diff --git a/resources/lib/tinyurl.py b/resources/lib/tinyurl.py
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+import urllib2
+
+#this is duplicated in snipppets of code from all over the web, credit to no one
+#in particular - to all those that have gone before me!
+def shorten(aUrl):
+    tinyurl = 'http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url='
+    req = urllib2.urlopen(tinyurl + aUrl)
+    data = req.read()
+
+    #should be a tiny url
+    return str(data)