_random-tweet.html.erb

<%=
	random_tweet = tweets.sample
	tweet_text = random_tweet["text"]

	#make links clickable
	tweet_text.gsub!(/(ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/) { |x| "<a href='#{x}'>#{x}</a>" }

	#make mentions clickable
	tweet_text.gsub!(/@\w+/) { |x| "<a href='http://twitter.com/#{x[1..-1]}'>#{x}</a>" }

	#pass it to the view
	raw "<em>#{random_tweet["user"]["name"]} <a href='http://twitter.com/#{random_tweet["user"]["screen_name"]}/statuses/#{random_tweet["id"]}'>@#{random_tweet["user"]["screen_name"]}</a> :<br>&ldquo;#{tweet_text}&rdquo;</em>"
%>