bringing in lots of work from before

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 test_confs.js
 *.sublime*
+node_modules/ 
+sauce_connect.log

models/post.js

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ Post.prototype.validate = function(fn){
 
 
 Post.prototype.update = function(data, fn){
-  this.updatedAt = new Date;
+  this.updatedAt = new Date();
   for (var key in data) {
-    if (undefined != data[key]) {
+    if (undefined !== data[key]) {
       this[key] = data[key];
     }
   }
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ Post.prototype.destroy = function(fn){
   exports.destroy(this.id, fn);
 };
 
+Post.prototype.excerpt = function() {
+  return this.body.substr(0, 100) + '...';
+};
+
+Post.prototype.body_nl2br = function() {
+  var str = this.body.replace(/\n/, '<br/><br/>', 'm');
+  //return str.replace(/\n/, '<br/>', 'm');
+  return str;
+};
+
 exports.count = function(fn){
   fn(null, Object.keys(db).length);
 };