diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index 12366aa..3632a19 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 "shortid" instead of full UUID "id" in default output, and then allow lookup
 by that shortid. Really nice for 80 columns.
-    - images
-    - packages
     - insts
     - networks
 
-triton create -n|--dry-run   # does the fake delay, shows what img/pkg/etc.
-
 image "name@version" in 'triton insts' table. Optionally?
 
 # DONE
@@ -32,6 +28,8 @@ triton ssh ...
 
 triton info
 
+triton create -n|--dry-run   # does the fake delay, shows what img/pkg/etc.
+
 
 
 # maybe today
diff --git a/lib/do_create_instance.js b/lib/do_create_instance.js
index 41dd710..0f693cd 100644
--- a/lib/do_create_instance.js
+++ b/lib/do_create_instance.js
@@ -110,11 +110,12 @@ function do_create_instance(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
 
             var spinner;
             if (!opts.quiet && process.stderr.isTTY) {
+                var BORDER = 10;
                 spinner = bigspinner.createSpinner({
                     delay: 250,
                     stream: process.stderr,
-                    height: process.stdout.rows - 2,
-                    width: process.stdout.columns - 1,
+                    height: Math.max(2, process.stdout.rows - 2 - BORDER),
+                    width: Math.max(2, process.stdout.columns - 1 - BORDER),
                     hideCursor: true,
                     fontChar: '#'
                 });
diff --git a/lib/do_packages.js b/lib/do_packages.js
index 843c811..4113b7e 100644
--- a/lib/do_packages.js
+++ b/lib/do_packages.js
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ function do_packages (subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         return;
     }
 
-    var columns = opts.o.trim().split(',');
-    var sort = opts.s.trim().split(',');
+    var columns = 'shortid,name,default,memory,disk'.split(',');
+    if (opts.o) {
+        /* JSSTYLED */
+        columns = opts.o.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
+    } else if (opts.long) {
+        columns[0] = 'id';
+    }
+    /* JSSTYLED */
+    var sort = opts.s.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
 
     var validFilters = [
         'name', 'memory', 'disk', 'swap', 'lwps', 'version', 'vcpus', 'group'
@@ -31,15 +38,19 @@ function do_packages (subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         return;
     }
 
-    this.triton.cloudapi.listPackages(listOpts, function (err, packages) {
+    this.triton.cloudapi.listPackages(listOpts, function (err, pkgs) {
         if (err) {
             callback(err);
             return;
         }
         if (opts.json) {
-            console.log(common.jsonStream(packages));
+            console.log(common.jsonStream(pkgs));
         } else {
-            tabula(packages, {
+            for (var i = 0; i < pkgs.length; i++) {
+                var pkg = pkgs[i];
+                pkg.shortid = pkg.id.split('-', 1)[0];
+            }
+            tabula(pkgs, {
                 skipHeader: opts.H,
                 columns: columns,
                 sort: sort
@@ -55,6 +66,9 @@ do_packages.options = [
         type: 'bool',
         help: 'Show this help.'
     },
+    {
+        group: 'Output options'
+    },
     {
         names: ['H'],
         type: 'bool',
@@ -63,10 +77,14 @@ do_packages.options = [
     {
         names: ['o'],
         type: 'string',
-        default: 'id,name,default,memory,disk',
         help: 'Specify fields (columns) to output.',
         helpArg: 'field1,...'
     },
+    {
+        names: ['long', 'l'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Long/wider output. Ignored if "-o ..." is used.'
+    },
     {
         names: ['s'],
         type: 'string',
diff --git a/lib/triton.js b/lib/triton.js
index 34095a9..971f3ae 100644
--- a/lib/triton.js
+++ b/lib/triton.js
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ var assert = require('assert-plus');
 var auth = require('smartdc-auth');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var fs = require('fs');
+var format = require('util').format;
 var once = require('once');
 var path = require('path');
 var restifyClients = require('restify-clients');
-var sprintf = require('util').format;
 var tabula = require('tabula');
 
 var cloudapi = require('./cloudapi2');
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ Triton.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
             if (err) {
                 return cb(err);
             }
+
             var nameMatches = [];
             var shortIdMatches = [];
             for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ Triton.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
                     shortIdMatches.push(img);
                 }
             }
+
             if (nameMatches.length === 1) {
                 cb(null, nameMatches[0]);
             } else if (nameMatches.length > 1) {
@@ -230,8 +232,9 @@ Triton.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
 
 
 /**
- * Get an active package by ID or name. If there is more than one package
- * with that name, then this errors out.
+ * Get an active package by ID, exact name, or short ID, in that order.
+ *
+ * If there is more than one package with that name, then this errors out.
  */
 Triton.prototype.getPackage = function getPackage(name, cb) {
     assert.string(name, 'name');
@@ -252,21 +255,33 @@ Triton.prototype.getPackage = function getPackage(name, cb) {
             if (err) {
                 return cb(err);
             }
+
             var nameMatches = [];
+            var shortIdMatches = [];
             for (var i = 0; i < pkgs.length; i++) {
-                if (pkgs[i].name === name) {
-                    nameMatches.push(pkgs[i]);
+                var pkg = pkgs[i];
+                if (pkg.name === name) {
+                    nameMatches.push(pkg);
+                }
+                if (pkg.id.slice(0, 8) === name) {
+                    shortIdMatches.push(pkg);
                 }
             }
-            if (nameMatches.length === 0) {
-                cb(new Error(format('no package with name=%s was found',
-                    name)));
-            } else if (nameMatches.length === 1) {
+
+            if (nameMatches.length === 1) {
                 cb(null, nameMatches[0]);
-            } else {
+            } else if (nameMatches.length > 1) {
                 cb(new Error(format(
                     'package name "%s" is ambiguous: matches %d packages',
                     name, nameMatches.length)));
+            } else if (shortIdMatches.length === 1) {
+                cb(null, shortIdMatches[0]);
+            } else if (shortIdMatches.length === 0) {
+                cb(new Error(format(
+                    'no package with name or shortId "%s" was found', name)));
+            } else {
+                cb(new Error(format('no package with name "%s" was found '
+                    + 'and "%s" is an ambiguous shortId', name)));
             }
         });
     }