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I despise having to test websites and web applications in IE, but it is a necessity at times. I found a great way to do this in Linux and OS X using the IEVMS project. This project leverages the fact that Microsoft provides VirtualPC virtual machines for web testing. The install process downloads the Microsoft virtual machines and then converts them to VirtualBox compatible virtual machines. There are some very basic requirements for the install process, including VirtualBox, curl, unbar (Linux only) and patience.

I recently found this little nugget and had to share. This setup allows you to see your current git branch in your terminal prompt.

My new job entails a lot of virtual office time. As a result, I have a number of chat related clients always running on my Mac. The main clients are Messages (beta), Colloquy and Skype. I really want to let my co-workers know when I am away or available, but it is a real pain to set each client manually every time.

Working with Drupal means that may timestamps are formatted as Unix timestamps. I created a simple Alfred extension to make it simple to convert Unix timestamps to a human readable date/time format. This Alfred extension uses Growl to display the results.

Download the extension and double click to install.

If you are interested in Alfred, check it out at http://alfredapp.com. I highly recommend it!