ebfree

echo <a href="%s">Click to access your article</a>[no url encoding]

NAME
     ebfree - Get free access to full Encyclopedia Britannica articles

SYNOPSIS
     ebfree [ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ARTICLE URL]

EXAMPLES
     ebfree http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057073/Omaha
       << access the article about Omaha
     
     ebfree http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-61245/Chicago
       << access the article about Chicago

DESCRIPTION
     This command will give you a link to click to access full Encyclopedia Britannica articles without having a paid membership.
     
     Why does this work?  EB is offering access to articles for bloggers and other webmasters to use. 
     More info here: 
     http://www.britannica.com/webmaster
     
     

NOTES
     If the Encyclopedia Britannica ever ends this service, then this command will stop working.

AUTHOR
     Brian Armknecht
     
     Thanks to Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped for pointing out this feature:
     http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-01-04-n57.html
     
     b.a.

58 uses - Created 2007-01-04 17:12:54 - Last used 2011-01-19 14:32:32

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