Blog Templates For All

Short post, just noting the new blog template designer Google put in place today.

This is a pretty good start.

OS Heaven

So after a previous blog post I had a fully functional Ubuntu install with a running LAMP server I could talk to from Windows.  Recently it was requested I begin filling in the brain pan with iPhone app development however.  So I eliminated a machine, then immediately had a need for another.  All previous iterations of running Mac OSX on a PC were the PowerPC variant, which you could not install the developer tools to.

Thanks to a particular LifeHacker article:

http://lifehacker.com/5583650/run-mac-os-x-in-virtualbox-on-windows

(if you try this, the article neglects to tell you that you have to format your drive with disk utilities for the drive to show up, and also forgets to mention you should check one of the chameleon boot loaders on the install options screen along with the updates)

I was able to get OSX (Intel) working in VirtualBox which just happens to be what I was using for Ubuntu.

Browser testing, iPhone development, LAMP box, all from Windows 7 without rebooting.

Bonus:  VirtualBox machines are pretty dang portable.

Side Note:  Yes I have the license for OSX.  When it comes to operating systems, try to stay clean.  The cost of Mac OSX is a much better deal that what they bend you over the table for on their phones (still an Android lover).

Update 7/19/2010:

Just found this little beauty, update your virtualbox's from a web browser:
http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/