The Most-Used Commands
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lucky
Search using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. Instead of returning a list of matches for your search, it redirects you to the best match right away. Example: lucky Zhang Ziyi
6383 uses
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Created 2005-07-31 16:14:36
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2024-02-08 09:09:45
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
iate
Search EN>ES on IATE
6377 uses
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Created 2014-11-10 11:30:07
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2019-05-29 16:46:42
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http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do?method=search&valid=Search+&sourceLanguage=en&targetLanguages=es&domain=0&typeOfSearch=s&request=&query=%s
wordref
Consults wordreference.
6338 uses
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Created 2006-03-21 16:51:27
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2024-03-13 12:35:09
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http://www.wordreference.com/definition/%s
gq
Google phrase search: wraps quotes around your search terms. Especially handy with FastYub.
6333 uses
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Created 2006-02-02 15:29:05
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2024-04-24 03:23:43
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%s%22
gvoice
Google Voice https://www.google.com/voice
6329 uses
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Created 2009-03-13 15:42:30
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2019-05-15 19:23:21
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https://www.google.com/voice
ol
Onelook.com search (Dictionary Index) command for any word.
6320 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 16:38:06
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2024-04-02 16:18:36
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http://onelook.com/?w=%s
ugs
Ultimate guitar song
6302 uses
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Created 2006-08-14 21:20:17
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2017-01-07 14:40:03
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http://ultimate-guitar.com/search.php?s=%s&w=songs
lj
(Golden Egg)
Jump to a given LiveJournal user's journal. "lj <username>" "lj <username>/friends/" should also take you to the friends page in question.
6298 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 21:37:08
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Last used
2023-09-23 21:32:49
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/%s[no url encoding]
wth
Runs a search on Wikisaurus, the wiki-based thesaurus. Example: wth afraid
6273 uses
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Created 2009-04-12 21:02:50
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2024-04-11 23:06:35
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&ns110=1&fulltext=Search+Wikisaurus
map
(Golden Egg)
use Multimap for worldwide map searches - postcode, town name, etc. ========== Old implementation: http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=%s&client=public&lang=&advanced=
6253 uses
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Created 2005-06-08 10:18:17
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2024-03-25 18:22:02
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http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=%s&countryCode=GB
mrs
Mirus Bio Search. This command will search the Mirus Bio webpage for instances of a given query. To search for something, just type a keyword. Example: mrs insect ---------- Old implementation: https://www.mirusbio.com/search?q=%s
6213 uses
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Created 2019-04-19 13:30:18
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2024-04-23 13:15:36
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https://www.mirusbio.com/?s=%s
cl
CraigsList
6163 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 18:00:11
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2024-03-05 09:22:27
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http://www.craigslist.org/{eop search/sss?query=@%s@}
ade
amazon.de search German amazon.de Suche Deutsch
6160 uses
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Created 2008-02-22 19:28:25
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2024-04-16 08:59:52
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http://www.amazon.de/s?ie=UTF8&Los.x=0&keywords=%s&index=blended&Los.y=0&link%5Fcode=qs&tag-id=djkernelshomepag
xvid
for pron
6149 uses
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Created 2009-05-06 15:59:58
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2024-04-23 18:53:56
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http://www.xvideos.com/?k=%s
ask
Ask Jeeves
6146 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 20:36:01
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2024-03-29 10:28:10
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http://web.ask.com/web?q=%s&qsrc=0&o=0
ymail
open yahoo mail
6143 uses
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Created 2005-07-11 11:38:02
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2024-01-26 13:07:18
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http://mail.yahoo.com/?.intl=us
ytmt
Your Turn My Turn games website
6131 uses
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Created 2010-07-07 19:06:46
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2019-07-02 19:53:35
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http://yourturnmyturn.com
ucc
(Golden Egg)
Universal Currency Converter Usage: ucc <amount> <fromCurrency> <toCurrency> Example: ucc 100 USD EUR Currency 3 letter abbreviations available here: http://www.xe.com/iso4217.htm Thanks to Adrienne for inspiring this with the xe command. The main difference is the xe command requires switches, e.g -amount -to -from, because {% n } was not available when it was created. Author: Sam Inverso
