title: Check HTTP Status Code in Rails
body: <p>Is there an easy way to check the status code of another website (e.g. <a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">http://google.com</a>) in Ruby on Rails?</p>
  
  <p>Ideally, the list of URLs to check would be pulled from a DB and processed via CRON (or equivalent).</p>