Beta test my new URL shortener

Undertoad · 07-02-2010, 02:18 PM

As a service to you, the Cellar community, I have created an URL shortener.

http://cllr.me

It is a simple device that converts long URLs such as ...

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...s-to-95/59101/

... into shorter URLs that you can move around more easily:

http://cllr.me/UAk

I hope to develop more such tools for the Cellar community, so that we can all share and enjoy.

Flint · 07-02-2010, 02:21 PM

Neat! It links to an article about unemployed web developers.

glatt · 07-02-2010, 02:38 PM

So did the Cellar move from Philly to Montenegro?

Pete Zicato · 07-02-2010, 02:59 PM

Oh look it works.

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 03:01 PM

How is this different than just putting the link into the words by highlighting and using the little eyecon (that was a typo but too funny to change) of the worldy looking thing and eyeglasses?

glatt · 07-02-2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

How is this different than just putting the link into the words by highlighting and using the little eyecon (that was a typo but too funny to change) of the worldy looking thing and eyeglasses?

If you hover over the linked text with your cursor, you can see in the corner of the browser what the link is pointing to. With this new tool, it won't show you what the tiny url is pointing at. In other words, it's easier to rickroll someone with this new tool.

LJ · 07-02-2010, 03:15 PM

Bonus

glatt · 07-02-2010, 03:22 PM

Indeed it is.

fargon · 07-02-2010, 03:23 PM

Hooray for the Undertoad it works, dude your awesome!

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 03:25 PM

Thanks for the explanation.

It DOES work!

glatt · 07-02-2010, 03:34 PM

This: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...y+of+z&x=0&y=0

becomes this: http://cllr.me/mY4

Flint · 07-02-2010, 03:40 PM

It only took half an hour for UT's cool invention to be exploited as a Rickroll generator... Keep up the good work, Cellar.

BigV · 07-02-2010, 03:43 PM

More obfuscation is not an improvement. Undetectable rickrolls are the least of my complaints, though annoying enough. I like to see where I'm going. Hyperlinks could always have been made as short as desired. I don't see the advantage here.

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 03:45 PM

So don't click on them. Who cares?

I love the FAQs. Now go BAQ.

Shawnee123 · 07-02-2010, 03:49 PM

http://cllr.me/q5F

This is awesome!

07-02-2010, 02:18 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Beta test my new URL shortener As a service to you, the Cellar community, I have created an URL shortener. http://cllr.me It is a simple device that converts long URLs such as ... http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...s-to-95/59101/ ... into shorter URLs that you can move around more easily: http://cllr.me/UAk I hope to develop more such tools for the Cellar community, so that we can all share and enjoy.

07-02-2010, 02:21 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Neat! It links to an article about unemployed web developers. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-02-2010, 02:59 PM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Oh look it works. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-02-2010, 03:01 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	How is this different than just putting the link into the words by highlighting and using the little eyecon (that was a typo but too funny to change) of the worldy looking thing and eyeglasses? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-02-2010, 03:15 PM	#7
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	Bonus __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

07-02-2010, 02:38 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So did the Cellar move from Philly to Montenegro?

07-02-2010, 03:22 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Indeed it is.

07-02-2010, 03:23 PM	#9
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Hooray for the Undertoad it works, dude your awesome! __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

07-02-2010, 03:25 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Thanks for the explanation. It DOES work! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-02-2010, 03:34 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...y+of+z&x=0&y=0 becomes this: http://cllr.me/mY4

07-02-2010, 03:40 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It only took half an hour for UT's cool invention to be exploited as a Rickroll generator... Keep up the good work, Cellar. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-02-2010, 03:43 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	More obfuscation is not an improvement. Undetectable rickrolls are the least of my complaints, though annoying enough. I like to see where I'm going. Hyperlinks could always have been made as short as desired. I don't see the advantage here. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-02-2010, 03:45 PM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	So don't click on them. Who cares? I love the FAQs. Now go BAQ. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-02-2010, 03:49 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	http://cllr.me/q5F This is awesome! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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