slou.ch
A short URL service that can’t be bothered to be public.
What this is
A personal URL shortener and file host. It turns long links into short ones, and quietly hosts the occasional file.
Whose this is
Built and run by J. McKenzie Alexander, a philosopher at the LSE who occasionally builds things instead of writing.
For whom
Mostly: him. Occasionally: people he's sent a link to. Never: passers-by who land on this page hoping to shorten their own URLs.
Note for the curious: the links and files hosted here aren't browsable. Each one lives at its own short URL — if you don't have the URL, there's nothing to find. No directory, no listing, no search. It's not a service; it's a personal tool that happens to live on the public internet.