cool: August 2008 Archives
I've got a few Zohan tshirts to give away over on Film Reviews
All you have to do is answer a simple question!
(Tshirts courtesy of WayToBlue, who do the studio's pr)
All you have to do is answer a simple question!
(Tshirts courtesy of WayToBlue, who do the studio's pr)
There seem to be a lot of URL shortening services out there.
While TinyURL has been around for a long time a lot of Irish users opt for url.ie, but in recent months there seems to have been a lot more added.
While competition is generally a good thing there's only so much you can do with a URL shortening service.
Custom aliases, 301 redirects and a lot more besides have all been done. At this stage the main difference between most of the services would seem to be the actual domain they're based off.
Hover, however, is a little different.
To start with it's not 100% free, which is a pity, but it comes with some very different ideas (if someone else has done it already I haven't seen it yet - sorry!).
On signup you can choose your own subdomain, so I'm using mneylon.hover.com (I know! So original!)
So if you want to get to my hosting recommendation, for example, you can go to mneylon.hover.com/hosting, while my blog can be reached via /blog
The service gets a lot more interesting if you look at the premium service ($25 / year) which allows you to use your own domain, though as it's a Tucows service they expect you to register the domain through them.
The interface is still in need of some work, but it's an interesting new take on the entire url shortening services and I'll be interested to see if they can capture any attention with it.
While TinyURL has been around for a long time a lot of Irish users opt for url.ie, but in recent months there seems to have been a lot more added.
While competition is generally a good thing there's only so much you can do with a URL shortening service.
Custom aliases, 301 redirects and a lot more besides have all been done. At this stage the main difference between most of the services would seem to be the actual domain they're based off.
Hover, however, is a little different.
To start with it's not 100% free, which is a pity, but it comes with some very different ideas (if someone else has done it already I haven't seen it yet - sorry!).
On signup you can choose your own subdomain, so I'm using mneylon.hover.com (I know! So original!)
So if you want to get to my hosting recommendation, for example, you can go to mneylon.hover.com/hosting, while my blog can be reached via /blog
The service gets a lot more interesting if you look at the premium service ($25 / year) which allows you to use your own domain, though as it's a Tucows service they expect you to register the domain through them.
The interface is still in need of some work, but it's an interesting new take on the entire url shortening services and I'll be interested to see if they can capture any attention with it.
As most regular readers have probably gathered by now, I like tshirts. Actually that's a lie. I love tshirts.
Today is a tshirt bonanza day, as not only did a couple of tshirts arrive courtesy of Pat, but a friend of mine in Australia finally unveiled her new tshirt shop.
GotInk offers a nice range of humorous tshirts in a nice range of colours and sizes.
At the moment shipping is only available to Australia, but they're planning to offer international shipping very soon.
They're also offer a custom tshirt service, which is pretty cool!
Today is a tshirt bonanza day, as not only did a couple of tshirts arrive courtesy of Pat, but a friend of mine in Australia finally unveiled her new tshirt shop.
GotInk offers a nice range of humorous tshirts in a nice range of colours and sizes.
At the moment shipping is only available to Australia, but they're planning to offer international shipping very soon.
They're also offer a custom tshirt service, which is pretty cool!
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