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melwayref
This url displays the given Melway map, much like Google Maps, however, using the Ausway database. Melway references are a ubiquitous way of describing locations in Melbourne Australia. The command takes three switches: -page (The Melway page number. Try "1a" for starters.) -ref (The grid reference of the page.) -book (The map book in question.) I couldn't get -book to work with anything other than "Melway", but then I don't know how the pages are numbered in the other books. Giving "melwayref"…
119 uses - Created 2007-05-09 01:10:13 - Last used 2013-11-27 22:14:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/mapsearch.cgi?&MRBook=${book=Melway}&MRPage=${page}&MRGrid=${grid}&submitSearchAddress.x=0&submitSearchAddress.y=0[post]

ora
OnRez avatar name lookup.
119 uses - Created 2007-07-20 21:47:14 - Last used 2024-06-11 01:46:52 - Nominate - Description - http://alpha.shop.onrez.com/admin/user-lookup?action=Lookup%20By%20Identity&identity-first={% 1 %s}&identity-last={% 2 %s}

nbv
Look up an individual verse in the excellent NextBible (net.bible.org) Bible tool Example: nbv jn 3 16 Note: this is a simplified positional version of nextbibleverse
119 uses - Created 2007-10-25 09:08:51 - Last used 2016-02-01 02:56:49 - Nominate - Description - nextbibleverse -book {% 1 %s} -chapter {% 2 %s} -verse {% 3 %s}[no url encoding]

pgaytb
Auxiliary command for pgayall
119 uses - Created 2008-05-10 17:43:21 - Last used 2008-06-10 03:41:28 - Nominate - Description - imgtag http://www.gaydominion.com/content/punishedgay/{0s %s}/01.jpg -link {url pgayg {0s %s}} -w ${w=220}

bloom
try to get the bloomberg ticker for a company. default country is FP (france) e.g. bloom suez -country FP or bloom dexia -country GR author: GaRZoL
119 uses - Created 2005-08-11 08:44:57 - Last used 2024-06-29 12:14:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/tkrlookup?start_ndx=1&query=%s&method=BEGINS&exchange=${country=FP}&type1=equity

stubnyc
Stubhub tickets tonight in New York metro with tickets available
119 uses - Created 2014-05-16 10:11:00 - Last used 2016-08-18 07:54:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stubhub.com/search/doSearch?searchStr=tickets&searchMode=event&rows=50&start=0&nS=0&location=664;New+York+New+York+Metro&startDate={date -format Y-m-d};{date -format m/d/Y}+-+{date -format m/d/Y}&endDate={date -format Y-m-d}&ae=2&sp=Date&sd=1

macmash
Both popular MAC Address lookups as a mashup
118 uses - Created 2009-03-12 17:35:52 - Last used 2011-11-30 21:40:51 - Nominate - Description - mash %s macl mac

cvine
Comic Vine search. Search a database of comics, creators and more. Example: cvine dmz To narrow the searches by categories, add "-type" to the string. (Available types: character, team, volume, issue, publisher, storyarc, location, concept, thing, universe, userprofile, forums.) Example: cvine dmz -type volume
117 uses - Created 2008-11-29 00:50:49 - Last used 2026-05-01 07:19:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.comicvine.com/search/?q=%s&ct=${type}

tren
NAME tres - TRanslate to or from ESpañol to English SYNOPSIS tres KEYWORD EXAMPLES tres carro tres car tres rojo tres red The simplest, most concise translation command I so far know how to make. It translates from English to Spanish, both ways, every time, so it takes the decision of picking the direction from you. Compared with str, from which it evolves, it saves you half the typing (4 letters as opposed to 8), by assuming English is one of the languages you want to translate too and by inco…
117 uses - Created 2009-01-13 18:30:29 - Last used 2026-01-18 22:34:34 - Nominate - Description - str es en %s

jk
Goes straight to a URL. Seems pointless I know, but useful in that you no longer need an address bar.
117 uses - Created 2006-10-17 19:00:11 - Last used 2026-04-27 11:06:25 - Nominate - Description - %s

aps
aps: astrophysics search Search on astro-ph (arxiv) and ADS at the same time. Syntax (for more details see 'man adsa' or man 'aph'): aps [<title>] [-year <year>] [-author <author>]
117 uses - Created 2007-06-19 15:28:55 - Last used 2023-01-23 02:52:39 - Nominate - Description - split {url aph %s} {url adsa %s}

