Golden Eggs (ge)

Welcome to YubNub Golden Eggs! The Golden Eggs are YubNub commands that people seem to find particularly useful and interesting. If you want to nominate a YubNub command for this list, email Jon about it.

torrentspy
Torrent Spy Search- Allows you to search for torrents. Just type your search query
1914 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:19 - Last used 2012-10-30 02:02 - Description - http://www.torrentspy.com/search.asp?query=%s

fc
Forecast by zipcode via Accuweather.com To get the forecast for your area, just type the zipcode. Example: fc 80919
2057 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:56 - Last used 2013-05-22 16:40 - Description - http://wwwa.accuweather.com/forecast.asp?zipcode=%s

nearby
Coordinate Conversion and Location Links. Enter a coordinate (eg GB/Irish Grid Reference, UK Postcode, US Zip, Lat/Long, UTM, NAC Universal Address) and it will be converted to other formats, as well as providing links to a Wide range of sites based on that location. Using a GB Grid Reference: Example: nearby TQ775045 Or a Lat/Long (WGS84) Example: nearby 53:04:49N 4:13:33W
30 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:43 - Last used 2010-11-30 17:52 - Description - http://www.nearby.org.uk/coord.cgi?p=%s

mys
quick myspace navigation
8532 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:17 - Last used 2012-11-11 20:09 - Description - http://www.myspace.com/%s

cia
The Factbook of World Countries by CIA. Type cia and (space) two letters for country. example cia in ->India cia uk ->UK cia fr ->France cia ch ->China ========== Old implementation: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/%s.html
1881 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:04 - Last used 2013-05-15 13:42 - Description - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/%s.html

bt
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p ---------- Old implementation: http://search.bittorrent.com/search.jsp?query=%s
7135 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:59 - Last used 2013-05-23 02:33 - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

psize
Page size checker for the given url. Gives a list of the sizes of the found linked elements. Smart enough to detect page compression and when it does will show compresssed and uncompressed sizes (real, not estimated).
66 uses - Created 2005-06-19 21:11 - Last used 2012-07-12 08:12 - Description - http://tasman-webdesign.com/page_size.html?Submit=Show%20me&url=%s

di
Domain (WHOIS) Information using coolwhois.com
904 uses - Created 2005-06-17 21:56 - Last used 2013-04-07 19:28 - Description - http://www.coolwhois.com/d/%s

ala
Search the A List Apart archives (XHTML, CSS, Design, etc.)
189 uses - Created 2005-06-17 00:26 - Last used 2013-02-04 05:33 - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=sp1002d27b&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-p=All&sp-k=All

sc
Shoutcast search engine call. Include what you're searching for after it (for instance: "sc phish").
1254 uses - Created 2005-06-16 19:27 - Last used 2013-01-18 21:40 - Description - http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?s=%s

raa
Search the Ruby Application Archive for terms.
610 uses - Created 2005-06-16 13:44 - Last used 2012-05-03 16:57 - Description - http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=%s

ej
Performs a English-Japanese dictionary lookup from WWWJDIC. Example: ej dog
1165 uses - Created 2005-06-16 07:04 - Last used 2013-05-08 18:49 - Description - http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1MDE%s

ge
Displays the YubNub Golden Eggs - a list of YubNub commands that people seem to find particularly useful and interesting. If you specify a word or phrase, YubNub will search the descriptions, names, and urls for that word or phrase. For example, "ge dictionary" will return all Golden-Egg commands pertaining to dictionaries.
263971 uses - Created 2005-06-16 05:47 - Last used 2013-05-23 05:25 - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/golden_eggs?args=%s

sec
Search the SEC Edgar database for companies by name
1180 uses - Created 2005-06-16 05:45 - Last used 2013-05-22 14:31 - Description - http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=%s&CIK=&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=include&action=getcompany

portuguese
Translate some phrase to portuguese. Translation maded by altavista.
230 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:59 - Last used 2013-05-21 20:15 - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=en_pt&trtext=%s

yahoomovies
Yahoo movie listings. To find movie listings for theaters near you, just use your zip code. Example: yahoomovies 94526
157 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:29 - Last used 2013-01-04 23:19 - Description - http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim

wikip
search Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2528 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:00 - Last used 2012-07-23 12:48 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s&fulltext=Search

