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zackfern / state_list_helper.rb
Created June 3, 2012 23:28
Rails State List Helper
# Public: Returns an Array of States (for use in Select Tags)
#
# short - (bool) If you want the function to return State Abreviations or full state names.
#
# Returns array.
def state_list(short=false)
if short
return ['AL','AK','AZ','AR','CA','CO','CT','DE','FL','GA','HI','ID','IL','IN','IA','KS','KY','LA','ME','MD','MA','MI','MN','MS','MO','MT','NE','NV','NH','NJ','NM','NY','NC','ND','OH','OK','OR','PA','RI','SC','SD','TN','TX','UT','VT','VA','WA','WV','WI','WY']
else
return ['Alabama','Alaska','Arizona','Arkansas','California','Colorado','Connecticut','Delaware','Florida','Georgia','Hawaii','Idaho','Illinois','Indiana','Iowa','Kansas','Kentucky','Louisiana','Maine','Maryland','Massachusetts','Michigan','Minnesota','Mississippi','Missouri','Montana','Nebraska','Nevada','New Hampshire','New Jersey','New Mexico','New York','North Carolina','North Dakota','Ohio','Oklahoma','Oregon','Pennsylvania','Rhode Island','South Carolina','South Dakota','Tennessee','Texas','Utah','Vermont','Virginia','Wash
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zackfern / gist:1728279
Created February 3, 2012 05:19
Garrett's Witty Tagline Helper
def witty_tagline
uri = URI.parse("http://www.iheartquotes.com/api/v1/random?source=oneliners&format=text")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = false
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
response = http.request(request)
raw CGI::unescape(response.body).split("[")[0]
end