Dave Schumaker » Projects http://daveschumaker.net life, technology, outdoors, photography Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:41:29 +0000 en hourly 1 Rolling my own URL shortener http://daveschumaker.net/rolling-my-own-url-shortener/ http://daveschumaker.net/rolling-my-own-url-shortener/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:50:46 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/blog/?p=1073 Thanks to the popularity of micro-blogging sites such as Twitter, URL shorteners are popping up everywhere. Bit.ly, one of the most popular shortening services, has raised over $2 million dollars in funding!

Despite their popularity, URL shortening sites are by no means a permanent fixture on the internet. A perfect example of this was tr.im, which announced last month that it was shutting down (and taking down all the links users had generated with it). Fortunately, tr.im decided to reverse its decision soon after. However, this shows how potentially vulnerable these services are.

For fun (and peace of mind) – I decided to experiment with creating my own URL shortener for personal purposes! This would allow me to periodically backup my database of links and also serve as a way to bookmark and share content that I find interesting. Plus, I was able to acquire a fun URL as well.

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If you see links from it, you know it’s from me and is something I thought was interesting enough to share! Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. I’d like to do some more things in the future as well (i.e., show a list of the most popular links).

]]> http://daveschumaker.net/rolling-my-own-url-shortener/feed/ 1 Really cool packing material made out of old cardboard boxes. http://daveschumaker.net/really-cool-packing-material-made-out-of-old-cardboard-boxes/ http://daveschumaker.net/really-cool-packing-material-made-out-of-old-cardboard-boxes/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:23:23 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/blog/2009/07/really-cool-packing-material-made-out-of-old-cardboard-boxes/ This is the first time I’ve seen this type of packing material! Reusing old cardboard boxes. So awesome!

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