6107 uses
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Created 2007-08-07 06:49:05
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2024-02-07 19:03:11
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http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount={% 1 %s}&From={% 2 %s}&To={% 3 %s}[no url encoding]
rtm
Takes you to your Remember the Milk page (if you're logged in)
6096 uses
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Created 2005-10-31 23:00:34
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2019-09-16 00:50:57
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http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
javascript
Runs the provided javascript code using javascriptwindow.com
6045 uses
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Created 2006-07-27 21:32:27
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2024-04-22 12:03:04
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http://www.javascriptwindow.com?code=%s
xvideos
Search for adult movies on xvideos.com
6045 uses
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Created 2008-07-03 06:25:00
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2024-04-24 02:00:08
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http://www.xvideos.com/?k=%s
ii
short ixquick
6042 uses
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Created 2006-10-29 01:50:07
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2024-02-05 22:26:21
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http://us.ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?cat=web&cmd=process_search&language=english&ff=&query=%s
warez-bb
Title only search for the DDL site warez-bb host to many links
6039 uses
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Created 2007-12-28 09:36:49
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2021-04-24 11:45:47
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http://www.warez-bb.org/search.php?search_keywords=%s&search_fields=titleonly&search_terms=all
gib
Split view image and blog search
6014 uses
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Created 2006-09-07 11:06:55
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2023-04-29 02:33:38
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splitv {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] gooblogs %s}
duck
5996 uses
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Created 2010-07-13 13:41:40
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2024-04-15 13:32:37
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http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s
wwr
WordReference english to spanish traductor
5992 uses
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Created 2009-04-26 13:13:01
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2021-02-04 17:24:06
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http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=%s
hoogle
(Golden Egg)
The Haskell API Search Engine. Hoogle allows you to search by either name, or by approximate type signature. Example searches: hoogle map hoogle (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] hoogle Ord a => [a] -> [a]
5989 uses
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Created 2005-10-31 16:48:53
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2023-12-09 17:56:18
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http://haskell.org/hoogle/?q=%s
#
Google.com's I'm Feeling Lucky command.
5987 uses
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Created 2006-03-24 09:05:59
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2024-02-29 02:58:25
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http://google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
skreemr
SkreemR Search. Searches the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Audio Search Site." Usage: skreemr (artist name, title, etc.) -l (number of results per page, 10 is default) -s (result number to begin at plus 1 {0, the default, displays the first result, etc.}) Examples: skreemr dethklok thunderhorse -l 100 -s 0
5979 uses
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Created 2007-06-18 18:46:36
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2011-11-26 00:19:20
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http://skreemr.com/results.jsp?l=${l=10}&s=${s=0}&q=%s
ced
Searches the Collins English Dictionary online for a word definition.
5979 uses
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Created 2012-10-09 15:03:40
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2024-04-23 18:58:27
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http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/%s
ya
Search Yahoo!
5978 uses
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Created 2005-06-23 03:04:50
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2024-04-05 06:35:49
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http://www.yahoo.com
yml
yahoo mail
5955 uses
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Created 2005-06-27 00:03:57
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2024-04-15 15:25:50
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http://mail.yahoo.com
blank
blank
5935 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 01:30:59
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2024-04-23 15:26:38
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about:blank
gimyim
(Golden Egg)
Compare Google Images and Yahoo Images example: gimyim lantana b.a.
5906 uses
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Created 2005-08-04 20:03:52
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2023-11-19 07:09:56
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split http://images.google.com/images?q=%s http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?&p=%s
ccrd
Cook County Document Image Search. Pulls up the image based on the Document number and Date of Recording. Admittedly, this has a VERY limited appeal.
