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Whoops: rwURL was messed up

My fun url-shortening & tagging web app has been malfunctioning without my knowledge for a few days after a server migration changed some PHP parameters on me (damn autoglobals).

Anyway, rwURL is now running properly again at rwurl.com, so happy url-shrinking.

(You can read about it in depth in my original post here)

linking, rwurl, tagging tinyurl

An Apology to Kristopher Tate & Zooomr

This is an apology to Kristopher Tate and Zooomr. Earlier today, or yesterday, or whenever, depending on when you’re reading this, I made a jerk-off comment on another blog’s critical post about Zooomr. In a nutshell, I said that Zooomr was a me-too service and a waste of time and that I hope Kris would hurry up and get a real job so that he could shut down Zooomr and move on.

This is wrong on a couple of levels: one, I admire anyone that can pursue a worthwhile dream, whether or not its one I’d pursue myself. Kris Tate is reaching harder for something than I ever have, and I respect that. Two - my comment was just mean and uncalled for; there’s constructive criticism and then there’s being an asshat. My comment was the latter.

So to Kris: My apologies. My attack was unwarranted and uncalled for. I’ve been under some stress and lashed out a target someone else had set up without really thinking about the *people* on the other end that read the comments about whatever it is they’re passionate about.

Keep reaching Kris, and I’ll take out my frustrations at the gym from now on.

kristopher tate zooomr