One Hour Project

Sparkling tiger cub collars, Wi-Fi securing wallpaper, seasonal carpet and more in our weekly look at the web

Graphic designer Zeynep Yildirim has spent the last two years taking on various projects that last exactly one hour in an effort to answer the question, “what is possible in an hour?” She is now seeking funding on Kickstarter to publish a book detailing her first 250 projects.

Real Time Farms

Sparkling tiger cub collars, Wi-Fi securing wallpaper, seasonal carpet and more in our weekly look at the web

Described as a “Wikipedia for food”, Real Time Farms is the result of husband-and-wife team Cara and Karl Roasen’s effort to bring more transparency the source of food in the U.S. While the site has yet to reach its full potential, the groundwork has been laid to create a crowd-sourced database for locavore eating.

Ice Cream Lock

Sparkling tiger cub collars, Wi-Fi securing wallpaper, seasonal carpet and more in our weekly look at the web

We first wrote about Ben and Jerry’s Euphori-Lock in 2005, but it’s reached a fever pitch on the Web this week. Meant to keep your valuable pints of ice cream safe while you’re away, the combination lock slips right onto the ice cream casing with a messege to potential thieves, “I’m terribly sorry, but there is no ‘u’ in ‘my pint’”.