg => msgs[rand(4)] }}
+
+puts "Running benchmark"
+Benchmark.warmer(TEST_COUNT) do
+  report "single object inserts" do
+    coll.clear
+    arr.each {|x| coll.insert(x)}
+  end
+  report "multiple object insert" do
+    coll.clear
+    coll.insert(arr)
+  end
+end
+
+coll.clear
diff --git a/examples/irb.rb b/examples/irb.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..21bfbfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/irb.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+org_argv = ARGV.dup
+ARGV.clear
+
+require 'irb'
+
+$LOAD_PATH[0,0] = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')
+require 'mongo'
+
+include XGen::Mongo::Driver
+
+host = org_argv[0] || 'localhost'
+port = org_argv[1] || XGen::Mongo::Driver::Mongo::DEFAULT_PORT
+
+puts "Connecting to #{host}:#{port} on DB"
+DB = Mongo.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples-irb')
+
+puts "Starting IRB session..."
+IRB.start(__FILE__)
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diff --git a/examples/demo.rb b/examples/simple.rb
similarity index 67%
rename from examples/demo.rb
rename to examples/simple.rb
index 3f8fb12..338ee78 100644
--- a/examples/demo.rb
+++ b/examples/simple.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ require 'mongo'
 
 include XGen::Mongo::Driver
 
-db = Mongo.new.db('ruby-mongo-demo')
+host = ARGV[0] || 'localhost'
+port = ARGV[1] || XGen::Mongo::Driver::Mongo::DEFAULT_PORT
+
+puts "Connecting to #{host}:#{port}"
+db = Mongo.new(host, port).db('ruby-mongo-examples-simple')
 coll = db.collection('test')
 coll.clear
 
diff --git a/lib/mongo/collection.rb b/lib/mongo/collection.rb
index 7447941..5fe2f22 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/collection.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module XGen
         end
 
         def insert(*objects)
+          objects = objects.first if objects.size == 1 && objects.first.is_a?(Array)
           @db.insert_into_db(@name, objects)
         end