add self to authors, update changelog, and mention shorthand in --help output

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Patches and ideas
 * `Davey Shafik <https://github.com/dshafik>`_
 * `cido <https://github.com/cido>`_
 * `Justin Bonnar <https://github.com/jargonjustin>`_
+* `Nathan LaFreniere <https://github.com/nlf>`_

README.rst

@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ Changelog
 * `0.8.0-dev`_
     * Added ``field=@file.txt`` and ``field:=@file.json`` for embedding
       the contents of text and JSON files into request data.
+    * Added curl-style shorthand for localhost
 * `0.7.1`_ (2013-09-24)
     * Added ``--ignore-stdin``.
     * Added support for auth plugins.

httpie/cli.py

@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ positional.add_argument(
     help="""
     The scheme defaults to 'http://' if the URL does not include one.
 
+    You can also use a shorthand for localhost
+
+        $ http :3000                    # => http://localhost:3000
+        $ http :/foo                    # => http://localhost/foo
+
     """
 )
 positional.add_argument(