The Most-Used Commands
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fwf
Formatted weather forecast from weather.com. Just type in the city/state (city, state)
26 uses
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Created 2006-06-06 11:04:48
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2016-11-28 06:41:29
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http://qctool.saveitfree.com/weather.php?s=search?zip=%s&type=Email&unit=s&s=%s
burris
26 uses
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Created 2006-06-18 04:13:07
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2014-10-30 13:38:18
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http://www.myspace.com/itb3ashl3y
gvo
community gallerie of pictures
26 uses
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Created 2006-06-20 16:58:24
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2023-02-28 17:34:04
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http://forums.voissa.com/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&video=0
pclock
26 uses
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Created 2006-07-04 08:56:10
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2014-11-19 21:23:24
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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/personal.html
flair
All The Flair .: Only the best in free high quality flair bartending videos, movies and clips from national and international contests around the globe.
26 uses
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Created 2006-07-19 11:32:45
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2026-03-31 13:01:52
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http://alltheflair.com/flair_videos/flair_bartending_videos/flairtending_videos_movies_clips.php
cyborgname
If you were a cyborg, what would your name stand for? usage cyborgname "your name here"
26 uses
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Created 2005-07-28 16:51:54
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2008-09-28 01:54:34
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http://www.cyborgname.com/cyborger.cgi?acronym=%s
lilac
Search Dark Lilac for paint by numbers, cross stitch, yarn, scrapbooking and more.
26 uses
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Created 2005-08-16 18:31:59
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2024-07-07 13:30:40
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http://www.darklilac.com/search.jsp?search=%s
sqlsearch
sql search command
26 uses
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Created 2005-09-11 14:27:07
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2014-04-08 11:01:52
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http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky&q=%s+cache:+filetype%3Asql
gbg
Search blogs at Google's Blogsearch.
26 uses
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Created 2005-09-14 17:25:18
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2017-08-07 18:55:55
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http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=%s
popit
Yubnub command to search Popagandhi.com.
26 uses
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Created 2005-10-02 17:53:27
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2005-12-03 12:04:37
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http://popagandhi.com/?q=%s
atrailer
Search for Trailers on Apple.com without using Google
26 uses
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Created 2005-10-15 13:28:57
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2010-01-05 00:50:33
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http://eg-searchcgi.apple.com/cgi-bin/sp/nph-searchpre11.pl?oe=utf-8&q=%s&access=p&site=us_trailers_only
cookpad
Cookpad Search
26 uses
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Created 2005-10-20 13:33:53
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2015-12-14 03:27:09
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http://search.cookpad.com/search/?keyword=%s
gadgets
Gadgetell is a tech news and information source with reviews and other interesting things.
26 uses
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Created 2005-10-31 20:32:11
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2019-02-17 08:11:59
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http://www.gadgetell.com
iht
iht -- Search the International Herald Tribune newspaper. Usage: iht [search term] Example: iht chicago b.a.
26 uses
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Created 2005-11-04 14:37:41
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2015-01-08 05:10:56
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http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=%s&x=0&y=0
fweet
Performs a simple FWEET (Finnegans Wake Extensible Elucidation Treasury)search. Set to ignore case and accent. Highlights matches and shows related Finnegans Wake text. Set to search in: FWEET elucidations, Finnegans Wake text, and related FWEET shorthands. Example: fweet talmud will return three FWEET elucidations, along with the related lines from Finnegans Wake (30.10, 228.14, and 469.02). Maybe someone can make this command more advanced and add switches for various FWEET search options oth…
26 uses
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Created 2008-11-28 17:41:25
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2019-10-27 04:32:04
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http://www.fweet.org/cgi-bin/fw_grep.cgi?srch=%s&cake=&icase=1&accent=1&beauty=1&hilight=1&showtxt=1&escope=1&tscope=1&rscope=1&dist=4&ndist=4&shorth=0
swps
Secure WikiPedia Search
26 uses
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Created 2008-12-06 20:02:17
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2009-11-11 17:25:44
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https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/?search=%s
Pluck
Searches HMV, Amazon.co.uk and Google Shopping UK simultaneously. Annoyingly, Play.com seems to override the 'split' command...
