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Efeitos Visuais - Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Google... cursos, tutoriais, aulas em vídeo
19 uses - Created 2006-01-28 13:29:30 - Last used 2022-06-02 02:32:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.efeitosvisuais.com

sharks
San Jose Sharks official website.
15 uses - Created 2006-01-28 13:27:47 - Last used 2015-06-21 12:12:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sjsharks.com

ezn
Easynews.com search ezn [query string] -type [MOVIE | AUDIO | EXECUTABLE ] Include type (option must be all caps), to search for movie, audio or exe files.
751 uses - Created 2006-01-28 10:49:53 - Last used 2026-05-03 00:02:16 - Nominate - Description - http://members.easynews.com/global4/search.html?gps=%s&u=1&sbj=&fil=&fex=&from=&ns=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=&b2=&b2t=&fty%5B%5D=${type}&pby=100&pno=1&sS=3&s1=nsubject&s1d=%2B&s2=nrfile&s2d=%2B&s3=dsize&s3d=%2B

mash (Golden Egg)
Applies several commands to a single word, effectively creating an instant mashup. Examples: mash porsche gim yim flk mash antidisestablishmentarianism dic thes a encarta
22703 uses - Created 2006-01-28 07:07:33 - Last used 2013-05-25 17:00:00 - Description - split {url[no url encoding] {% 2 %s} {% 1 %s}} {url[no url encoding] {% 3 %s} {% 1 %s}} {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 4 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 4 %s} {% 1 %s}} } {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 5 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 5 %s} {% 1 %s}} } [no url encoding]

names
What does your name mean? uses behindthename.com to find out
334 uses - Created 2006-01-28 06:22:27 - Last used 2025-05-31 20:09:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=%s&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or

multi (Golden Egg)
Allows you to invoke a command up to 10 times Examples: multi gim porsche ferrari lamborghini bmw multi am thoreau dickens austen multi random 49 49 49 49 49 49 multi gmaps seattle vancouver los-angeles san-francisco
7260 uses - Created 2006-01-28 05:55:56 - Last used 2013-05-13 10:31:36 - Description - split {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 2 %s}} {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 3 %s}} {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 4 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 4 %s}} } {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 5 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 5 %s}} }[no url encoding]

<html>
If you suck at HTML go here to start off
20 uses - Created 2006-01-28 02:10:18 - Last used 2014-10-13 09:34:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lissaexplains.com

computerbase
link2www.computerbase.de
55 uses - Created 2006-01-28 02:04:44 - Last used 2026-10-16 03:59:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.computerbase.de/

winfuture
link to www.winfuture.de
28 uses - Created 2006-01-28 01:52:24 - Last used 2010-07-15 06:01:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.winfuture.de/

lb
Web Development Central, Based out of Long Beach California.
68 uses - Created 2006-01-27 23:56:17 - Last used 2025-10-17 07:31:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lbordie.com

twl
TWL
24 uses - Created 2006-01-27 23:16:07 - Last used 2020-03-13 04:24:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.teamwarfare.com

youtube
Searches on Youtube, in case yt is too hard to remember
163045 uses - Created 2006-01-27 21:46:59 - Last used 2026-10-16 10:30:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

tokyopop
a cool web page with tons of manga goodness
11 uses - Created 2006-01-27 20:49:41 - Last used 2014-01-26 14:14:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tokyopop.com

calking
calking uses the CalorieKing.com website to find nutritional information for a given query. No paramaters are needed for this command. Simply enter the terms from which to search. <i>Example: calking wendys</i> <i>Example: calking chicken fillet sandwich</i>
693 uses - Created 2006-01-27 19:57:21 - Last used 2017-11-16 22:46:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.calorieking.com/foods/search.php?keywords=%s&showresults=yes

olrd
OneLook Reverse Dictionary Find a word by giving the definition: ex. olrd barrel maker ("cooper") ex. olrd museum guide ("docent") Also, find crossword answers: ex. olrd m?z??t:composer ("Mozart") ex. olrd sat*:composer ("Satie")
12578531 uses - Created 2006-01-27 19:37:51 - Last used 2026-06-03 10:04:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp&clue=%s

cdns
CheckDNS Quick Check. Checks and tests DNS, WWW, and mail server info for a specified domain. Example: cdns google.com
143 uses - Created 2006-01-27 19:16:11 - Last used 2012-03-02 21:18:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.checkdns.net/quickcheck.aspx?domain=%s&detailed=1

cusip
Looks up a fixed-income security based on the cusip number.
128 uses - Created 2006-01-27 16:56:43 - Last used 2017-04-26 11:35:21 - Nominate - Description - http://fixedincome.fidelity.com/fi/FIBondDetails?cusip=%s

