Just decorate.

app/controllers/asciicasts_controller.rb

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class AsciicastsController < ApplicationController
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html do
         @asciicast_author = UserDecorator.new(@asciicast.user)
-        @title = @asciicast.smart_title
+        @title = @asciicast.title
         respond_with @asciicast
       end
 

app/decorators/asciicast_decorator.rb

@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ class AsciicastDecorator < ApplicationDecorator
     end
   end
 
-  def shell_name
-    File.basename(shell.to_s)
+  def shell
+    File.basename(asciicast.shell.to_s)
   end
 
-  def smart_title
-    if title.present?
-      title
+  def title
+    if asciicast.title.present?
+      asciicast.title
     elsif command.present?
       "$ #{command}"
     else
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class AsciicastDecorator < ApplicationDecorator
     @thumbnail
   end
 
-  def formatted_description
-    text = model.description.to_s
+  def description
+    text = asciicast.description.to_s
     markdown(text)
   end
 

app/mailers/user_mailer.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
     @asciicast = AsciicastDecorator.new(@comment.asciicast)
 
     to = "~#{user.nickname} <#{user.email}>"
-    subject = %(New comment for #{@asciicast.smart_title})
+    subject = %(New comment for #{@asciicast.title})
     mail :to => to, :subject => subject
   end
 end

app/views/asciicasts/_preview.html.erb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <div class="info">
       <h3>
-        <%= link_to preview.smart_title, preview %>
+        <%= link_to preview.title, preview %>
       </h3>
 
       <p class="date">

app/views/asciicasts/show.html.erb

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 <section class="supplimental">
   <div class="wrapper">
     <div class="main">
-      <h1><%= @asciicast.smart_title %></h1>
+      <h1><%= @asciicast.title %></h1>
       <div class="description">
         <% if @asciicast.description.present? -%>
-          <%= @asciicast.formatted_description %>
+          <%= @asciicast.description %>
         <% else -%>
           <em>No description.</em>
         <% end -%>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           OS: <%= @asciicast.os %>
         </li>
         <li>
-          SHELL: <%= @asciicast.shell_name %>
+          SHELL: <%= @asciicast.shell %>
         </li>
         <li>
           TERM: <%= @asciicast.terminal_type || '?' %>

app/views/user_mailer/new_comment_email.text.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Howdy!
 
-~<%= @author.nickname %> (<%= profile_url(@author) %>) commented on your asciicast "<%= @asciicast.smart_title %>":
+~<%= @author.nickname %> (<%= profile_url(@author) %>) commented on your asciicast "<%= @asciicast.title %>":
 
 <%= indented @comment.body, 4 %>