For the newbie - what am I looking for when following the live link to determine if we hit a block?
You want to look at the bestshare status, it needs to be greater than or equal to the current difficulty, currently, your best share on the link you quoted is 143979720328
To hit a block you need to smash this massive number
49549703178592
Tho you don't really need to follow that link, it will be over the place.
Good luck guys.