I use stainless steel drink mixers - the tall steel tumblers used to mix drinks, to chill my stock. I fill them with ice, salt and water and place in my pot. I have 3, so I spread them around the...

If you're not whole chicken eaters, just ask the butcher for 'backs and necks' and make stock with those. you can usually get them cheap (~

Those corner posts with their curly details are an entanglement hazard. a quick google for the regulations turns up current industry safety standards

If you do want to spray some paint to do it your self, you could easily build a contained spray booth from scrap wood or pvc tubing and plastic sheeting. I used a pvc and sheeting spray booth to p...

This is our place, and thanks for all the suggestions. I'll most likely be doing some window film myself over the next few weeks. That should help with the heat that gets dumped in the room in th...

You could also try getting a plastic owl or some other such deterrent. My neighbors setup a vegetable garden in the front yard and put up an owl to scare away the birds and squirrels.

The point about the slow name resolution can be fixed by using someone else's DNS servers. Here's a list of fast, free DNS servers you can use to improve your internet experience, no matter who yo...