I am glad to see another post helping people avoid, and showing them where to turn when they have a suspicious link. I myself still do not like tiny URL's and even with the tools you showed will never click on one. Yes that means I amy miss out on some cool locations on the web, but I prefer the ugly URL. It shows in the browser, so if people use the full link in proper form to link words I see no need for the tiny URL example your page, people can hover the link and see where it goes. No ugly https style link or unknown destination tiny URL.

Once again thanks for the post warning and helping others.