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URL: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/07/coffee.pot/
ODP description: Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.
Page title: CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Web coffee pot goes off the boil - March 7, 2001
Page description: The world's most famous coffee pot is finally going to ground after 10 years in the spotlight on the Internet.

URL: http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81417&page=1
ODP description: Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.
Page title: ABC News: Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffeepot

URL: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/03/42254
ODP description: Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.
Page title: Farewell, Seminal Coffee Cam
Page description: Tired of hoofing it down the stairs to get some coffee and then finding the pot empty, a Cambridge University scientist set up a camera to monitor its status on the Web eight years ago. It's coming down, but poor ratings have nothing to do with it.

URL: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pwatson/
ODP description: Includes an MPEG of the coffee pot, assembled by taking a snapshot of the machine every five minutes, for a day.

URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/01/do_you_want_to_own/
ODP description: Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.
Page title: Do you want to own the Trojan Room coffee pot? | The Register

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot
ODP description: Encyclopedia article with history and sitings in popular culture.
Page title: Trojan Room coffee pot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,447723,00.html
ODP description: Report on the announcement that the first webcam was going to be taken offline, and a brief history of it.
Page title: Plug pulled on web's historic coffee pot | Netnews | Guardian Unlimited

URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/07/worlds_first_webcam_coffee_pot/
ODP description: Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.
Page title: World's first Webcam coffee pot to be scrapped | The Register

URL: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html
ODP description: The official site. Includes the final image of the machine being switched off, a non-technical biography, and an audio copy of a 1994 radio report.
Page title: Trojan Room Coffee Machine

URL: http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/webpick/wp010319.htm
ODP description: History of the coffee machine, covering the reasons for its invention, its impact on the web, and its demise.
Page title: Demise of Early Online Star (a Coffee Machine) Puts Web's Evolution in Perspective - Site Selection Online Insider
Page description: Demise of Early Online Star -- a Coffee Machine -- Puts Web's Evolution in Perspective



  
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