http://github.com/ccjr/acts_as_featurable

acts_as_featurable.rb

# Use the plugin in your model
class Video < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_featurable
end

# Call the feature! method to feature an object.
v = Video.find :first
v.feature!
v.featured? => true

# Models are featured for 1 month by default, but you can pass arguments to the feature! method to change the default behavior.
v.feature! 3.weeks.from_now
v.featured? => true

#The Video class also gets a new method called find_featured that you can use to find the featured objects.
Video.find_featured :first => # Video id: 18, title: "title" ..