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@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
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 )
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 class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
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-  def minilink
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-    @mini ||= ShortURL.shorten(self.link, :tinyurl)
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+  def tweet_limit
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+    139 # leave one off for fudging
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+  end
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+
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+  def short_url
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+    @cached_short_url ||= ShortURL.shorten(self.link, :tinyurl)
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   end
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   def to_s
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-    "#{self.title[0..(130-self.minilink.length)]} - #{self.minilink}"
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+    "#{self.title[0..(tweet_limit-self.short_url.length)]} #{self.short_url}"
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   end
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 end
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@@ -98,7 +102,11 @@ for item in rss_items.items.reverse
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     unless existing_item = Item.find(:all, :conditions => ["link=?", item.link]).first
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       twitter ||= Twitter::Base.new(twitter_email, twitter_password)
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       new_item = Item.create(:title => item.title, :link => item.link) 
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-      twitter.post(new_item.to_s)
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+#      twitter.post(new_item.to_s)
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+print new_item.to_s.length
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+print ">"
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+print new_item.to_s
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+print "\n"
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     end
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   end
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 end