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When the July heat is just too much, break out the blender and some ice. Good Housekeeping offers 30 recipes for frozen drinks like the peppermint smoothie pictured here. I can personally vouch for...

It's summer, it's hot, and your big chore for the weekend is getting rid of the stump in your backyard? Instead of digging it out, give the stump a second life as an all-natural stump cooler. Design...

With a projector, DVD player, a bed sheet, and an extension cord, Wired's How-To Wiki runs down how to make a movie theater in your backyard this summer.

When the heat turns unbearable this weekend, get the kids outside anyway: head to the hardware store and pick up some PVC pipe, joints, and small plastic "mister jets." With those supplies, after...

Serious meat fan Hank Shaw goes into glorious detail on the Simply Recipes site about how he smokes ribs—real slow, at low temperature—using your run-of-the-mill kettle charcoal grill and...

Google Maps mashup Drive Pricing calculates the cost of a road trip. Just give Drive Pricing your zip code and car's average miles per gallon (if you don't know it, Drive Pricing provides a link to...

Real Simple magazine has a thirst-inducing roundup of recipes that take fresh lemonade one step beyond its (admittedly elegant) simplicity, adding fresh flavors and making them great accompaniments...

Food writer and uber-cook Mark Bittman keeps it timely with 101 picnic-friendly dishes that can be made, he claims, in 20 minutes or less. As with his other 101-item lists of 20-minute party...

Summer is a season to kick back, take things a easier, and indulge in pastimes and projects you couldn't enjoy while hunkered down for the winter. If you've got the DIY bug, that means trips to the...

If you're a renter with a ceiling fan in your pad, or you just never thought about which way the thing was turning, the Simple Dollar says you should check to make sure it's running for optimum...

If the sun beating on your windows this summer is baking the place—or just making your air conditioner work harder—you can hang material that blocks the heat in your windows....

With sweltering summer heat and humidity fully upon us, most people have pulled fans out of winter storage and fired them. What if your fan just doesn't seem to provide the same relief as it used to?...

Things are heating up this summer across the country, and air conditioner-less times and places call for some DIY ingenuity. You've already seen how to build a $30 homemade air conditioner (and...

Escalating gas prices have made the prospect of an affordable summer vacation seem bleak in 2008, so the New York Times has rounded up a handful cheap destinations across the US. Not one involves the...

If a careless weekend in the sun has you red-faced and uncomfortably squirming in your chair, weblog Wise Bread rounds up a handful of cheap home remedies for your poor, sunburned skin. From vinegar...