Command List (ls)

lifehacker
Uses Google.com to search the Lifehacker website. Example: lifehacker reminders
6403 uses - Created 2007-01-31 03:29:06 - Last used 2026-02-17 11:57:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alifehacker.com+%s

glh
Searches Lifehacker.com on google
3793 uses - Created 2007-04-27 04:11:48 - Last used 2021-01-13 20:56:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=z34&q=site%3Alifehacker.com%20%s

lhr
Searches the website LifeHacker.com and is a replacement for the already existing YubNub macro lifehacker, because it is hella shorter! Wootness! Ryan Sullivan RULES! http://www.downloadsquad.com/bloggers/ryan-sullivan/
2071 uses - Created 2007-02-16 01:01:14 - Last used 2019-11-04 15:15:07 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com/search/%s/bydate/

gsites
search a specific site: gsites <site> <query> ex. gsites lifehacker.com roundup
1353 uses - Created 2007-02-10 20:09:24 - Last used 2015-10-22 05:31:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A%s

lhack
life hacker Examples: lhack lhack gtd
868 uses - Created 2005-08-03 07:09:22 - Last used 2021-05-26 11:23:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lifehacker.com/{eop /search/@%s@/}

howdoi
searches slashdot, lifehacker, metafilter and digg for text
813 uses - Created 2007-04-24 15:39:43 - Last used 2016-01-20 10:38:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Adigg.com+OR+inurl%3Aslashdot.org+OR+site%3Alifehacker.com+OR+inurl%3Ametafilter.com+%s

blhk

347 uses - Created 2011-12-14 01:15:21 - Last used 2025-06-10 17:09:42 - Nominate - Description - http://blog.lifehacker.com

lht
Lifehacker Tag Search. lht <tag>.
339 uses - Created 2006-10-09 15:58:36 - Last used 2016-07-22 06:13:42 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com/software/%s/

lifeh
Lifehacker Search. Example: lifeh gtd
285 uses - Created 2007-04-15 09:17:49 - Last used 2015-07-21 23:01:35 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com/search/%s

postrank
NAME postrank - Display the PostRank.com Feed Details page for the given URL. SYNOPSIS postrank [URL] -l [POSTRANK LEVEL] -q [KEYWORD FILTER] EXAMPLES postrank techcrunch.com -l best -q iPhone - Show the TechCrunch feed with the best stories related to the iPhone postrank lifehacker.com - Show the Lifehacker feed postrank - Redirect to the PostRank.com homepage This command filters the feed of the given URL based on the keywords specified in the q parameter, and the PostRank filtering level spe…
275 uses - Created 2008-11-07 05:18:34 - Last used 2011-07-30 19:29:05 - Nominate - Description - http://postrank.com/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then feed/%s?level=${l}&q=${q}}

lhk
Lifehacker link.
254 uses - Created 2007-05-13 02:38:49 - Last used 2013-06-12 09:04:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lifehacker.com

lhacker
search lifehacker.com
202 uses - Created 2008-06-17 22:33:04 - Last used 2017-06-02 05:29:36 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com/search/%s/

gmbmg
"Give me back my google" (givemebackmygoogle.com) Lifehacker says, "Using Google advanced operators (like, -site:bizrate -site:ebay -site:shopping.com), Give Me Back My Google removes known resellers from your search results - and it really does clean things up."
188 uses - Created 2006-10-17 15:40:06 - Last used 2016-05-04 10:31:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/forward.php?search=%s&submit=Search

siml
find similar sites using similicio.us It answers the question "people who tagged this site on del.icio.us also tagged what other sites?" Example: siml www.lifehacker.com
168 uses - Created 2007-12-01 06:24:03 - Last used 2012-03-04 12:44:26 - Nominate - Description - http://similicio.us/search.php?url=%s

