diff --git a/plugins/cabal/cabal.plugin.zsh b/plugins/cabal/cabal.plugin.zsh
index 8d3c64587..9f76add7a 100644
--- a/plugins/cabal/cabal.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/cabal/cabal.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+function cabal_sandbox_info() {
+    cabal_files=(*.cabal(N))
+    if [ $#cabal_files -gt 0 ]; then
+        if [ -f cabal.sandbox.config ]; then
+            echo "%{$fg[green]%}sandboxed%{$reset_color%}"
+        else
+            echo "%{$fg[red]%}not sandboxed%{$reset_color%}"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 function _cabal_commands() {
     local ret=1 state
     _arguments ':subcommand:->subcommand' && ret=0
diff --git a/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh b/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh
index 332497cec..be037d87a 100644
--- a/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/gitignore/gitignore.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-function gi() { curl http://gitignore.io/api/$@ ;}
+function gi() { curl http://www.gitignore.io/api/$@ ;}
 
 _gitignireio_get_command_list() {
-  curl -s http://gitignore.io/api/list | tr "," "\n"
+  curl -s http://www.gitignore.io/api/list | tr "," "\n"
 }
 
 _gitignireio () {
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ _gitignireio () {
   compadd -S '' `_gitignireio_get_command_list`
 }
 
-compdef _gitignireio gi
\ No newline at end of file
+compdef _gitignireio gi
diff --git a/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh
index 16b933c14..121150017 100644
--- a/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Thank you Jim for everything you contributed to the Ruby and open source community 
+# over the years. We will miss you dearly.
+alias jimweirich="rake"  
+
 alias rake="noglob rake" # allows square brackts for rake task invocation
 alias brake='noglob bundle exec rake' # execute the bundled rake gem
 alias srake='noglob sudo rake' # noglob must come before sudo