This was definitely a case of "this is what I have laying around." It's just set up in my apartment at the moment. I also agree; a hardware solution would be be

This was definitely a case of "this is what I have laying around." It's just set up in my apartment at the moment. I also agree; a hardware solution would be better for taking timelapses out and about -- but there's a ton of cool stuff you can take timelapses of around your house. And more people probably have an extra computer than a shutter timer.