oh how cute

Have you ever had to paste a web address into an email or instant message only to find that it’s about 500 characters long?

You know, it looks something like this:

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?
go=1&do=nw&un=m&1n=FAIRFIELD+COUNTY&
cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1y=US&1a=155+Main+
St&1c=Danbury&1s=CT&1z=068107844&1ah=
hTH%252bfSf6TsPIiFTxTpuVwsKZvLWmGKO2K6
Lcvbce4iHAeyx%252fRUgCNFiEsjG3k5J7xy%252fg
kSRXmL0aOduHkNjtiiHdhECQ9tEzIR2iHE%252fBtb
Q%253d&2ex=1&2aa=2ySSWzHaexIt30XaLPizqg
CIEBLn5KdxgkcDGWatreS7rpmLLiNGplGWGjYReQ
PuBA8DL0Uf0mj9Z5Rh34sMl%252f1sslyyr0SXlyH
VdOYUwNS1bOrgPD6R%252fg%253d%253d&2ah=

Wouldn’t it be easier if it were a fraction of that length? Maybe something like this:

http://tinyurl.com/5cr65

While not as cute as Darryl's new messenger bag, it's far more practical. Check out tinyurl.com.