Webcamorama
April, 1999
To think that the webcamcraze--and the ability to use the Internet to peek into our bedrooms, bathrooms and backyards--got started with a coffee pot. Back in 1991, a bunch of hackers at Cambridge University grew tired of trudging to their break room only to find the coffee pot empty. Rather than waste precious computing time, they installed a camera to keep an eye on the pot and, in turn, to tell people that it was time to brew a new batch. Today, surfers by the thousands continue to visit the T...
