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Boy do I feel sorry for this seller! I've seen several eBay auctions where the PS3s have gone for some ridiculously low price, but that just indicates that the transaction has taken place off-line to avoid eBay fees.

But not this time. Apparently this seller waited in line, and really went all out with this purchase. The auction included a brand new SONY Playstation 3 60 GB Premium System, the extended 2 year warranty, 2 free games, 1 extra controller, 1 Blue-Ray movie, and even free shipping! This one would sell for quite a bit.

And so the seller started the bidding at $0.99. Or at least he thought he did…

As is turns out, he set the 'buy it now' price to $0.99! The system was snapped up instantly by some hawk-eyed bidder, before the seller could realize his mistake and withdraw the item! Poor guy…

Oh, and here's the link to the auction itself.

I used to work on a web application that tracked hardware inventory. I was requested to build a feature into the report page to be able to export to Excel (.xls) format.

Initially I looked into the code to instantiate a new spreadsheet object, and build the rows and cells one by one programatically. But I found a much simpler solution.

1. Create your report in HTML table format the same as you would your report page.
2. Strip out any header/footer info from the page, everything except the table.
3. Insert this line of code in the ASP header:

The table will be produced in HTML by the ASP server the same as it would on the report page. However, the returned content type is marked as .xls, so it will open in Excel as a spreadsheet!

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Play the old Super Nintendo game online for free. This is a flash version of Street Fighter, enjoy!
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