26 uses
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Created 2008-12-11 15:21:14
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2014-01-23 13:41:50
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split {url hmvuk %s} {url amuk %s} {url gshopuk %s}
smov
26 uses
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Created 2008-12-19 11:38:23
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2010-12-30 14:21:09
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http://www.surfthechannel.com/search/61397/3/1/%s.html
wau
Weather in Australia (W AU) using WeatherChannel.com.au. Takes a suburb name or postcode as parameter. Examples: wau st kilda wau 3182 wau st kilda 3182
26 uses
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Created 2009-01-06 05:46:09
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2012-12-08 08:03:45
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http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/Magic94scripts/mgrqispi94.dll?APPNAME=WC&PRGNAME=WC&LayGroups=&SearchFor=%s&Function=PCSearch
leverage
tv underground LEVERAGE series SEASON 1 episodes direct emule download (by l3utterfish)
26 uses
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Created 2009-02-05 15:02:26
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2021-01-07 19:49:16
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http://tvunderground.org.ru/index.php?show=episodes&sid=24144
xspfplay
XSPF player.
26 uses
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Created 2009-02-26 18:36:20
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2011-10-31 10:04:26
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http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/21998/small/player.html?playlist=%s
gandwp
Searches Google and Wikipedia in a split screen.
26 uses
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Created 2009-05-20 10:32:03
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2009-09-04 09:06:43
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split {url g %s} {url wp %s}
vimeos
searches vimeo w/ full text query. WAY better than the normal tag search which camps on 'vimeo' sheesh who even made that one?
26 uses
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Created 2009-06-16 14:52:19
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2022-04-27 09:58:32
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http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:%s
sapl
Preforms a "quick search" of the San Antonio Public Library's (SAPL) catalog
26 uses
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Created 2009-06-23 03:55:45
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2011-10-14 21:09:18
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http://sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/search/Y?SEARCH=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchscope=1&SORT=D
play.com
Searches Play.com
26 uses
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Created 2009-07-01 11:46:44
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2013-01-07 22:55:52
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http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=allproducts&searchstring=%s
iseek
search using iseek , a semantic search engine that also does good clustering
26 uses
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Created 2009-07-11 11:27:11
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2013-08-15 23:38:33
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http://iseek.com/iseek/search.html?l=en&query=%s&sbl=2&bk=&spc=
dik
Look up word definitions Dictionary.com ---------- Old implementation: http://dictionary.reference.com?q=%s ---------- Old implementation: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s
26 uses
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Created 2009-07-14 17:46:29
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2025-09-18 22:27:45
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https://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s
mage
search magentocommerco.com
26 uses
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Created 2009-07-28 16:06:17
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2024-05-31 12:29:49
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http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&q=%s+site:magentocommerce.com
revlookup
Reverse phone lookup ! Syntax: revlookup <full phone number> Example: revlookup 4081234567 njoy !
26 uses
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Created 2009-09-18 20:58:14
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2023-07-28 16:58:22
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http://www.whitepages.com/search/ReversePhone?full_phone=%s
giutw
windows.iusethis.com search via google. By Norz. Example: giutw foxit reader
26 uses
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Created 2009-10-07 20:31:20
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2010-03-07 12:47:55
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http://www.google.com/search?q=site:windows.iusethis.com+%s
ntt
multitran.ru - search in german dictionary (compare with 'mtt' - this is for english)
26 uses
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Created 2009-10-10 17:04:58
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2023-02-06 12:10:07
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http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?HL=2&L1=3&L2=2&EXT=0&s=%s
cde
Caseking Shop Search Example: cde somePCpart
26 uses
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Created 2009-10-16 21:05:25
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2022-02-14 10:56:38
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http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=%s
awe
Awesome window manager wiki search
26 uses
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Created 2009-11-01 14:56:23
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2020-02-29 14:15:34
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http://awesome.naquadah.org/w/index.php?ns0=1&search=%s&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Advanced+search&fulltext=Advanced+search
extr
http://extratorrent.com/
26 uses
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Created 2009-12-04 19:58:19
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2017-05-18 16:09:05
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http://extratorrent.com/
ggggg
ggggg shortcut to googlegooglegooglegoogle.com
26 uses
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Created 2009-12-17 05:23:58
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2025-04-18 02:42:57
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http://googlegooglegooglegoogle.com
piple
Alias for a Pipl search that searches only by the given email address.