hypep
NAME hypep - Open audio stream from The Hype Machine SYNOPSIS hypep [SONG OR ARTIST] EXAMPLES hypep menomena <-- Searches The Hype Machine for the band "menomena" and streams the resulting m3u playlist (Winamp format). hypep menomena -f asx <-- Searches The Hype Machine for the band "menomena" and streams the resulting asx playlist (Windows Media Player format). hypep menomena -f smil <-- Searches The Hype Machine for the band "menomena" and streams the resulting smil playlist (RealPlayer forma…
116 uses - Created 2007-03-09 02:02:37 - Last used 2012-05-27 00:42:04 - Nominate - Description - http://hypem.com/playlist/search/%s/${f=m3u}/1/today.${f=m3u}

lotto
Check if your numbers won in the Irish National Lottery (www.lotto.ie). Example: lotto -no1 2 -no2 11 -no3 21 -no4 23 -no5 26 -no6 27 -draws 8 Will check if the numbers 2,11,21,23,26,27 were successful in the last 8 Lotto draws. Switch "-draws" defaults to 8, other values are 30 or 100.
116 uses - Created 2005-07-28 14:57:19 - Last used 2024-07-21 01:50:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lotto.ie/mynumbers/mynumbers.asp?no1=${no1}&no2=${no2}&no3=${no3}&no4=${no4}&no5=${no5}&no6=${no6}&draws=${draws=8}[post]

getip
display your public ip address. there are others, but this is useful because it returns Nothing but your ip address (useful for embedding this command in other commands, eg. ip {getip})
115 uses - Created 2006-08-06 13:18:13 - Last used 2014-07-09 12:32:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whatismyip.org/

sendmail
Send e-mail. Example: sendmail address@email.com subject line -- body of the message
115 uses - Created 2008-08-17 10:18:58 - Last used 2022-11-09 11:26:06 - Nominate - Description - {runphp <? echo "http://sendmail.appjet.net/?email=".urlencode("{% 1 %s}")."&subject=".urlencode("{% 2- %s}")."&body=".urlencode("${-}")."&send=Send"; ?>}[no url encoding]

fuska-lm

115 uses - Created 2009-05-31 09:05:31 - Last used 2010-10-09 18:47:20 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/fuska?v=&noui=yes&share=no&tags=${tags=later}&url={url g %s}&title=%s&extended=${extended}&private=true

a-
This command viewes a page of the online version of Immanuel Kant's works (Akademie-Ausgabe), available at http://www.korpora.org/Kant/ Every page in the online edition corresponds to a page of the printed version of the Akademie-Ausgabe. The command supports two parameters, -a and -i. -a refers to the volume number. -i refers to the page numbers. The value of the -a parameter must be a two-digit number, so if you want to view a page in volume 2 of Kant's works, you will have to provide 02 as a…
115 uses - Created 2009-10-22 16:49:24 - Last used 2016-03-09 03:40:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.korpora.org/Kant/aa${a}/${i}.html

fon
After learning about a YubNub bookmarklet meant for the iPhone, I knew this would be useful if you didn't want to have to exit safari if you wanted to call a number not in your address book. NAME fon - create a link to call the given number USES Using calling programs on the computer, or any device that supports the "tel:" protocol SYNTAX fon [STRING] EXAMPLE echo 11235550123 AUTHOR Klink C. <mrthr33+yubnub@gmail.com> I hope to make a better version soon that won't require you to click a link, …
115 uses - Created 2007-07-23 19:41:59 - Last used 2015-01-22 03:01:03 - Nominate - Description - echo <a href="tel:%s"> Click to Call %s </a>

gbattle
GoogleBattle: The latest indicator of cultural relevance. Create a Popularity Report. Battle: YOU vs. ME Example: gbattle you -- me Keyword that has more search results in Google wins. Fight: "Programming Ruby" vs. "Programming Python" Example: gbattle "Programming Ruby" -- "Programming Python" You can make contests in other languages too, e.g. in Russian Что популярнее сиськи или письки? Example: gbattle сиськи -- письки
114 uses - Created 2007-06-14 21:47:27 - Last used 2012-09-15 01:20:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.googlebattle.com/index.php?domain=%s&domain2=${-}&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&submit=Go%21

