Using an old phone (Nokia N900) I have set up a webcam to take a photo every 5 minutes during the day and upload it to my website. You can see the latest photo on: Webcam
I have set my computers desktop background to sync with the latest photo too. So far I have a years worth of images and have made a few time-lapses. Here is one over a couple of days:
Timelapse from the webcam