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Bieber.ly Shortens URLs While You Look At A Giant Picture Of Justin Bieber

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Thursday, January 13th, 2011
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Web developer Elliott Kember checks in to tell us:

Hey guys,

Not technically tech news, but I thought I’d share a cool hack we did last night: bieber.ly

It’s a Justin Bieber URL shortener. Pretty awful right?

Thanks,
Elliott

Yes, Elliott, yes it is.

Update: it works, captain, it works!

Update 2: and they took it down, for reasons unknown, although they say they’re ashamed now.

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