I haven't encountered namechk.com before, but it was interesting to test it out with a variety of candidates for my web presence names. It's quite difficult to find a "normal" word which is generally available, but I tested a few of my favourites and found a couple of suitable names. I'll decide later what to use.
Routing in Action
The visual trace tool is a lot of fun. After a while, I tried skype.com which I thought was based in the UK, but their web server at least must be in Canada, by this account. I tried a domain that I maintain with a host in Melbourne, and the trace ended in China. Is my hosting company outsourcing?
Then I tried another that I maintain but don't host, and it went the full circle via China back to Australia (see image).
Going Way Back
How interesting! I bet some designers and organisations cringe to realise that their old websites have been captured in this way. It's scary enough looking at old versions of my own sites.
