Monthly Archives: August 2008

Obama’s experience in politics

How much experience in politics does it take to keep the whole of US media in the dark, regarding your VP candidate name, when every single news network is after this valuable piece of information? How much experience does it … read more →

QR codes from urlBorg

If you need a QR code for a short URL created by urlBorg, just add ‘/qr’ at the end of it! Here is how it works: 1. The short URL is http://ub0.cc/43/c 2. The QR code image is http://ub0.cc/43/c/qr and … read more →

IronBolt: a destop app that shortens URLs

Still in alpha, but looks great! Check out more at IronBolt homepage.

how to avoid multiple short URLs in urlBorg API

The urlBorg API will normally create a new short URL each time the ‘create’ method is called. There is a good reason for this, but many devlopers have been asking for a way to reuse already created short URLs. I … read more →

drupal + urlBorg

nsyll just released the drupal urlBorg module!

“economy” is not a smart-sounding metaphor!

Chris Anderson is right: we should stop using the word “economy” as rhetorical smoke when we describe non-monetary markets and start measuring them like the economy they really are. I’m not an economist, and many of the words used in … read more →