def ec2
      @ec2 ||= begin
       AWS::EC2::Base.new( aws_options )
      rescue AWS::ArgumentError => e # AWS credentials missing?
        puts "Error contacting AWS: #{e}"
        raise e
      rescue Exception => e
        puts "Generic error #{e.class}: #{e}"
      end
    end
def ec2
      @ec2 ||= begin
       AWS::EC2::Base.new( aws_options )
      rescue AWS::ArgumentError => e # AWS credentials missing?
        puts "Error contacting AWS: #{e}"
        raise e
      rescue Exception => e
        puts "Generic error #{e.class}: #{e}"
      end
    end
Proxy to the raw Grempe amazon-aws @ec2 instance