Filed under: Internet, Web services
Visual Trace Route Tool makes traceroute fun again
When you enter a URL, the Visual Trace Route Tool plots the route from its own server to the remote address. It also plots the location of each point along the way so that you can follow your packets progress on a map. If you'd rather start the trip from your computer and not a remote server, you can use the proxy option to first trace the route from your computer to the YouGetSignal.com web site that hosts the trace route tool.
The result is a cool, but somewhat useless visual representation of a traceroute test.
[via UNEASYSilence]
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
