Chaos Magnet

Your own shortlink service

Apparently Jason DeFillippo decided to see what it would take to code a shortlink services. This is a service, such as TinyURL that enables you to enter a long URL, then gives you back a short one you can pass around. The server forwards requests to the real URL, and you don't have to email those hideous multi-line URLS. Trouble was, spammers started using Jason's service, so he had to take it offline. The good news is that he's made it available for download so anybody can make their own. Hm.

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