The Most-Used Commands
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vsf
search videosift
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Created 2007-09-04 17:15:03
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2016-08-24 11:49:03
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http://www.videosift.com/search?q=%s
iga9e
Griffiths et al., Introduction to Genetic Analysis, 9e Companion Website
22 uses
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Created 2007-09-10 20:02:04
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2018-11-05 13:58:02
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http://bcs.whfreeman.com/iga9e/
feet102
22 uses
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Created 2009-07-10 10:00:17
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2013-03-12 01:21:36
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Malizio5
spadout
Search spadout, SPortADventure OUTdoors, a great outdoor gear search engine. Similiar to other price search engines except focused on outdoor gear.
22 uses
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Created 2009-07-26 19:05:54
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2013-11-21 22:40:12
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http://www.spadout.com/nsearch_v3.php?search=%s&x=0&y=0
gcon2
This is a replacement for the gcon command, which no longer works. Search your Google Contacts.' EXAMPLE: gcon2 Brian <<< searches your contacts for "Brian" AUTHOR: Brian Armknecht b.a.
22 uses
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Created 2009-08-05 15:06:26
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2020-06-25 09:13:53
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https://mail.google.com/mail/h/?fv=cl&pv=cl&fpnl=a&cs=fc&f=1&scq=%s&f=1
frt
does the same as >forestle<. Searches forestle.org (save ~0,1yd of rainforest per search)
22 uses
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Created 2009-08-08 08:10:06
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2020-10-07 03:20:48
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http://us.forestle.org/en/search.php?q=%s
feet107
22 uses
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Created 2009-08-10 15:33:27
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2013-03-12 01:22:01
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmjvrkHpEM&feature=related
gname
Description: Check the availability of a Google username. Usage: gname username. Contact: 878bitme at gmail dot com.
22 uses
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Created 2009-10-29 11:17:44
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2010-08-30 07:22:52
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https://www.google.com/accounts/CheckAvailability?Email=%s
coe
The City of Eternals is an Online Vampire MMO. This takes players to the front page to start playing.
22 uses
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Created 2009-12-07 06:55:38
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2015-04-19 07:47:04
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http://www.cityofeternals.com
bwb
Search betterworldbooks.com, a discount online bookstore.
22 uses
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Created 2009-12-17 02:54:53
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2024-03-22 11:46:29
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http://www.betterworldbooks.com/list.aspx?SearchTerm=%s
vad
Vintage Ad Browser - 100,000+ vintage adverts from every decade since the 1840s. Example: vad kitten; Example: vad 1950 car
22 uses
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Created 2010-01-06 16:59:50
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2024-02-06 03:06:37
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http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/search?q=%s
cid
city-data.com - zip code detailed profile. usage: enter a zip code to get detailed information on it. e.g. cid 07522
22 uses
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Created 2010-01-20 02:37:25
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2021-03-09 15:27:00
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http://www.city-data.com/zips/%s.html
iphonedev
Search Apple's iPhone OS Reference Library http://developer.apple.com/iphone
22 uses
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Created 2010-03-09 10:46:32
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2012-01-20 23:44:15
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http://developer.apple.com/iphone/search/search.php?simp=1&num=10&site=iphone&Search=%s
surfch
Command to search specifically to the website : www.surfthechannel.com
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Created 2010-03-15 22:05:35
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2010-04-12 21:26:44
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http://www.surfthechannel.com/search/all/3/1/%s[use %20 for spaces].html
summarize
SYNOPSIS summarize [url] -n [number of sentences to return (10 by default)] EXAMPLES summarize http://jonaquino.blogspot.com summarize http://jonaquino.blogspot.com -n 5 Uses GreatSummary to summarize a webpage down to a few sentences. Using a mathematical technique called singular value decomposition, the system identifies the words that capture the key threads of the text. The process is repeated until the number of sentences requested by the user is reached.
