[Noisebridge-discuss] nburl.net - Noisebridge Tiny URL

[Miah Johnson]

This is awesome! Good work Al!!!

-Miah

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Albert Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:

> In order to make the space more newbie friendly and documented, I've
> set up a Tiny URL service for Noisebridge at nburl.net. Here's how it
> works:
>
> 1) Find some complicated piece of equipment that a person would need
> to ask someone how to use. (Such as the drill press in the dirty
> shop.)
>
> 2) Make a wiki article explaining how to operate it, along with any
> safety tips. (e.g. how to operate the drill press, where to find
> safety goggles, etc. at https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Drill_press)
>
> 3) Go to nburl.net and fill out the form with the long url
> (https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Drill_press) and a shortcut name
> (drillpress) and the nburl password (email me for this, since we don't
> want this open to the entire web and I don't want to post it
> publicly.)
>
> 4) Use the label maker to stick a label on it with the nburl.net
> shortcut (nburl.net/drillpress)
>
> 5) Done. Now someone sees "nburl.net/drillpress" and it will redirect
> them to the wiki.
>
> I've already put out some labels (on the dirty shop equipment, sewing
> machines, and trash cans) but I'd like help filling out the wiki
> articles:
>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Drill_press
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Radial_Arm_Saw
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Sewing
> etc.
>
> The web app is a bit barebones. Send me feedback.
>
> -Al
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