docal
Opens Todoist and Google Calendar in a split window
114 uses - Created 2007-09-29 02:04:41 - Last used 2012-03-18 01:32:21 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] doit} {url[no url encoding] gcalendar}

nextbibleverse
A base command for looking up individual verses in the NextBible, this shows multiple english versions This version requires parameter tags e.g. nextbibleverse -book John -chapter 3 -verse 16 Use nbv for a quick version based on this which uses positional parameters e.g. nbv jn 3 16
114 uses - Created 2007-10-25 08:57:51 - Last used 2012-10-04 14:16:26 - Nominate - Description - http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=${book}&chapter=${chapter}&verse=${verse}

bbc++
A mashup of bbc and bbc+, it gives you the bbc homepage if you don't specify anything, and if you do, the following holds true: A better search of the BBC site. Synopsis: bbc++ topic [-tab news|sport|allbbc|www] In English: You can search bbc news just by typing bbc++ follwed by one or more words of the subject to search for. Examples: bbc++ tony blair bbc++ shuttle Discovery launch To search for sports news, other items at the BBC, or to search the web, add the -tab keyword, followed by one of…
114 uses - Created 2006-03-27 05:28:20 - Last used 2017-11-16 20:53:56 - Nominate - Description - {ifnotempty %s -then http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=newsukfs&q=%s&tab=${tab=news} -else http://news.bbc.co.uk}

dealsite
get coupons and cashback information for a particular website
114 uses - Created 2012-01-14 00:59:08 - Last used 2015-09-23 05:43:17 - Nominate - Description - split {url coupon %s} {url cashb %s}

spen
a shortcut for "sp2en"
113 uses - Created 2007-02-28 21:38:13 - Last used 2016-10-25 04:49:50 - Nominate - Description - sp2en %s

galp
searches porn start galleries for the given name, Splits page horizontally in 4 rows displaying the gallery pages for the porn-star in the following sites: * www.porneskimo.com * search.askjolene.com * www.famouspornstars.com * www.nurglesnymphs.com Example: galp Alexis Texas
113 uses - Created 2008-04-02 19:54:05 - Last used 2016-10-12 10:15:30 - Nominate - Description - splith {url pesk %s} {url jol %s} {url fporn %s} {url nur %s}

w12
side-by-side english wikipedia and spanish wikipedia
113 uses - Created 2009-06-09 07:30:38 - Last used 2022-05-01 10:00:56 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] wp %s} {url[no url encoding] wpe %s}

floor
Rounds a value to the nearest integer EXAMPLES floor 17 : 17 floor 17.2 : 17 floor 17.9 : 17 floor -1 : -1 floor -1.3 : -2 TIPS Combine with divide to get the quotient of a division 10 |3 '''''''' 1 3 floor {divide 10 3} : 3
112 uses - Created 2008-06-05 18:20:25 - Last used 2026-05-13 10:33:11 - Nominate - Description - runphp <? echo floor(%s) ?>

scrapettp
Scrape tag contents from a web page and open in the browser. The URL for the webpage is returned if no tag is provided. Up to 10 query parameters may also be used. SYNTAX scrapettp URL tag query gomelet AT gmail DOT com
112 uses - Created 2010-04-30 06:44:26 - Last used 2013-03-12 21:36:32 - Nominate - Description - http://{ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 -test EQUAL -then {strReplace -find http:// -replace -string {% 1 %s}} -else {scrape -tokens <{% 2 %s}> </{% 2 %s}> -dirs 0 0 -url {% 1 %s}} {% 3 %s} {% 4 %s} {% 5 %s} {% 6 %s} {% 7 %s} {% 8 %s} {% 9 %s} {% 10 %s} {% 11 %s} {% 12 %s}}[no url encoding]

inv
Searches the excellent Investopedia.com Web site for financial jargon. The structure of the site's search requires the command to include the first letter of the word, then the word itself (with no spaces). Example: inv -l f -w fallingknife -l stands for "letter"; -w stands for "word" created by M.Druskoff
112 uses - Created 2006-04-19 14:40:29 - Last used 2024-09-30 10:33:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.investopedia.com/terms/${l}/${w}.asp

