• 13 Dec 2010
• tech
• rails
• ubuntu

Once again I ran into this issue after updateing my gems using ‘bundle update’ on my Kubuntu 10.10 system. after a bit of browsing I came across a post that suggested to install some additional libraries. Installing these libs solved the problem

• 28 Nov 2010
• tech
• aws

Thought I share a simple script that creates a snapshot of an AWS EBS volume (for backup purposes) and manages the deletion of old ones. You can specify the number of snapshots you want to keep.

• 24 Nov 2010
• tech
• rails

If you get following error using the aws-s3 gem (I am using it with paperclip to serve my images from S3)

• 24 Nov 2010
• tech
• rails

Another hour spent on debugging a strange behavior of Chrome (Chromium), might even be a Webkit problem. When I was loading a page, Chrome loaded the page twice, I relized that when having a break point in my Rails controller and saw it stopped there twice.

• 08 Nov 2010
• gps

I guess if you found this blog post, you have experienced what everyone experiences who is tracking his hike, rides…. with a GPS tracking device. No matter if its Garmin, Magellan, the iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy or any other smartphones out there. GPS tracks often have one, two or more points that are far off the path you walked. This often occurs if you don’t have the best reception. GPS devices like a Garmin are usually less error prone than smartphones as they have better chips inside.