21 uses
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Created 2009-07-04 20:27:20
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2023-11-21 15:38:41
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http://www.greatsummary.com/servlets-examples/TextSummarizer?url_input=%s&sentence_count=${n=10}
clipfish
search video clips at www.clipfish.de
21 uses
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Created 2009-08-27 04:30:44
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2020-05-23 21:30:39
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http://www.clipfish.de/suche/?search=%s
randm
NAME randm - get numbers from the RANDOM.ORG random number service. SYNOPSIS randm [MIN] [MAX] [NUM] randm simplifies Richard Frankel's original random command by using positional parameters-- Thanks fuska. Just enter the lesser (minimum) number followed by the greater (maximum) number to get a random number that is between them. It returns only one number by default, but you have the option to specify how many random numbers with an additional parameter. EXAMPLES Example: randm Result: error: …
21 uses
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Created 2009-09-26 18:23:11
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2024-10-15 05:42:17
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random -min {% 1 %s} -max {% 2 %s} -num {% 3 %s}
digger
21 uses
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Created 2009-10-07 13:20:48
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2016-06-15 21:48:20
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http://www.diggercomic.com/
flckr
shortcut to flickr.com
21 uses
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Created 2009-11-09 00:01:48
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2021-01-06 03:02:24
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http://www.flickr.com/
eex
21 uses
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Created 2009-11-12 14:56:12
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2014-01-28 06:33:25
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http://eecomics.net/
tabits
tabit search for songs, not artists to find 'about a girl' by nirvana just type in "tabits about a girl"
21 uses
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Created 2009-11-13 01:22:22
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2010-04-30 07:34:06
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http://www.tabit.net/tabs/search.php?n=%s
ö
Translate Swe-Eng using "Folkets Lexikon".
21 uses
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Created 2010-01-05 20:57:56
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2026-03-10 11:25:54
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http://folkets-lexikon.csc.kth.se/#%s
tbt
Search on teh popular torrent site, Torrentbytes.net.
21 uses
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Created 2010-01-11 13:39:11
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2022-06-03 03:59:29
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http://www.torrentbytes.net/browse.php?search=%s&cat=0&sc=1
ip?
gets your IP from http://www.whatismyip.com/
21 uses
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Created 2010-01-26 04:00:14
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2024-12-26 12:28:00
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http://www.whatismyip.com/
topsite
TopSite Info: Finds 10 best sites on the web on a given subject. Usage: topsite [subject]
21 uses
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Created 2010-02-23 14:43:19
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2010-06-26 16:46:22
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http://www.topsite.com/best/%s[use - for spaces]
bsinfo
opens the www.bsinfo.musin.de website
21 uses
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Created 2010-02-23 20:42:44
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2011-03-24 19:53:42
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http://www.bsinfo.musin.de
dumpert
Search in the Dutch site www.dumpert.nl for movies, music and pictures. For example: dumpert chick
21 uses
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Created 2010-02-26 15:17:38
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2024-04-19 15:25:53
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http://www.dumpert.nl/search/ALL/%s/
cck
21 uses
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Created 2010-04-12 16:16:12
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2015-05-15 15:14:23
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http://www.google.com/cse?cx=016948551358397859654:agteupzkbug&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search&siteurl=www.google.com/cse/home%3Fcx%3D016948551358397859654:agteupzkbug
hsbs
Search anime in hsbsitez.com
21 uses
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Created 2010-05-01 19:09:14
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2013-09-08 18:29:22
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http://hsbsitez.com/search?keyword=%s&loc=2
engad
Engadget search For example, "engad iphone" returns news items on Engadget relating to the iPhone.
21 uses
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Created 2007-09-14 04:45:10
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2011-06-16 21:25:09
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http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=%s
sminer2
Like sminer, but searches all the available sites on ShareMiner.
21 uses
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Created 2007-09-22 22:42:56
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2009-08-24 18:26:26
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http://www.shareminer.com/?query=%s&siteid%5B%5D=1&siteid%5B%5D=2&siteid%5B%5D=3&siteid%5B%5D=4&siteid%5B%5D=5&siteid%5B%5D=6&siteid%5B%5D=7&siteid%5B%5D=8&siteid%5B%5D=9&siteid%5B%5D=10&siteid%5B%5D=11&siteid%5B%5D=12
weer
The dutch weather.
21 uses
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Created 2007-10-01 05:06:40
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2023-07-27 01:43:54
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http://www.weer.nl/nl/home/weer/nederland/actueel_en_verwacht_weer.html
docufarm
An alias to the dcvw command for those of us who can't remember abbreviations. Go to man dcvw for more. Example: docufarm http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/notices/notice_1.pdf
21 uses
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Created 2007-10-03 14:43:24
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2012-03-19 17:41:59
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dcvw %s
lvid
Microsoft Live Video Search. Searches the cool Live Video Search site with its smart thumbnails. e.g. lvid barry bonds, lvid new york yankees etc.
