http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
Simple google maps ruler, click two points and it tells you the distance between then.
https://unixbhaskar.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/measure-website-response-time-through-curl/
Handy article on how to get the response times out of curl. The key is the --write-out / -w option.
