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Ford Falcon BA-BF Custom Carputer Guide
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Map Keystrokes Ctrl + Tab And Ctrl + Shift + Tab To Microsoft Intellimouse Buttons
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Delete Photos Without Descriptions From Google Photos
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Display Published Date In Google Search Results
Display the Date a Web Page Was Published in Google’s Search Results

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Hotlink Protection
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Drop In PHP Caching Function
Cache complex content using PHP without greatly modifying the existing code structure.

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Remove “My Sharing Folders” From My Computer
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Windows Media Centre Remote Control & Winamp
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Perform A Regular Expression Search And Replace
This page lets you perform a PHP perl-compatible regular expression find and replace using preg_replace.

Text Tools
This page lets you do various things to text, and gives you the encoded, decoded, or otherwise converted text back.