alm
NAME Commmand Line-like alarm clock an implementation of a LH idea (http://lifehacker.com/#!5731656/how-to-perform-nearly-any-task-from-your-browsers-address-bar) SYNOPSIS "All you need to enter is the how much time you want to add to the stopwatch, or the time of day you want to countdown to. So, to start a timer for 3 hours, 15 minutes and 30 seconds, just type time 3h15m30s To count down to 5 pm, just type time 5p. It's much faster than adding an alarm to your phone, calendar, or alarm clock…
148 uses - Created 2011-04-24 18:11:19 - Last used 2026-03-02 15:52:59 - Nominate - Description - http://cd.justinjc.com/%s

ces
CrossEngine Search Uses www.crossengine.com to search for your keywords Example: "ces Lifehacker" initially searches Google but you can click on the tabs to search for the same term using any other search engine you wish. Also, searches are grouped according to type e.g.image searches are on one tab, news searches are on another tab, etc.
139 uses - Created 2007-02-23 23:12:27 - Last used 2022-09-21 02:34:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.crossengine.com/search.php?q=%s

blow
Send a Ping to Google Blog Search when you have updated your blog. Type: blow [BLOG URL] Example: blow www.lifehacker.com
139 uses - Created 2007-08-14 13:11:57 - Last used 2026-03-02 07:36:37 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.com/ping?url=%s&btnG=Submit+Blog&hl=en

lif
Bookmark for Lifehacker.com Example: lif
88 uses - Created 2006-12-21 23:13:55 - Last used 2020-08-22 11:40:09 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com

lfh
Search tech-related and all cooool things at Lifehacker (lifehacker.com)
75 uses - Created 2009-07-12 20:28:49 - Last used 2016-04-01 15:44:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lifehacker.com/search/%s

lfhk
LifeHacker.com search.
70 uses - Created 2006-02-24 02:01:35 - Last used 2012-04-21 05:11:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lifehacker.com/productivity/%s/bydate/

lhkr
Does a Google search of Lifehacker, needed because that site's search function is awful.
68 uses - Created 2006-08-27 17:15:36 - Last used 2009-11-12 21:58:20 - Nominate - Description - http://ww.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Awww.lifehacker.com+%s

lfn
Lifehacker.com latest entry. Example: To go to the latest entry: lfn To go to the second newest entry: lfn 1 To go to the third newest entry: lfn 2 and so on...
56 uses - Created 2007-04-06 08:29:46 - Last used 2012-10-20 09:10:37 - Nominate - Description - {url http{scrape -tokens http php -dirs 0 0 -url {url eatFeed items[0].link -url http://www.lifehacker.com/excerpts.xml}}php}{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then {url http{scrape -tokens http php -dirs 0 0 -url {url eatFeed items[%s].link -url http://www.lifehacker.com/excerpts.xml}}php}}

stickies
Takes you to your MyStickies.com browser page. To take you to your main browser page just type stickies. Example: stickies For all your stickies for a certain domain use the -url parameter and type in the domain without the www. and any trailing /hueonts/etonsuh.html's. Example: stickies -url lifehacker.com Example: stickies -url yubnub.org Also use the -url parameter for your stickypages, just type in stickypages after -url. Example: stickies -url stickypages For all your stickies with a certa…
46 uses - Created 2006-02-21 04:42:16 - Last used 2025-03-24 10:19:28 - Nominate - Description - https://www.mystickies.com/browser/?tag=${tag}&domain=${url}&page=${page}[use %20 for spaces][no url encoding]

gaspr
This retrieves gas prices for your zipcode from MSN Autos (rated as the best service for this by Lifehacker.com .) Syntax: gaspr ZIP, where ZIP=the desired zip code. That's it!
29 uses - Created 2006-08-29 06:34:04 - Last used 2015-10-11 17:21:06 - Nominate - Description - http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=%s

splitcsl
A split command of CNN, Slashdot, and Lifehacker.
18 uses - Created 2008-06-19 15:25:54 - Last used 2009-02-19 19:17:33 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=t&urls=http%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com+http%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.com+http%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com

comparetraffic
Alexaholic site traffic comparison Example: comparetraffic lifehacker.com example.com
14 uses - Created 2007-03-02 07:57:35 - Last used 2008-12-19 01:17:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alexaholic.com/{% 1 %s}+{% 2 %s}