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Stonecold · 10-23-2010, 11:52 PM

I found out a way to transfer URLs easily. Have you ever wanted to post a URL on something like a forum or your e-mail but the URL was to long to remember? You can just copy and paste it, right? Not on Kindle. I've found a way for you to easily remember any long URL that you are on and post it somewhere even if you are using your Kindle. What you do is press "Menu" and go to "Enter URL". Now move the 5-way controller to the left. The cursor should be behind the "http". You should now see something like "|http://youngprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/16/11/wgm100ott/#respond" with the "|" representing the Kindle's cursor. Now type in "http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=". You should now see "http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=http://youngprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/wgm100ott/#respond". Press "Enter" and wait for the page to load. You should be redirected to a site that tells you that "http://tinyurl.com/375xj3k" is the shortened version of the long URL. Now isn't that so much easier to remember?

PM me if you want to hear a cool trick with TinyURL that'll surprise your friends!

10-23-2010, 11:52 PM	#1
Stonecold Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 500 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3 (B006)	Easy URL transfer I found out a way to transfer URLs easily. Have you ever wanted to post a URL on something like a forum or your e-mail but the URL was to long to remember? You can just copy and paste it, right? Not on Kindle. I've found a way for you to easily remember any long URL that you are on and post it somewhere even if you are using your Kindle. What you do is press "Menu" and go to "Enter URL". Now move the 5-way controller to the left. The cursor should be behind the "http". You should now see something like "\|http://youngprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/16/11/wgm100ott/#respond" with the "\|" representing the Kindle's cursor. Now type in "http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=". You should now see "http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=http://youngprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/wgm100ott/#respond". Press "Enter" and wait for the page to load. You should be redirected to a site that tells you that "http://tinyurl.com/375xj3k" is the shortened version of the long URL. Now isn't that so much easier to remember? PM me if you want to hear a cool trick with TinyURL that'll surprise your friends!