I will be installing this WordPress URL shortening plugin Link Shortcut on my blog.

Got this and some additional info on the 301 (vs 302 redirect) update from Rae Hoffman at http://outspokenmedia.com.  My first install had something error and I did not receive the plugins settings but did get a flush of info on my admin page. So without further delay, I give you “How To Easily Create Your Own URL Shortener With WordPress.”

Since it’s entirely possible to shorten our own URLs and I’m not super technical, I went in search of a WordPress plugin that could help me along in the process and came across Link Shortcut. This appeared to have all the functionality I wanted (you can define random strings or generate your own, you can specify a sub-folder if you want and you can set a default length for the URL to ensure you don’t go over the “Twitter max”.)

via How To Easily Create Your Own URL Shortener With WordPress.

Here is a manually generated short URL:
http://davorado.com/8e

Which was created using the following URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing

Download Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/link-shortcut/