21 uses
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Created 2007-10-19 07:09:12
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2011-02-28 21:49:41
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http://search.live.com/video/results.aspx?q=%s
movielens
Movielens search. Movielens.umn.edu
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Created 2007-11-15 19:24:05
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2024-09-02 09:30:50
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http://movielens.umn.edu/search?action=newSearch&sortBy=TitleSimSort&searchPhrase=%s&genre=&genreResultType=or&date=&domain=&language=&format=&referrer=combinedsearch&tag=&genreSearch=Search%21
hpuk
Search the HP United Kingdom website
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Created 2007-11-22 00:06:44
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2010-01-21 13:52:38
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http://search.hp.com/search/?cc=uk&lang=en&qt=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
palary
NAME palary - use palary as a proxy for the given url or yubnub command result SYNOPSIS palary [URL or YUBNUB COMMAND] EXAMPLES palary http://yubnub.org/ will proxy the yubnub page through the palary secure web proxy palary yubnub will do the same this command use one mandatory parameter, which can be a url or a yubnub command. if the parameter is an url, it will proxy it through the palary secure web proxy. if the given parameter is not an url, it will be treated as a yubnub command, and it's …
21 uses
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Created 2007-11-26 21:45:36
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2024-01-14 11:30:41
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ifMatch -pattern /http:/ -string %s -then https://palary.org/?url=%s -else https://palary.org/?url={url yubnub %s} -redirect true
tvtrip
Video search engine for hotels
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Created 2007-11-29 11:00:17
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2018-05-08 18:58:23
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http://www.tvtrip.com/desambiguation?des=%s
rlwirk
Durchsucht die Rote Liste nach dem eingegebenen Wirkstoff.
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Created 2007-12-12 10:17:04
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2009-06-02 06:56:49
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http://www.rote-liste.de/Online/report_n?FELD1=RLnam&FELD1text=&FELD2=RLfkb&FELD2text=&FELD3=RLhgl&FELD3text=&FELD4=RLawb&FELD4text=%s&FELD5=RLanw&FELD5text=&FELD6=RLpzn&FELD6text=&FELD7=ALLE&FELD7text=&FELD1AndOr=AND&FELD2AndOr=AND&FELD3AndOr=AND&FELD4AndOr=AND&FELD5AndOr=AND
multidict
Lookup a word and see it translated into other languages. supports the -lang option (defaults to en) EXAMPLES: multidict game multidict juego -lang es This command uses the dictionary.com multilingual dictionary. It currently supports 30 languages (as of Dec. 2007). TODO: I played with the querystring slightly... it only seems to produce results for languages listed in the querystring. So if they ever add more languages in the future, the command will need to be updated to include them.
21 uses
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Created 2007-12-18 19:46:11
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2008-11-07 03:32:54
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http://dictionary.reference.com/languages?db=languages&AR=on&ZH=on&TW=on&CS=on&DK=on&NL=on&ET=on&FI=on&FR=on&DE=on&EL=on&HU=on&IS=on&ID=on&IT=on&JA=on&KO=on&LV=on<=on&NO=on&PL=on&BR=on&PT=on&RO=on&RU=on&SK=on&SL=on&ES=on&SV=on&TR=on&continue=y&lang=${lang=en}&q=%s
fyre
Fyreball is a rich and playful alternative to email for sending stuff to your friends. It's being developed by a team of game industry veterans, internet addicts and Spartan warriors. We think Fyreball will be a great way to track, send and receive cool content on the web.
21 uses
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Created 2007-12-29 06:40:36
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2019-03-09 23:53:33
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http://www.fyreball.com/fyreball/add?v=1&url='+${url}+'&title='+${title}
brs
Search for mac torrent to http://brokenstones.cn
21 uses
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Created 2008-01-13 11:55:25
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2023-03-10 08:19:20
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http://brokenstones.cn/browse.php?search=%s
dax
21 uses
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Created 2007-01-04 18:20:44
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2025-06-06 03:12:23
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http://www.kevindax.de
clinical3
21 uses
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Created 2007-01-06 22:22:14
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2008-06-17 15:29:02
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http://sales.datalabs.com/jay/
doms
Use Instant Domain Search to search for domains. Uses nice AJAX!
21 uses
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Created 2007-01-13 21:33:47
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2021-10-26 03:35:47
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http://instantdomainsearch.com/
stkm
Visit a Stickam profile by username. Example: stkm diZLeXiK
21 uses
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Created 2007-01-19 20:31:08
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2010-07-30 20:35:51
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http://www.stickam.com/profile/%s
lnxtrkr
Search linuxtracker.org for linux torrent files
21 uses
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Created 2007-01-27 17:34:29
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2008-05-12 15:48:20
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http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-search.php?search=%s
fbflv
takes a URL to an FLV flash video file and plays it using the Facebook FLV player SWF
21 uses
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Created 2007-02-05 20:07:39
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2011-04-25 18:15:18
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http://www.facebook.com/media/flv.swf?video_src=%s
odns
OpenDNS search OpenDNS provides a faster, safer, and smarter DNS and searches when the domain doesn't resolve. Experience it for yourself, before switching your DNS.
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Created 2007-02-05 23:15:02
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2015-07-01 07:54:20
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http://search.opendns.com/?url=%s
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