Raspberry Pi Security Camera

So I'm moving to place with a high crime rate so strategically I've decided to make a security camera using my untouched Raspberry Pi. My security camera streams video at 1 fps to a web page and uploads AVI's of movement to Dropbox. I used:

• Raspberry Pi ($35)
• Unused web cam ($10)
• Micro SD card 8gb ($10)
• Wifi USB dongle ($5)

I followed this awesome instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Dropbox-Alternative/?ALLSTEPS

Knowing basic unix commands and python helped a lot in customising and troubleshooting as some instructions are a little out of date.

The project took me one day to complete. I'm really happy with the results. The streaming only lags by approximately one second which I thought was super impressive.

To improve this, I'd like to create a script that emails me when a file is uploaded to Dropbox... and perhaps set off a buzzer in a drawer to freak someone out.

Personal new tab page

I've created a personal "new tab" page as the default one that shows my most visited web pages reminds me of my spiraling shopping addiction problem. It features:

• Followed live Twitch streams (https://github.com/justintv/twitch-api)
• Front page Hacker News feed with snippet of the first comment - as a noob, it's nice to be given some context to an article (https://github.com/HackerNews/API)
• Thumbnail of Hacker News article - I have a small phobia of clicking on links to domains that I haven't visited before (http://www.shrinktheweb.com/)
• Word of the day - vocabulary could always be bigger (http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday)
• Weather - a little obsolete as in Brisbane, the rain plays mind tricks on you (http://www.simpleweatherjs.com)

If anyone is interested in my page, message me :)