wireless
Use a zip code to find wireless hotspots with jwire
995 uses - Created 2005-06-16 03:29 - Last used 2013-05-11 04:58 - Description - http://www.jiwire.com/search-wifi-hotspots.htm?command=&ssid=&hotspot_name=&location_type_id=0&technology_id=0&venue_group_id=0&provider_id=0&pay_free=both&address=&city=&country_id=1&state_id=0&zip=%s&narrow_search=on

macro2
Microsoft search that hopefully works
14 uses - Created 2005-06-15 23:52 - Last used 2009-05-28 23:29 - Description - http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-US&qu=%s

micro
Microsoft (dot) com Search
385 uses - Created 2005-06-15 23:51 - Last used 2013-05-07 21:18 - Description - http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-US&qu=%s

yf
Takes you to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports home page.
3235 uses - Created 2005-06-15 21:55 - Last used 2013-05-13 13:35 - Description - http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/

es.wikipedia
Spanish wikipedia.
1718 uses - Created 2005-06-15 21:26 - Last used 2013-04-20 00:56 - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

barcd
Use the command to generate a printable and scannable barcode in Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 128 A, B, or C symbologies. This free service can be used to generate individual barcodes or called via URL's to include inline PNG or JPEG images directly into your documents. More information is avaliable at http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php This command by default will create a 200x50 jpeg barcode in Code 128-B with the command value listed under it.
138 uses - Created 2005-06-15 20:37 - Last used 2012-02-09 07:08 - Description - http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/image.php?code=%s&style=165&type=C128B&width=200&height=50&xres=1&font=3

shrink
TinyUrl! To shorten those HUGE URls that take up so much space, type in shrink, then the long URL (website address). Example: shrink http://www.google.com/mail
505 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:13 - Last used 2013-05-19 06:26 - Description - http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=%s[no url encoding]

ASCII
This command will display any text you type as ASCII art in all the avaliable fonts. (From the site http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) Example: ASCII ascii Produces a page including the following lines. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
6948 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:10 - Last used 2013-05-21 04:51 - Description - http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=8&y=7&FONT=_all+fonts+with+your+text_&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no

ame
Answers.com Search. Want info about something? Just type ame and then the thing you want information about! Example: ame apples
111 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:01 - Last used 2013-03-22 17:24 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

phpfunction
Return the PHP Manual of some function
48 uses - Created 2005-06-15 16:33 - Last used 2013-05-14 10:20 - Description - http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.%s.php

yde
Yahoo German Search To find Yahoo! search results in German Example: "yde porsche 911" finds german webpages on porsche 911
4292 uses - Created 2005-06-15 15:17 - Last used 2013-05-10 11:45 - Description - http://de.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&ie=UTF-8

iap
Internet Archive Public Domain Film Search (Prehlinger Archive) Example: "iap war" lists all films under public domain that have to do with war.
62 uses - Created 2005-06-15 12:07 - Last used 2012-09-23 23:30 - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s%20AND%20mediatype%3Amovies%20AND%20collection%3Aprelinger

ian
Internet Archive Netlabel Search Example: "ia techno" searches for techno music available at archive.org Example: "ia comatronic" lists all releases from netlabel comatronic available at archive.org
456 uses - Created 2005-06-15 12:03 - Last used 2013-04-05 03:53 - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Anetlabels

who
Get a full whois listing on a url or ip address. Whois Source supports four types of searches: - IP address searching ("66.218.71.198") - Partial word(s) searching ("bill gates") - Full domain ("nameintel.com" goes directly to whois) - Whois History, locate historical whois records.
3724 uses - Created 2005-06-15 05:13 - Last used 2013-05-22 01:13 - Description - http://www.whois.sc/%s

cachefromg
get the cached copy of web pages from Google
391 uses - Created 2005-06-15 04:33 - Last used 2013-02-19 22:41 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:%s

cachefromspurl
get the cached copy of web pages from Spurl
46 uses - Created 2005-06-15 04:32 - Last used 2012-08-23 16:41 - Description - http://cache.spurl.net/?url=http://%s

hot
takes u2 hotmail.com
9618 uses - Created 2005-06-14 22:55 - Last used 2013-05-04 02:42 - Description - http://hotmail.com

disc
Search the famous DISCOGRAPHIES website (http://www.discogs.com) Discogs is a user-built database containing information on artists, labels, and their recordings. Discogs is constantly growing as users submit releases to the database. Discogs is short for "Discographies", which are lists of an artist's or label's recordings.
7372 uses - Created 2005-06-14 21:15 - Last used 2013-05-21 11:19 - Description - http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=%s&btn=Go

