A Recipe for Country Living

Since I've been daydreaming about becoming a country bumpkin, I'd love to order Lehman's Non Electric Catalog.

Lehman's is a 50-year-old company in Ohio's Amish country, with a unique bunch of well-made, carefully selected and useful tools for "sustainable" living," says Cool Tools. "Emphasis is on cooking, homesteading, farming, gardening, and doing things for yourself....Kitchen equipment, canning supplies, copper kettles, cheese-making supplies, grain grinders, toboggans, kerosene lanterns, axes, water pumps. The hard copy (172 pp. catalog) is way better than the electronic version. If you're into this stuff, and/or you live in the country, you'll end up reading it like a book.

Recycle Your Netflix

Netflix Origami gives step-by-step instructions on how to shape your Netflix sleeve into a functional work or art. My favorites: the snack tray (above) and the "starched shirt."

Should hotels charge for Internet service?

Why are some hotels still charging for Internet?! Even the mid-grade brands. A breakdown of which hotels charge, plus, a list of hotels that offer Internet for free.

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Five-star hotels at a one-star price

Leading Hotels Hotels of the World is offering a huge discount for its anniversary: Pay $19.28 a night this fall. Register for the October 1st auction.

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First E. choli, now this?

Is this photo for real?

The Easiest Forecast Ever

Umbrella Today lets you punch in your zip code and simply answers the question. Who needs weather.com?

Surprise! Medalist Phelps is a Skeev!

Radar writers saw Michael Phelps "massively skeeving on girls at the Playboy Club" in that Las Vegas. And there's pictures to prove it.