This handy little site joins sites like php.net and A9 in offering “functionality by URL.” Enter “whois.sc/” and any domain name in your address bar, and you get the whois data — like this. Eliminates a step from the normal pattern: enter the domain, wait for the page to load, find the form field, enter the domain, press submit…
Much like (insert color) is the new black, the URL is the new command line. Sites like whois.sc (who we've mentioned previously), A9, and others let you cut a step out of searching by just firing in your search terms along with the address. No search screen to wade through…
PHP: URL Howto: This is a little known but great feature of the PHP Web site. If you write in a PHP.net URL, like http://www.php.net/links, first this URL is matched against the PHP.net pages. If there is a page named links.php, then you'll get that page immediately. This type of shortcut…
I've been using this for years. I like the fact that you can do a whois.sc/ip address and figure out who it belongs to.
Yes, whois.sc rocks.