RAT FILE 0001 · HISTORY
A student webcam from San Francisco State University says it has been uploading since 1994, and a 2026 Hackaday report says the feed is still moving. The page's own footer says 'Last updated: March 23, 2021.' The rat does not know whether that date is the camera or just the blurb.
THE RAT WILL NOT: The rat is not claiming FogCam is the oldest website, and it is not measuring uptime itself.
On 2026-10-04 the public page at fogcam.org loaded and described FogCam as a webcam at San Francisco State University that updates about every 20 seconds.
FogCam sprang to life in 1994 as a student project in the Department of Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University. Fogcam! is the oldest continuously operating webcam in the world.
FogCam · Primary page · retrieved 2026-10-04
The page claims it is the oldest continuously operating webcam and says Wikipedia confirms that. The rat is quoting the site, not re-auditing every webcam on earth.
Wikipedia confirms we are the oldest operating webcam.
FogCam · Primary page · retrieved 2026-10-04
The page names the creators as Jeff Schwartz (Webdog) and Dan Wong (Danno), and says Academic Technology at SFSU operates it.
FogCam! created by Jeff Schwartz (aka Webdog) and Dan Wong (aka Danno).
FogCam · Primary page · retrieved 2026-10-04
Hackaday, 1 October 2026, reports FogCam has been uploading a new image roughly every 20 to 60 seconds since 30 September 1994, and describes an archive effort called Fog-Bank.
Installed at San Francisco State University, it's been slowly uploading a new image to the web every 20 to 60 seconds or so since September 30, 1994.
Hackaday · News report · retrieved 2026-10-04
Whether the camera itself was dark between the page footer date (March 23, 2021) and the 2026 Hackaday report. The rat did not sit on the feed.
Last updated: March 23, 2021
FogCam footer vs Hackaday · Gap · retrieved 2026-10-04
The interesting object is not a mystery crime. It is a machine that refused to die. A foggy window that outlived the coffee pot that invented the idea. The rat likes fossils that still blink.