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Youtu.be -- you'll never guess what this URL shortener does...
Hot on the heels of both Goo.gl and Fb.me, there's now a Youtu.be! Its sole purpose: shorter YouTube links.
There isn't really a lot more to this one, other than a brief explanation of how they work:
- Take the 'key' from the end of a YouTube video URL -- The key, in the URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 would be 'oHg5SJYRHA0'
- Stick it on the end of YouTu.be -- and... voila! http://youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0
I know what you're all thinking: Belgium has finally brought more than than just waffles or fries to this world; hallelujah!
Chromatic is one of the best time-wasters I've recently come across. It's all about the gameplay -- no Flash graphics here. You play a "circle" (it doesn't really have a name in the game). You move around with the arrow keys, and you change colors with Z, X, and C.
You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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Butters said 1:29AM on 12-22-2009
Next they will come out with www.RickRoll.edu as a url shortner for rickroll videos
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Sebastian Anthony said 7:56AM on 12-22-2009
But then where would the FUN be?!
I mean, you'd lose all element of SURPRISE.
Tim said 7:28AM on 12-22-2009
Don't forget the famous Belgian beers and chocolates!
But in all seriousness, I don't this service getting really popular. With about 30 characters long, most users will keep using bit.ly and other url-shorteners on twitter, while users on other sites will probably use the full URL. In short words: I think it's crap. =D
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Sebastian Anthony said 7:54AM on 12-22-2009
Ah, the beer! I don't drink beer... since a very bad experience when I was about 16...
But the chocolate -- sure, definitely the chocolate.
Ethan said 7:23AM on 12-22-2009
Odds on are it's Rick Astley though.
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Money Mike said 11:52AM on 12-22-2009
As far as short urls go, I just have one question - why would you need to keep the "http://" part? That's seven extra characters that seem completely unnecessary.
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Evenio said 12:36PM on 12-22-2009
"...you now know it's a video and not some stupid meme..."
Wait...is this still YouTube we're talking about?
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Sebastian Anthony said 12:38PM on 12-22-2009
Come on, it was irony -- look at the video I linked just above that sentence!
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