determine user's location

gistfile1.rb

  on :message, /where\s?is (.+)/ do |m|
    nick = m.params[-1][/where\s?is (.+)/, 1]

    if nick == @bot.nick
      m.reply "#{@bot.nick} is both everywhere and nowhere."
      return
    end

    user = @bot.user_list.find(nick)

    if user
      Thread.new do
        m.reply "One moment, looking up #{user.nick}'s current location"
        ip = user.host[/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/, 1]
        location = Geocoder.search(ip).first
        m.reply "#{user.nick} is somewhere near #{location.city}, #{location.state}."
      end
    else
      m.reply "Couldn't find user with the nick: #{nick}"
    end
  end