isbook
Search ISBN.nu for book prices based on the book title. To search for the latest Harry Potter book, type: isook Harry Potter
42 uses - Created 2005-06-14 18:35 - Last used 2013-01-27 03:49 - Description - http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?singleform=yes&searchtype=title&searchvalue=%s

isbn
Search ISBN.nu for book prices based on the ISBN. To search for the latest Harry Potter book, type: Example: isbn 0439784549
886 uses - Created 2005-06-14 18:28 - Last used 2013-05-04 11:40 - Description - http://isbn.nu/%s

ipinfo-url
Returns the public IP address for a URL. This command takes one argument, a URL. This command is a companion of ipinfo, the -url is a faux argument that allows you to use a different search feature on the GetAnyIp.com site. See also: ipinfo
21 uses - Created 2005-06-14 17:19 - Last used 2013-01-16 06:20 - Description - http://www.getanyip.com/findip.aspx?host=%s

ipinfo
Returns the public IP address of your computer or network. This command takes no arguments. There are several other sites that will tell you your IP address, but GetAnyIP seems to give you a little more info than most others I've found.
151 uses - Created 2005-06-14 17:07 - Last used 2012-10-01 15:47 - Description - http://www.getanyip.com/moreinfo.aspx

c2google
Full text search of the C2 wiki with Google. This searches the c2.com site through Google. To find out why Google loves Wiki type c2google google loves wiki To find pages mentioning RUP type c2google rup
38 uses - Created 2005-06-14 13:49 - Last used 2010-11-30 18:02 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:c2.com+%s

c2
Title search for C2 wiki. Finds pages on the PortlandPatternRepository and WikiWikiWeb by doing a Title Search. To find pages about the WikiWikiWeb: c2 wikiwikiweb To find pages about unittests: c2 unittest
306 uses - Created 2005-06-14 13:36 - Last used 2013-03-22 17:27 - Description - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=%s

gusearch
Guardian Unlimited article search. Just enter the keywords you're searching for, and hit submit
13 uses - Created 2005-06-14 13:08 - Last used 2010-10-01 12:21 - Description - http://search.guardian.co.uk/search97cgi/s97networkr_cgi?QueryText=%s&Action=Search&Collection=archive_artifact&ResultTemplate=Archive_Artifact.hts&SortSpec=VdkPublicationDate+Desc

cadd
Add A Link To Connotea > cadd uri For example, to add the article http://www.example.com/new_article: cadd http://www.example.com/new_article
4 uses - Created 2005-06-14 10:10 - Last used 2012-05-24 13:30 - Description - http://www.connotea.org/add?uri=%s

ctag
Connotea Tag Listing > ctag tagname For example, To view a list of the most recent articles or webpages bookmarked in Connotea under evolution: ctag evolution
8 uses - Created 2005-06-14 10:05 - Last used 2011-06-24 17:27 - Description - http://www.connotea.org/tag/%s

apropos
Searches YubNub. Displays all YubNub commands having the given word or phrase in the name, url, or description. For example, "apropos music" will return all YubNub commands pertaining to music. apropos is actually just an alias for ls.
2463 uses - Created 2005-06-14 06:51 - Last used 2013-04-22 02:11 - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/ls?args=%s

vicbus
Victoria BC bus schedules. Displays the bus schedule for the given route in Victoria BC Canada, courtesy of BC Transit.
263 uses - Created 2005-06-14 04:24 - Last used 2011-10-28 04:49 - Description - http://www.busonline.ca/regions/vic/schedules/schedule.cfm?line=%s

bigfile
Send large files that are too big for email with Yousendit.com.
51 uses - Created 2005-06-14 00:09 - Last used 2010-01-01 04:01 - Description - http://www.yousendit.com/

linksto
www.google.com finds pages that links to a give url example: linksto http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:_C_-/-_-/-
147 uses - Created 2005-06-14 00:08 - Last used 2012-09-13 01:07 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_lq=%s&btnG=Search

kode
www.koders.com search code shortcut all languages and licenses... examples: kode CFile::GetStatus
36 uses - Created 2005-06-14 00:02 - Last used 2011-03-14 07:56 - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%s&_%3Ala=*&_%3Ali=*

del
del.icio.us quick tag display Examples: del popular or del programming
8990 uses - Created 2005-06-13 23:56 - Last used 2013-05-21 23:43 - Description - http://del.icio.us/tag/%s