h2g2
h2g2 - search the Earth edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the BBC's h2g2) EXAMPLES: h2g2 ohio will search for Ohio h2g2 ohio -r 0 -g 0 will search only for the Edited entry on Ohio h2g2 nighthoover -t USER searches for a user called nighthoover h2g2 jim -t forum searches for a conversation about Jim Notice that the switches '-r', '-g' and '-e' will control recommended, normal and Edited Guide Entries respectively. By default, all are searched, but putting a 0 next to the switch w…
112 uses - Created 2005-08-31 21:33:40 - Last used 2011-07-10 14:25:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/Search?searchstring=%s&dosearch=Search&searchtype=${t=article}&showapproved=${e=1}&showsubmitted=${r=1}&shownormal=${g=1}

gcf
Searches the ColdFusion MX 7 online documentation using googles "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. USAGE gcf array functions - results in a list of functions regarding arrays. gcf <cffile> - results in a page describing the <cffile> tag. gcf <cfquery> - results in a page describing the <cfquery> tag. COMMAND BY Jacob Ensor, jjefferydesign.com
112 uses - Created 2006-01-29 07:18:20 - Last used 2023-04-08 00:14:32 - Nominate - Description - gfl site:livedocs.macromedia.com +"ColdFusion MX 7" %s[no url encoding]

snipa
Snips a long URL using http://www.snipurl.com, adding an alias to the URL. Switches: -u is the long URL of the link you want to snip; -a is the alias you want to give it. Example: snipa -a cityin -u http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/0918526825/ref=dp_olp_2/103-3457254-0634222?%5Fencoding=UTF8 ... will give you a snipped URL... http://snipurl.com/cityin ... which points to the long URL http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/0918526825/ref=dp_olp_2/103-3457254-0634222?%5Fenco…
112 uses - Created 2006-02-13 03:30:25 - Last used 2023-01-26 19:25:20 - Nominate - Description - http://snipurl.com/q.do?alias=${a}&link=${u}

ghist
ghist - Shortcut for Google.com/History ghist <text> - Searches your Google Search/Web History
112 uses - Created 2007-04-25 12:56:08 - Last used 2019-10-02 00:42:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/history/{eop find?hl=en&q=@%s@&btnSMH=Search+History}

ndex
Usage ndex "pokemon name" searches the Serebii.net pokedex by Pokemon Name If you want to search by type or number or the name of a move, then use pdex created by Arlen Phillips
111 uses - Created 2007-05-13 01:31:49 - Last used 2012-05-08 15:21:28 - Nominate - Description - pdex {scrape -tokens %s ! -dirs 0 0 -url http://pokemonlist.googlepages.com/list.txt}

16
Opens 16 Google frames!
111 uses - Created 2007-05-19 20:38:44 - Last used 2021-04-16 19:14:07 - Nominate - Description - split http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com

wowarm
Looks up a character on the World of Warcraft Armory. Use like this: wowarm Burich -realm Garithos The -realm option can be shortened to -r: wowarm Burich -r Garithos If no realm is specified, it will default to Garithos; this is for selfish reasons.
111 uses - Created 2007-06-11 23:13:16 - Last used 2012-04-01 16:48:30 - Nominate - Description - http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=${realm=${r=Garithos}}&n=%s

ldb
National Rail Live Departure Boards search (United Kingdom) Syntax: abc: 3-letter station code Example: ldb LST - gives train departure times for London Liverpool Street
111 uses - Created 2008-02-03 12:52:35 - Last used 2016-05-25 02:40:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T={ ucase %s }

WordCount
NAME WordCount - Counts the number of words in a phrase. SYNOPSIS WordCount [PHRASE] -delimit [DELIMITER] EXAMPLES WordCount Hello World! (returns 2) WordCount a;b;c;d;e;f -delimit ; (returns 6) Returns the number of words in a phrase. The -delimit argument is optional, and defaults to a space. AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com
111 uses - Created 2006-03-26 22:01:07 - Last used 2023-10-06 05:39:10 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=wordcount&delimit=${delimit=%20}&string=%s&xn_auth=no[no url encoding]

erlmod
Brings up the documentation page for the specified erlang module from erlang.org. Examples: erlmod lists => lists documentation erlmod string => string documentation If no module is specified, defaults to the index of modules page that all the available module pages are linked from. bakert@gmail.com
111 uses - Created 2006-02-22 14:53:43 - Last used 2009-10-10 08:25:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.erlang.org/doc/doc-5.4.12/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then lib/stdlib-1.13.11/doc/html/%s.html -else doc/man_index.html}

