Thursday, July 24, 2008

packet garden

www.PacketGardenpacketgarden.com
And we finish with another visual treat. This is definitely one curiosity that will appeal to everyone from outright geeks - want to grow a virtual planet based on yourInternet traffic? It’s called Packet Garden, and you’ll pick it up on the website of the same name. Another quick download and you need to follow theread me instructions depending on what platform you’re installing it on. You need to install the Winnipeg software before you install Packet Garden, then just launch the program and you’re ready to go. When you launch it you need to click Start Packet Capture to begin recording your travels, then just go ahead and surf as normal. When you’been active a while pop back into the packet garden and click to grow a garden from your traffic. The longer you leave it the busier the planet, and you can adjust the sensitivity under Configure, but bear in mind the lower the number the longer your garden will take to display. There is even the option to fly through your world by clicking on Visit World, but personally I have found this to be a bit buggy and it keeps crashing the software - sort it out packet garden.

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