Mechanize in action

gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
require 'fileutils'

def start
  a = Mechanize.new

  last_file = Dir.glob('wulf*.*')[-1]
  if last_file and /.*?_(?<year>\d{4})\-(?<month>\d{2})-(?<day>\d{2})/ =~ last_file
    strip = "#{year}/#{month}/#{day}"
  else
    strip = "2003/10/10"
  end
  page = a.get('http://wulffmorgenthaler.com/' + strip)

  while link = page.link_with(:text => /Next/, :href => /\/\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}\//)
    file = a.get(page.images[0].url)
    filename = file.filename.gsub("-WM_strip_", 'wulffmorgenthaler_')
    puts "Getting... ", filename
    file.save_as(filename)
    page = a.click(link)
  end
rescue Net::HTTPServiceUnavailable
  puts "Error"
  start()
end

start()