26 uses
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Created 2009-12-24 06:21:26
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2011-05-04 06:52:18
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http://pipl.com/search/?Email=%s&CategoryID=4&Interface=1
apd2
Performs an Apple downloads search using the given keyword(s). Use this to search through the Apple trailers, iTunes database, etc. For example, if your keyword is "YubNub", type "apd yubnub". This is version 2 of the command.
26 uses
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Created 2010-01-06 20:03:52
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2014-02-11 09:43:59
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http://www.apple.com/search/?q=%s&sec=downloads
€
alias for "eur" which converts currencies into Euros, e.g. € 10 USD
26 uses
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Created 2010-01-09 16:38:53
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2026-01-11 06:31:38
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eur %s
unread
View unread mails in your Gmail account
26 uses
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Created 2010-02-03 14:25:24
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2013-08-17 18:09:18
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https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/in%3Ainbox+%2B+is%3Aunread
alexaren
takes a site as input and returns it's global ranking, based on alexa information.
26 uses
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Created 2010-02-09 14:15:38
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2010-02-10 19:01:45
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scrape -tokens Global > < -dirs 0 0 0 -url http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s
uh
Searches Ubuntu Documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/) for community-maintained how-tos and configuration guides. Remember that the command name is uh for Ubuntu Help, not ud! Example: uh openssh
26 uses
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Created 2010-02-15 15:19:03
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2025-02-13 16:58:11
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https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=FORID%3A9&cx=004599128559784038176%3Avj_p0xo-nng&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search
shady
ShadyURL: Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening. Example: shady http://google.com result: http://5z8.info/yourdick_g7v6_inject_worm
26 uses
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Created 2010-02-18 19:18:46
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2023-11-15 09:35:26
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http://www.shadyurl.com/create.php?myUrl=%s
gpnote
GPNotebook search, for general practitioner's reference: Simply type in gpnote <insert query here>
26 uses
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Created 2010-03-02 20:41:48
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2010-03-11 17:01:05
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http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simpleprocess.cfm?x=0&y=0&querystring=%s
RomanS
26 uses
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Created 2010-03-24 04:09:09
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2019-07-18 05:37:56
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http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=douchebag&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=doucheba&gs_rfai=&fp=1dc62da33e2ff469
clclt
Searches Craigslist in Charlotte, NC.
26 uses
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Created 2010-05-07 14:39:44
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2010-06-20 03:33:00
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http://charlotte.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=41&subAreaID=&query=%s&catAbb=sss
yelle
26 uses
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Created 2008-01-21 20:03:25
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2017-12-22 14:10:12
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http://www.radioblogclub.fr/open/152233/yelle/Yelle-_Ce_Jeu_
drbo
This is used to search the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible, often not included in other biblical search engines. Includes Tobias Judith Wisdom Ecclesiasticus Baruch and Machabees I & II which were removed from the KJV.
26 uses
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Created 2008-01-29 23:48:33
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2019-09-29 17:23:25
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http://www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/s?t=0&q=%s&b=drb
tweetminds
Split screen Twitter search results. Terraminds on the left, David Terry's Tweetscan on the right. Usually they're the same, but sometimes there are a few discrepancies. See man tweetscan and man terraminds for more. Supply your search terms as a parameter. created by enbar
26 uses
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Created 2008-02-09 14:28:41
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2013-08-15 23:33:07
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split {url terraminds %s} {url tweetscan %s}
headphones
IShoppe offer Headphones, Earphones, Bluetooth headphones, Wireless headphones, Stereo headphones and MP3 Headphones at cheap prices.
26 uses
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Created 2008-03-06 12:55:09
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2019-11-08 14:41:01
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http://www.ishoppe.co.uk/earphones-headphones-c-349.html
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