A simple script to automate blog posting

new_blog_post.rb

#!/usr/bin/env /Users/fregini/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p318/bin/ruby
#
# A simple script to automate the creation of a new blog post.
# An automator task will pick the file name in output and open
# it with the default editor.
#
require 'rubygems'
require 'active_support/all' 
require 'pathname'

date            = Date.today.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
nice_title      = ARGV.join ' '
title           = ARGV.join '-'

title           = "#{date}-#{title.dasherize.downcase}"
new_file_name   = "#{title}.md"
post_source_dir = Pathname.new "~/Work/freegenie.github.com/_posts/"
template        = post_source_dir.join('template.md').expand_path
new_file_path   = post_source_dir.join(new_file_name).expand_path

template_content = File.read(template)
File.open(new_file_path, 'w') do |f| 
  f.write template_content.
    gsub('{{title}}', nice_title).
    gsub('{{date}}', date)
end

puts new_file_path