5899 uses
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Created 2007-06-20 20:01:42
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2012-11-02 20:29:07
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http://www.ccrd.info/CCRD/controller?optflag=DocumentImageCommand&doc_num={% 1 %s}&record_date={% 2 %s}[no url encoding]
phone
(Golden Egg)
WhitePages.com Residential Directory Assistance Search Find phone book listings by searching based on name, address, or phone number. Examples: phone (206) 802-2120 phone 206-802-2120 phone John Smith, Seattle, WA phone John Smith, 98107 phone 4802 Third, Seattle, WA phone 4802 Third, 98107
5881 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 14:55:18
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2024-04-02 20:33:03
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http://www.whitepages.com/search/SingleField?q=%s
luckyecho
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS luckyecho [keywords] EXAMPLE luckyecho beautiful descriptions results in: http://eemadges.com/ luckyecho command line for the web results in: http://www.yubnub.org/ Echoes the URL of the first result of googling your keywords. SIMILAR COMMANDS am> (luckyecho is actually a building block for this command) AUTHOR elzr.com Sean O'Hagan's scrape command, as always, was a pleasure to use. ---------- Old implementations: scrape -tokens class=l href=%22 %22 -dirs 0 1 0 -url {url g %s} scrape …
5834 uses
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Created 2006-07-24 03:47:59
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Last used
2020-03-29 07:13:56
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scrape -tokens href=%22/url?q= &sa=u -dirs 0 0 -url {url g %s}
metalband
Searches in Metal Archives for a band.
5831 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 10:27:25
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2020-03-03 10:14:20
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http://www.metal-archives.com/search.php?string=%s&type=band
gmapsuk
Searches Google Maps UK
5829 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 09:37:24
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2021-01-07 11:18:03
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sourceid=Mozilla-search&q=%s
crmod
Looks up Oracle CRMoD by Opportunity ID
5829 uses
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Created 2013-01-15 00:04:03
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2016-10-14 18:01:43
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https://secure-slsomxuna.crmondemand.com/OnDemand/user/OpportunityDetail?OpptyDetailForm.Id=%s
awq
Arch Linux wiki search.
5815 uses
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Created 2006-09-02 23:03:45
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2024-04-18 00:01:28
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http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s
4ch
SYNOPSIS 4ch [abbreviation of board] EXAMPLES 4ch b 4ch x Goes to the specified 4chan imageboard, given by its abbreviation (e.g. b for random, x for paranormal). ---------- Old implementation: http://cgi.4chan.org/%s/imgboard.html
5804 uses
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Created 2007-05-27 20:34:31
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2024-03-02 13:52:59
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http://4chan.org/%s
kwiki
Does a search on KOL Visual Wiki.
5760 uses
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Created 2006-05-04 07:10:55
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2024-04-11 02:31:16
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http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s&sourceid=Mozilla-search
css
It allows you to get to CSS documentation. cssdocs border takes you to W3C documentation for the border property.
5746 uses
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Created 2006-12-22 12:11:55
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2024-03-08 23:42:01
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http://cssdocs.org/%s
fl
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS fl [tag] EXAMPLE fl lake Retrieves photographs from Flickr tagged with the given tag. The example above shows you photos that people have tagged with "lake". Flickr is a popular online photo-sharing application.
5735 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 00:26:03
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2023-12-06 12:00:23
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http://flickr.com/photos/tags/%s
alley
5719 uses
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Created 2010-07-15 12:46:25
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2024-01-18 03:07:17
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http://www.businessinsider.com/sai
en2fr
Dictionary translation for English words into français. Includes several examples.
5710 uses
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Created 2005-10-01 04:44:47
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2018-10-05 04:24:01
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http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/translation.asp?enfr=%s
yahoo
Yahoo!
5708 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 23:56:42
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2024-04-12 10:49:41
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http://www.yahoo.com
runphp
(Golden Egg)
NAME runphp - DO NOT ABUSE! SYNOPSIS runphp [PHP CODE] EXAMPLES runphp <?php echo 'man ls'; ?> Runs most PHP code and returns the result. Part of an ongoing project to give YubNub a decent scripting interface besides the raw command line. NOTES There IS security on this, but abuse will force me to remove it. Anyone with ideas on improving security please send them to anything >at^ singpolyma.net AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma.net/
5699 uses
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Created 2007-03-27 04:34:47
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2024-01-19 04:25:27
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http://sandbox.singpolyma.net/php/?php=%s
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