To think that the Web cam craze -- 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 Trojan Room Coffee Pot as well as the hundreds of other Webcam sites that transmit images from oddball locations around the world. Here are our favorites. 

Web cam Classic: The Amazing Fish Cam: If you're thinking of owning an aquarium, this tank will show what that will entail. Yes, it's cool watching exotic fish swim around, but have you ever seen such murk? 

Popular Peeks: Aloha Cafe: This 24-hour Honolulu hangout is as close as you're going to get to sipping lattes at a virtual café. Except here you can stare at the customers without being caught. Baddgrrl: The star of this site is a San Francisco sexpot who rides a motorcycle, has a blue belt in tae kwon do and has been known to flip off visitors who email messages like "Show me your tits." Although live cameras run in both her home and office, Baddgrrl makes it clear up front -- you'll never see skin. Guess she's not so bad after all. Crown Bar: Point your browser here to catch drunks dancing the jig on top of tables or falling off their bar stools in fits of hysterics. Just make sure you drop in at the right time -- this Belfast pub is open from 11:30 a.m. to half-past midnight BST. The Nerdman Show: The ultimate egotist on the Web has to be Nerdman. He has 17 live cameras running simultaneously in his house, office and parking lot. Playboy Live: The next best thing to partying with Hef and the Playmates at the Playboy Mansion is watching them party via our own Web camera. We've rigged our electronic eyeball to Webcast all the hottest scenes, from Hef's Halloween and New Year's bashes to Mardi Gras 1999. Our next hot ticket? The 1999 Playmate of the Year Party. Be there.