Mongoid can't connect to a remote MongoLab database from my machine, which I assume is due to network latency cause it works on the remote server.
From MongoLab (http://docs.mongolab.com/connecting/#help).
For network latency and security reasons, we strongly recommend that you always connect to your database from the same datacenter that your application is located in.
Well I want to do it anyway. Is there a way to change just the timeout, something like (fake code):
Mongoid.configure do |config|
config.timeout = 5000 # ms
end