pstar
Searches for the player in thepokerbdb.com and pscrew.com databases, and displays the results in a split window
13 uses - Created 2006-01-27 16:46:39 - Last used 2007-12-16 17:27:46 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] pokerdb %s} {url[no url encoding] pscrew %s}

archlinux
Archlinux package repository search. Just type in the name of the package you're searching for. E.g. archlinux openoffice ---------- Old implementation: http://archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=%s ========== Old implementation: http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?s_keyword=%s
2554 uses - Created 2006-01-27 14:20:58 - Last used 2026-02-25 13:24:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s

tri
SYNOPSIS tri[keywords] -1 LEFTURL -2 RIGHTURL1 -3 RIGHTURL2 EXAMPLE tri Bellucci results: a tri-frame with the URLs set to the default: Answers.com, Google Image Search, and Flickr Interesting. tri Bellucci -1 flint -2 gim -3 yim results: a tri-frame with the left frame in Flickr Interesting, the top right frame to Google Image Search, and the bottom right frame to Yahoo Image Search. It splits the window in three frames, like this [ |--]. The switches are optional and will default, respectivel…
174 uses - Created 2006-01-27 12:41:17 - Last used 2025-11-07 10:21:28 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] ${1=a} %s} {url[no url encoding] splith {url[no url encoding] ${2=gim} %s} {url[no url encoding] ${3=flint} %s}}

maxobj
Max Objects Database Search Search on www.maxobjects.com for MaxMsp externals. Example: maxobj -ob jitter video -op AND -pl 3 Searches for jitter AND video for Windows -ob = keywords seperated by a space -op = operater AND OR -pl = platform 0=All 1=MacOS9 2=MacOSX 3=Windows 4=[PureData] If you only specify -ob, the operator defaults to AND and platform defaults to All
23 uses - Created 2006-01-27 06:50:43 - Last used 2019-06-23 22:45:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.maxobjects.com/?request=${ob}&operateur=${op=AND}&id_plateforme=${pl=0}&Submit=OK

littre
French dictionary (XIXth century)
62 uses - Created 2006-01-27 02:13:32 - Last used 2009-09-28 09:46:27 - Nominate - Description - http://francois.gannaz.free.fr/Littre/xmlittre.php?requete=%s

Mrt

55 uses - Created 2006-01-27 02:13:17 - Last used 2014-01-11 11:30:28 - Nominate - Description - http://teacherweb.com/NC/WakefieldMiddleSchool/SilverWolves/

tresor
To search a word in a good french dictionary (Trésor de la langue française)
99 uses - Created 2006-01-27 00:13:26 - Last used 2022-08-03 07:21:04 - Nominate - Description - http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/fast.exe?%s

its
Views the image submitted to istheshit.net for the given word.
362 uses - Created 2006-01-26 20:57:46 - Last used 2025-05-18 01:07:02 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.istheshit.net/

newwin (Golden Egg)
newwin -- Open a yubnub command in a new window This command will load your YubNub command or a URL in a new window or tab, depending on your browser settings. usage: newwin [yubnub command or URL] example: newwin gim porsche author: chicagosage b.a.
1214 uses - Created 2006-01-26 20:41:07 - Last used 2023-12-28 00:05:34 - Description - script window.open('{url[no url encoding] %s}');history.go(-1)[no url encoding]

ebay.de
Ebay Germany Search. To find an item on ebay.de, type in a keyword. Example: ebayde Digitalkamera Use the 'ebay' command for ebay.com searches.
413 uses - Created 2006-01-26 19:57:20 - Last used 2025-05-05 08:49:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.de/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

gray (Golden Egg)
Computes the grayscale level for an RGB color. Example: gray 0 255 100 Uses Google Calculator to do the arithmetic, and Fuska's % command to handle positional parameters.
270 uses - Created 2006-01-26 19:08:51 - Last used 2025-08-05 13:30:12 - Description - g ({% 1 %s}*.15 + {% 2 %s}*.5 + {% 3 %s}*.35)/255[no url encoding]

script (Golden Egg)
Run javascript. example: script alert("Yubnub is cool!") b.a.
10793 uses - Created 2006-01-26 18:52:44 - Last used 2026-03-05 23:18:05 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">%s</script>[no url encoding]

ftp
This causes the browser to launch the default ftp client and attempt to connect to localhost (which will most likely fail, this will launch the app, and if the user has an FTP server, then bonus...) also you can call ftp ftp.nameofsitehere.com for it to open a site... [Editor's note: this doesn't work for me]
817 uses - Created 2006-01-26 17:30:46 - Last used 2025-08-31 06:30:19 - Nominate - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("ftp://%s");history.go(-1);</script>

index
Points to Web index MegaPlaces.com. To find the category you are looking for use the navigation on the left.
126 uses - Created 2006-01-26 12:56:22 - Last used 2025-09-15 09:36:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megaplaces.com

autoit

204 uses - Created 2006-01-26 10:43:47 - Last used 2024-10-02 09:35:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+site:www.autoitscript.com+autoit+%s

