Thursday, March 18, 2010

Tiny URL and You Send It

Tiny URL is pretty cool! I looked up a URL from our catalog, which was crazy long (http://192.168.10.21/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/0/0/x/57/5/x?user_id=WEBSERVER&password=&srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+or+phrase&searchdata1=newbery%awards&item_2cat=ANY) 184 characters, to be exact. Tiny URL turned it into http://tinyurl.com/y9ry2u5, which is only 26 characters - amazing!

You Send It is also a good site to know. I sent myself a video, and it was a relatively quick process (after creating my account, checking my email to activate, etc!). The downloading was fast and the video made it safe and sound, so it worked, which is always a bit surprising to me. : )

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