hint: use base36 to convert numeric IDs to short strings. That's how I do it on http://gifexplode.com http://gifexplode.com You can use base64 if you're happy

hint: use base36 to convert numeric IDs to short strings. That's how I do it on http://gifexplode.com http://gifexplode.com You can use base64 if you're happy with case sensitive URLs.