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>

sky (Golden Egg)
Skypes the given user. Example: sky jonathan.aquino Tested from the Firefox YubNub search bar. Inspired by the sidebarload command.
1116 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:28:51 - Last used 2026-08-20 00:15:25 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("callto://%s");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

ku
collaberative news site
73 uses - Created 2006-01-26 05:59:29 - Last used 2025-08-07 04:21:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kuro5hin.org

nehe
primary sopurce of beginner tutorials for the OpenGL graphics programming library
16 uses - Created 2006-01-26 05:57:09 - Last used 2011-02-28 16:10:56 - Nominate - Description - http://nehe.gamedev.net

gggg
test
30 uses - Created 2006-01-26 04:24:41 - Last used 2024-12-26 12:27:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com

hitask
HITASK HOUSINGINTERACTIVE.COM
10 uses - Created 2006-01-26 01:12:05 - Last used 2011-04-08 14:16:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.housinginteractive.com/hitask

jd5
Search Java 1.5.0 api. Takes you to the first result from google.
1638 uses - Created 2006-01-25 22:19:17 - Last used 2013-09-06 05:49:01 - Nominate - Description - gfl %s+site:java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api

telch
Suche im Gratis-Telefonbuch tel.search.ch http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel} mögliche parameter zum namen: -beruf -str -ort -kt -tel
874 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:32:22 - Last used 2017-03-13 02:30:13 - Nominate - Description - http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&misc=${beruf}&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel}

pscrew
Searches for a player in the pscrew.com PokerStars players database. Usage: pscrew soprano Also see command pstar which searches both on pscrew.com and thepokerdb.com databases
36 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:11:18 - Last used 2009-05-17 10:48:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pscrew.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=usersList&Itemid=71&search=%s

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}

stereogum
Search Stereogum.com, an mp3 blog. b.a.
39 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:00:09 - Last used 2012-08-03 12:38:39 - Nominate - Description - {ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then http://www.google.com/search?q=site:stereogum.com%20%s -else http://www.stereogum.com}

apw
NOAA Airport weather conditions. Displays last 24 hours of common weather data for a given airport ID Winds, altimiter settings, visibility etc... Examples: apw IAD - will display information for Washington Dulles International. apw KHEF - data for Manassas regional.
27 uses - Created 2006-01-25 15:53:43 - Last used 2009-05-26 06:49:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/getObs.php?num=24&sid=%s

mapch
Anzeige einer Schweizer Adresse von http://map.search.ch http://map.search.ch/%s[use / for spaces] syntax: mapch [PLZ]-[Ort] [Strasse](-)[Nr] - ist fakultativ, alternativ: KEINEN Abstand zwischen Stasse und Nr. - Ort ohne PLZ genügt, falls eindeutig definiert - PLZ alleine genügt, da eindeutig
236 uses - Created 2006-01-25 09:42:40 - Last used 2014-06-22 07:37:27 - Nominate - Description - http://map.search.ch/%s[use / for spaces]

>>>
SYNOPSIS >>> [Yubnub command|URL] [query] EXAMPLES >>> yshop ipod Searches images of an iPod in Yahoo! Shop through Google. >>> dart girl Searches images of a girl in Deviant Art through Google. >>> dilbert Searches images in Dilbert.com through Google. >>> http://bbc.co.uk irak Searches images in the BBC site about Irak through Google. An internal search (hence >>>) for images in the website hinted by the first parameter via Google This is just a more syntactically harmonic alias for >&. RELAT…
53 uses - Created 2006-01-25 02:50:06 - Last used 2020-04-20 07:16:53 - Nominate - Description - gim site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 1 %s} } } {% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

>>
SYNOPSIS >> [Yubnub command|URL] [query] EXAMPLES >> wp list of paradoxes Makes a search in Google for "list of paradoxes" restricted to the domain of the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) >> cnn priests Makes a search in Google for "priests" restricted to CNN's domain (cnn.com) >> kottke job Makes a search in Google for "job" restricted to Kottke's domain (kottke.org) >> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/bathingape zeldman Makes a search in Google for "zeldman" restricted to A List Apart's…
2499 uses - Created 2006-01-25 02:24:32 - Last used 2022-06-21 12:08:14 - Nominate - Description - g site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 1 %s} } } {% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

bi
Find a book based on its ISBN Number. The Wikipedia page automatically creates a page with links to sites (based on the isbn number) where you can look for this book. Command created by http://leau.net.
360 uses - Created 2006-01-25 00:46:29 - Last used 2026-01-25 10:32:44 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=%s

grease
Replacement greasemonkey search.
635 uses - Created 2006-01-25 00:26:33 - Last used 2026-02-24 21:56:43 - Nominate - Description - http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=%s&commit=Search

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