#!/usr/bin/ruby 
# tom.luo@gmail.com
# 2010/03/07
# Oscar night

require 'rss/2.0'
require 'open-uri'

def rss(rss_url)
80.times.to_a.each {print '^'}
puts
open(rss_url) do |http|
  response = http.read
  result = RSS::Parser.parse(response, false)
  puts result.channel.title
  80.times.to_a.each {print '^'}
  puts 
  result.items.each_with_index do |item,i|
    if i<=15 then
    puts ". #{item.title}"  
    puts "    #{item.description}"
    end
  end
end
end

urls =[]
urls << 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml'
urls << 'http://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xml'
urls << 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/technology/rss.xml'
urls << 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/health/rss.xml'
urls << 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/business/rss.xml'
urls << 'http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/asia-pacific/rss.xml'
urls << 'http://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada-calgary.xml'

version = (RUBY_VERSION.split(/\./))[1].to_i
if version == 8 then
   u = urls.choice  # random choice in 1.8.7
elsif version == 9 then
  u = urls.sample  # random choice in 1.9 
end

rss(u) unless u.nil?
# urls.each {|u| rss(u) }