[d] enclosed in brackets chaotic perfectionist for hire

I signed up for another service. (wait for shocked looks to fade)

It's lifestream.fm, and so far I like it. This started from mentioning that I was posting to about 10 different places - I actually got one reply, and she mentioned that she used this service. The idea is what I wanted to do here, but a) haven't tried too hard, and b) haven't looked that much into it. For example, the following shows the last seven updates for my lifestream page - and there are definitely some duplicates from using ping.fm, but that's ok:

I like that I can see what I've been doing in all those places I post various types of content to (and hope I'm not spamming by doing so). Sure, it's not a really new idea, but it works and it's usable. What else are people using, and how do you keep track of what's going on?

Let's say you have a ridiculously long URL to share (like something from Google Maps, for example), and you want it as short as possible. There are a few other options (tinyurl, snurl/snipurl/snipr, etc), but then I found is.gd, which is about as small as it gets.

Another thing I like about is.gd - if you put a hyphen at the end of the URL, the link will bring you to their site and show you what the full URL is... very handy for rickroll prevention (unless you like that), among other reasons. They list a few of the reasons as to why the site is so useful, in case you're interested. Oh, and do I need to say I just like the service, and that I don't work for them? Ok, I don't.

Any favorites out there, or do you just use whatever's around?