Changing markers icons in Google Maps application

UPDATE 2007-4-22 Starting from API version 2.75 there is method setImage() for objects of GMarker class to change image. Check a little HOWTO about setImage. For Run-N-Share I was using custom images for markers icons. Redefinition of markers icons is quite easy and straightforward, but there is one issue around this topic. There is no …

Rails and lost MySQL connection

Recently on my machine used for developing Run-N-Share I have experienced a lot of Rails/MySQL errors (like: in `write’: Lost connection to MySQL server during query). MySQL server was not overloaded and there was no network outage. It turns, that Rails works much better (and faster) with its own MySQL bindings. So another, must have …