trib
search the Chicago Tribune. usage: trib [search term] b.a.
110 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:09:53 - Last used 2013-06-19 12:42:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chicagotribune.com/{ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then search/dispatcher.front?Query=%s&target=article}

fireftp
Launches the Firefox FireFTP extension.
110 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:31:38 - Last used 2018-11-30 22:23:23 - Nominate - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("chrome://fireftp/content/fireftp.xul");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

clipins
NAME clipins - opens up the Cl1P.net text editor using a variable name. SYNOPSIS clipins [ VARIABLE_NAME ] clipins uses the buffer naming convention adopted by pablo7 to access a Cl1P.net clipboard, but unlike clipgetv it opens the text editor so that you can append to it. Also many of the other clipget commands will render pasted code as HTML in the process, making it difficult to cut and paste. If no variable given or the variable used has no value assigned, the command redirects to http://cl…
110 uses - Created 2008-06-03 22:24:58 - Last used 2018-06-20 02:53:19 - Nominate - Description - both const -name 001 -value YubNub -and cl1p {var {ifEmpty -value %s -then 001 -else %s}}

livedb
uk national rail live departure boards. adds to functionality of existing ldb command with a destination parameter. livedb -start LST -end BCV will show you all journeys beginning at liverpool street (LST) and going via bruce grove (BCV)
110 uses - Created 2009-03-25 17:02:30 - Last used 2009-09-15 14:15:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T={ ucase ${start} }&S={ ucase ${end} }

serval
Search Takealot.com price history using servaltracker. Example: serval https://www.takealot.com/gizzu-150w-155wh-portable-power-station-1-x-3-prong-sa-plug-poin/PLID90536689
110 uses - Created 2024-01-12 01:24:29 - Last used 2026-05-22 07:59:50 - Nominate - Description - https://www.servaltracker.com/products/{strRight %s 12}

gmovie
Google Movies Search: Searches for movies with theaters and show-times. To search for all movies in a city, just type -at city-name Example: gmovie -at mumbai To find show-times for a movie, just type -m movie-name Example: gmovie -m sholay To find show-times for a particular movie in a city, type -m movie-name -at city-name Example: gmovie -m sholay -at mumbai
109 uses - Created 2008-04-22 09:25:13 - Last used 2013-10-14 12:15:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/movies?q=${m}&btnG=Search+Movies&near=${at}&rl=1

yps
Yahoo People Search. Example: yps -first steve -last lee -city seattle -state wa
109 uses - Created 2005-07-22 00:46:58 - Last used 2021-02-08 07:57:03 - Nominate - Description - http://phone.people.yahoo.com/py/psPhoneSearch.py?srch=bas&D=1&FirstName=${first=}&LastName=${last=}&City=${city=}&State=${state=}&Phone=&Search=Phone+and+Address+Search

trurl
SYNOPSIS tr url -from <default:en> -to <default:zh> EXAMPLES tr yubnub.blogspot.com tr yubnub.blogspot.com -to fr tr yubnub.blogspot.com -from en -to fr Translates the given url from one language to the other language, courtesy of Google Language Tools. Not all language combinations are available. Chinese ............ zh English ............ en French ............. fr German ............. de Italian ............ it Japanese ........... ja Korean ............. ko Portuguese ......... pt Spanish …
109 uses - Created 2005-12-15 15:57:42 - Last used 2015-03-26 08:52:39 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s&langpair=${from=en}%7C${to=zh}

jtor
shortcut to tokyotosho which is a bittorrent search engine for japanese music, videos, and other media.
109 uses - Created 2006-04-09 14:08:18 - Last used 2011-08-25 05:03:03 - Nominate - Description - tokyotosho %s

sets
Google Sets. Google Sets creates a list of querys based on what you enter. You can use Google Sets to create a list of items based on a few that you enter. You can specify up to 5 items. To specify one item, type the query like this: Example: sets -a mac To specify two, type it like this: Example sets -a mac -b windows You must use -a, -b, -c, -d, and -e.
109 uses - Created 2006-08-21 13:08:52 - Last used 2013-01-31 18:07:39 - Nominate - Description - http://labs.google.com/sets?hl=en&q1=${a}&q2=${b}&q3=${c}&q4=${d}&q5=${e}&btn=Large+Set

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