Setting up HP officejet - Ubuntu Linux Jaunty

Here is a quick installation of HP officejet printer on Ubuntu linux jauntu:
# apt-get install hplib
Enable X-window to root
$ xhost +
# hp-setup
If the automatic discovery does not work tick a manual selection and enter IP address of your printer. If its USB go for USB option. All done.

Joomla - Error: the XML response that was returned from the server is invalid

Today I have had a problem to install a Joomla 1.5 on my VPS server. In fact I was able to install it but without Sample Data. The error message that I was getting was:
Error: the XML response that was returned from the server is invalid

I took me hour to find the problem. If you come across this problem do not create a configuration.php script at the beginning of the installation even if the installer will complain about it.

Display google search results from different contries

In many occasions I have tried to search for key words and get a results form a country which is not the one I’m searching from.

For example if I try to Google search from Australia and entering a a URL of google.com I’m automatically redirected to the google.com.au since my IP address reveals that my location is Australia. The trick is to pass a &gl= variable from the URL.

for example to get a United States results I will enter url:
http://www.google.com.au/webhp?hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&gl=us
United Kingdom:
http://www.google.com.au/webhp?hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&gl=uk

Sometimes it is easier to do:
http://www.google.co.uk/ however this does not work with google.com