Alex Griffioen

I spent a few hours trying to get Google Maps to look like Mapbox a couple of months ago. This is a brilliant initiative, thanks!

The site has been down for a few days because the hosting provider of SHRTURL's new owner wasn't very happy with the site sending over 150 emails per hour. We're now using Mandrill for emailing and are back in business for your trolling and professional needs!

SHRTURL has stopped and is now for sale. Great fun while it lasted, thanks everyone! See http://shrturl.co for more.

@munsonbh Ha! Excellent. Will do!

@staringispolite I've just added a counter so I can track views and eventually build a top viral SHRTURLs list over the weekend. Keep an eye out!

@staringispolite Everyone loves a good prank, right? I had this idea, followed by a working prototype 2 hours later. Then spent the rest of the day on the artwork, perfecting the parser (i.e. asset path and OpenGraph tag replacement) and implementing the Bit.ly API. I've made the source available here: http://cl.ly/1e1L2T0b1V2T/download/shrturl.zip In a nutshell, it works like this: 1. Suck in...

Founder reporting for duty. Thanks for the share @staringispolite! @rrhoover That's a great compliment, thanks! Be sure to share your (public) creations on /r/shrturl :)