- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    // this is where the data for each cell is
    NSDictionary *dataForThisCell = cachedData.posts[indexPath.row][@"data"];

    // this creates a new cell or grabs a recycled one, I put NSLogs in the if statement to make sure they are being recycled, they are.
    post *cell = (post *) [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"postWithImage"];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[NSBundle mainBundle]loadNibNamed:@"postWithImage" owner:self options:nil]objectAtIndex:0];
        [cell styleCell];
    }

    // if this cell has an image we need to stick it in the cell
    NSString *lowerCaseURL = [dataForThisCell[@"url"] lowercaseString];
    if([lowerCaseURL hasSuffix: @"gif"] || [lowerCaseURL hasSuffix: @"bmp"] || [lowerCaseURL hasSuffix: @"jpg"] || [lowerCaseURL hasSuffix: @"png"] || [lowerCaseURL hasSuffix: @"jpeg"]) {

        // if this cell doesnt have an UIImageView, add one to it. Cells are recycled so this only runs several times
        if(cell.preview == nil) {
            cell.preview = [[UIImageView alloc] init];
            [cell.contentView addSubview: cell.preview];
            cell.preview.frame = CGRectMake( 0, 0, 100, 100);
        }

        // download image
        [cell.preview cancelImageRequestOperation];
        [cell.preview setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:dataForThisCell[@"url"]] placeholderImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"thumbnailLoading.png"]];


    }

    // set title of the cell
    cell.title.text = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@\n\n\n\n\n", dataForThisCell[@"title"]];

    [cell setNeedsLayout];

    // returns my customized cell
    return cell;

}