A lot of things on the Internet are made entirely for fun. They serve no useful purpose. Naturally, these are some of the most popular places on the Web.

  • Adventure - one of the first computer games ever written; every computer ever made has a version of Adventure written for it. Here's the version made for the Web.

  • BU's Interactive WWW Games - one of the first game sites ever made on the Web, and still one of the most fun.

  • How Far is it? - calculates the distance between any two cities.

  • Internet Pizza Server - in the future, you'll be able to download pizza directly from your computer. Until that time, this is the next best thing.

  • The Oracle of Bacon - you may have heard of the Kevin Bacon game. This is the online version.

  • White House Live - people love hooking up cameras to the Internet. Here's one pointing at the White House (with other Washington landmarks clearly visible).

  • Xavier - Xavier is a robot. Yes, a real robot, like R2D2. You can control him at this site!