This is a ruby snippet I use in a TextMate Bundle for Hipster Ipsum

beerme.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'open-uri'
require 'json'
 
url = 'http://hipsterjesus.com/api?paras=1'
 
buffer = open(url, "UserAgent" => "Ruby-Wget").read
 
# convert JSON data into a hash

result = JSON.parse(buffer)
hipster = result['text']
puts hipster