sor_raffle.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'appscript'
require 'yaml'


module BigType
  extend Appscript
  def self.show(display_me)
    app("Quicksilver").show_large_type(display_me)
  end
end


people = YAML.load_file('badges.yml')
excludes = [nil]

filtered = people.find_all {|person| [nil, "Speaker"].include? person["badge_category"]}.reject {|person| excludes.include? person["last_name"]}

names = filtered.map {|person| "#{person['first_name']} #{person['last_name']}"}

while (true) do
  puts names.size
  name = nil
  1.upto(5 + rand(10)) do 
    puts "*"
    name = names[rand(names.size)] 
    BigType.show name
  end

  BigType.show name
  puts name
  names.delete name
  gets
end