make the code even shorter, update readme

README.md

@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ Simple-as-possible, personal link shortener with Bottle and Redis. Uses Redis' I
 Requires: 
 
 * [Redis](http://github.com/antirez/redis "Redis")
-
 * [Bottle](http://github.com/defnull/bottle "Bottle")
-
 * [redis-py](http://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py "redis-py")
 
 telstar is directly inspired by Dave Jeffery's tinchy, Leah Culver's tinytinyurl, and also by Cake's song Daria (which was playing in the couple of minutes when telstar was written).
 
-author: Ted Nyman
+to run
+---------
 
+With the deps installed and a running redis-server on localhost, `python telstar.py` will start the telstar web interface on `localhost`. Point your browser
+to `http://localhost:8080/` and start shortening links.
+
+author: Ted Nyman
 license: MIT
 

telstar.py

@@ -41,15 +41,13 @@ def index():
 @route('/', method='POST')
 def make_small_url():
     big_url = request.POST.get('url', '').strip()
-    if big_url[:7] == "http://":
-        small_id = r.incr("url:all")
-        small_id = str(small_id)
-        set_big_url = r.set(big_url, small_id)
-	set_small_url = r.set(small_id, big_url)
-        small_url = BASEURL + small_id
-        return 'Your small url is: <a href="{0}">{0}</a>'.format(small_url)
-    else:
-        return 'Dude, that is not a legit URL. It needs to start with <strong>http:// </strong><a href="/">Get real.</a>'
+    small_id = str(r.incr("url:all"))
+
+    set_big_url = r.set(big_url, small_id)
+    set_small_url = r.set(small_id, big_url)
+
+    small_url = BASEURL + small_id
+    return 'Your small url is: <a href="{0}">{0}</a>'.format(small_url)
 
 @route('/:small_id')
 def redirect_to_big_url(small_id):