Did you guys look into exporting your data from mysql to postgres with taps? (http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/taps). I've done this many times and it's been pretty simple.
2. Just use the "rake resque:work" task and I recommend using something like upstart that works awesome, but I have also done it with monit and both work great
"transparency: 1" != "opacity: 1"
We use transparency in the US. Transparency is how much light passes through an object and Opacity is how much it blocks.
so:
"transparency: 1" == "opacity: 0"