Archive for August, 2008

New Baaba Maal Live Acoustic Album

Definitely a posting for the random category, but having waited 7 years for a new album since his excellent album Missing You, I figured the release of Baaba Maal’s new album was worth blogging about. He’s an absolutely amazing live performer. Do yourself a favor and check him out. Especially if [...]

Recent Adventures with Rake and Cron

I might be the last person to know these things, but if you wish to invoke a rake task within another rake task, here’s the syntax:
Rake::Task["thinking_sphinx:index"].invoke
And, if you happen to get funky “bad minute” errors when trying to setup said rake task via cron, make sure your cron command fits on one line while ediiting [...]

Mamadou Diabate in Some Random Ohio Town

Love it. Song to celebrate my new fish.

Good News for Jellyfish

What a great week if you’re a jellyfish or one of the world’s largest oil companies. Can’t be related can it?