Ever wanted to make your own camera? Sure, you could use a Raspberry Pi, but Adafuit has a guide for doing it a little cheaper using a miniature spy camera module.

This week we're checking out some beautiful national parks in Europe you should visit, learning about how in-flight Wi-Fi on aeroplanes works (besides poorly) and diving into the unusual origins of many US city names.

Chrome: There are lots of ways to brighten up your new tab page, but Delight is one of the most inspiring (and beautiful) I've seen. It's functional too: It combines your most-visited pages, the weather, your Chrome apps, bookmarks, and history, with a gorgeous time-lapse that makes you just stop and stare.

Windows: Time lapse videos can be stunning, but producing a good one can be challenging. Motion Time Lapser is a unique Windows app that automatically generates time lapses from folders of photos, complete with advanced panning and rotation animations.

Windows: If you've ever watched a tutorial or walk-through that's been sped up, or a minutes-long video that seems to span hours or days, you've seen a time lapse video. They look great, and while they're usually created by stitching together hundreds or thousands of snapshots, Chronolapse is an app that makes it easy.

We've shown you how to create a time lapse video with your DSLR camera, but if you're looking for something a bit quicker and simpler, DIY web site Instructables shows us how to make an animated GIF from a series of photos.

Windows: PhotoLapse is a tiny and portable application for stitching together images into a time-lapse video. Point it at a folder full of pictures, and you're mostly done.