added titlize so posts created with rake tasks will have nice titles

source/_helpers.rb

@@ -161,3 +161,39 @@ module Helpers
   end
 end
 
+class String
+  def titlecase
+    small_words = %w(a an and as at but by en for if in of on or the to v v. via vs vs.)
+    
+    x = split(" ").map do |word|
+      # note: word could contain non-word characters!
+      # downcase all small_words, capitalize the rest
+      small_words.include?(word.gsub(/\W/, "").downcase) ? word.downcase! : word.smart_capitalize!
+      word
+    end
+    # capitalize first and last words
+    x.first.to_s.smart_capitalize!
+    x.last.to_s.smart_capitalize!
+    # small words after colons are capitalized
+    x.join(" ").gsub(/:\s?(\W*#{small_words.join("|")}\W*)\s/) { ": #{$1.smart_capitalize} " }
+  end
+  
+  def titlecase!
+    replace(titlecase)
+  end
+  
+  def smart_capitalize
+    # ignore any leading crazy characters and capitalize the first real character
+    if self =~ /^['"\(\[']*([a-z])/
+      i = index($1)
+      x = self[i,self.length]
+      # word with capitals and periods mid-word are left alone
+      self[i,1] = self[i,1].upcase unless x =~ /[A-Z]/ or x =~ /\.\w+/
+    end
+    self
+  end
+  
+  def smart_capitalize!
+    replace(smart_capitalize)
+  end
+end