I wasn't wondering that a computer with a Microsoft OS will run stable, but an error like this is really awesome...

So, I got the error above every time when I was starting Excel 2003. The solution is to deactivate the euro currency tool as following:

MS Excel 2003 -> Settings -> Add-Ins

After that restart excel and enjoy it!

I needed a command or script to scan the whole network for all active hosts/devices. Ok, a broadcast ping will do something like this but you should have enabled on the hosts to answer on broadcast pings (default not under Debian Linux).
So I tried a lot of things and this is the best solution for me. This command will give you a list for all active hosts.

for ip in $(seq 1 254); do ping -c 1 192.168.0.$ip>/dev/null; [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "192.168.0.$ip UP" || : ; done

For using this on your network you only have to change the following values.

$(seq 1 254)		1.....start IP
			254...end IP
192.168.0.$ip		IP of network (e.g. 172.16.1.$ip)

Have a funny scanning ;-)

Last weekend me and friends where in Caorle for a relaxing weekend. I was so amazed about this apartment hotel that I have to write some words here.

The hotel has only 3 stars but for me it was like a 4 or 5 star hotel. All there - like service, equipment, cleanness and so on - was really perfect!

If you will stay there for a while, I can suggest this area!

Link: ApartHotel Gioia

I reinstalled my notebook after did some stupid things :-).
So I had the problem after the installation that the display resolution was 800x600 instead of the native one 1280x800.
In the Display menu in Ubuntu it wasn't possible to change it to it. So I tried about 2 hours to fix it and I found a solution.

Just open the Xorg.conf (/etc/Xorg/xorg.conf) file as root/sudo and change it to this:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
        HorizSy c       28-72
        VertRefresh     43-60
EndSection

Yesterday, I upgraded my system from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 beta. After the upgrade I thought that this wasn't a good choice.
The problem what I have is that the Xorg server runs with up to 70% cpu usage. The reason for this is, that some graphical drivers a e not supported till now.

Some of them are SiS, Intel, ATI.

So please be careful with the upgrade!