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.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
