Hmmm ... On 06-Apr-2012 16:06:55 John Bibby wrote: > I have set up some shortenings which you may find easy to remember and > tell your friends (all need prefixing by "www.tinyurl.com"). Then > /radstatsnewsletter gives you the newsletter When I tried it, this one gave me: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RADSTATS which is the front page of the RadStats mailing list. > /radstats2013 gives you details for next year's conference However, that one did work as advertised! > I don't know if this is an idea worth extending? (Also, maybe the > links can be put on the website or even on our publicity.) > > JOHN B As a general comment: I don't know that http://www.tinyurl.com/radstatsnewsletter is any easier (to type or to remember) than http://www.radstats.org.uk/newsletters However, http://www.tinyurl.com/radstats2013 does look like an improvement on http://aa42.posterous.com/radstats-2013-inequalities-statistics-and-yor An interesting idea (and I wasn't previously aware that one can set up one's own choice of tinyurl instead of the random jumble that tinyurl.com normally gives you). However, I think the development of this idea needs to be done judiciously! Best wishes, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[log in to unmask]> Date: 06-Apr-2012 Time: 17:33:14 This message was sent by XFMail ------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************