miscellany is the largest category: Cool Tool (and things I want to buy)

July 12, 2003

Cool Tool (and things I want to buy)

TinyURL takes those long, long, long URLs and makes them - well - tiny.

For example, I could say:

Hey, check out Douglas Coupland's new book at http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2V2L2U1P97&isbn=1582343586&itm=3

-OR-

I could say:

Hey, check out Douglas Coupland's new book at http://tinyurl.com/gqam.

It's really nice for those people who still use something like Pine to check their email. Instead of putting together long URLs by cutting and pasting pieces (the line breaks disrupt the 'cut' process), you just click on a tinyURL.

And to add to, things I want to buy, check out Liz Phair's latest self-titled Liz Phair.

Posted by Jason at July 12, 2003 9:41 AM | TrackBack

Comments

I had high hopes for this album, but have you read any positive reviews?

Posted by: George at July 12, 2003 11:14 AM | Permalink to Comment

I haven't read any reviews yet - by your wording, it sounds as though you have read some negative ones?

Posted by: Jason at July 12, 2003 1:13 PM | Permalink to Comment

I've heard some really *bad* reviews of the Liz Phair album (one in Salon, as I recall). But I did buy the Coupland book last night. Looking forward to reading it.

Posted by: chuck at July 12, 2003 2:03 PM | Permalink to Comment

I used to love Liz Phair (circa Exile in Guyville & Whipsmart) but this last one is so Britney Spears it makes me wanna scream and kick things ... Now, I'm not accusing her of selling out, just claiming that her music now sucks ass. Shame.

Posted by: Anne at July 12, 2003 5:19 PM | Permalink to Comment

Well, Coupland's definitely trumping Liz on this one, it sounds like. The demo tracks I listened to on Amazon didn't strike me as overwhelming. Shame.

Posted by: Jason at July 14, 2003 9:28 AM | Permalink to Comment

I really enjoyed the Coupland book. I'll try to blog about it later this week. Maybe tonight.

Posted by: chuck at July 14, 2003 5:19 PM | Permalink to Comment

Article in Wired on TinyURL:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62637,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

er, I mean http://tinyurl.com/yuq6b

Posted by: George at March 16, 2004 10:26 PM | Permalink to Comment