got it all working pretty well :)

gui.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env ruby
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/timetray'
+
+# ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => 'sqlite3', :database => ':memory:' # memory for now, for testing
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => 'sqlite3', :database => DB_PATH
+unless File.file?DB_PATH
+  CreateTimeTrayDB.verbose = false
+  CreateTimeTrayDB.migrate :up
+end
+
+SimpleTray.icon_directory = File.join File.dirname(__FILE__), 'icons'
+SimpleTray.app 'TODO' do
+
+  TimeTray.current_tasks.each do |task|
+    menu "#{task.name} (#{time_ago_in_words task.current_log.started_at})" do
+      stop { task.stop! }
+    end
+  end
+  item('No Current Tasks'){} if TimeTray.current_tasks.empty?
+  ____
+
+  TimeTray.projects.each do |project|
+    menu project.name do
+      for task in project.tasks
+        menu "#{ task }#{ (task.logs.empty?) ? '' : " (#{task.logs.count})" }" do
+          item (task.active? ? 'Stop' : 'Start') do
+            if task.active?
+              task.stop!
+            else
+              task.start!
+            end
+          end
+          unless task.logs.empty?
+            ____
+            task.logs.each do |log|
+              if log.active?
+                item("started #{time_ago_in_words(log.started_at)} ago"){}
+              else
+                item(relative_time_span([log.started_at, log.stopped_at])){}
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      ____ unless project.tasks.empty?
+      new_task { project.tasks.create :name => prompt("New Task Name") }
+    end
+  end
+
+  ____ unless TimeTray.projects.empty?
+  item 'New Project' do
+    Project.create :name => prompt('New Project Name')
+  end
+
+  ____
+  exit
+end

lib/timetray/project.rb

@@ -13,4 +13,13 @@ def current_tasks
     tasks.reload
     tasks.select &:active?
   end
+
+  def duration
+    tasks.inject(0) {|total,task| total += task.duration }
+  end
+  alias total_time duration
+
+  def to_s
+    name
+  end
 end

lib/timetray/task.rb

@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ def duration
   end
   alias total_time duration
 
-  protected
-
   def current_log
     logs.select {|l| l.active? }.first # grab first one that's active
   end
+
+  def to_s
+    name
+  end
 end