寻找一个很酷的项目，你可以在下午处理你额外的一天？下面是我们最喜欢的一些下午项目的简要总结，你可以在漫长的周末里挤出时间。

对许多人来说，一个漫长的阵亡将士纪念日周末意味着掌握你的烧烤技巧。但是，如果你不是一个烧烤大师或你已经用尽你的烧烤周末，好好利用你的一天休息与这些了不起的下午项目之一。

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• Turn your $60 router into a $600 router Assuming you've already got the right router, a quick bit of firmware upgrading will get you some serious upgrades for your router. One of our favorite and most popular how-to guides of all time, and if you don't like the DD-WRT version (linked above), you may want to try installing Tomato on your router instead.
• How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista If you've got a trusty XP or Vista installation that you're still using—and you're just not quite ready to jump head first into Windows 7—dust off that as-yet-unused Windows 7 disc and set up a dual-booting PC.
• Burn almost any video file to a playable DVD Got some digital video memories or ripped movies sitting around your hard drive that you'd love to put on a disc and send off to a friend or family member? Use this guide to burn that less-than-DVD-friendly video type to a DVD.
• How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network's WEP Password with BackTrack Check the security and integrity of your Wi-Fi network's WEP security with this guide. (If you have the option, we'd recommend using WPA encryption to avoid the relatively simple WEP cracking in general.)
• Top 10 Harmless Geek Pranks What better to do on a day off than play a few harmless practical jokes?
• Hack Your Wii for Homebrew without Twilight Princess You haven't begun to enjoy everything your Wii is capable of until your hack it for homebrew. This guide makes it simple, and once completed, you may also want to back up and play your Wii games from an external hard drive.
• Copy Music from Your iPhone or iPod to Your Computer for Free If you've had a recent hard drive meltdown and now the only place keeping your carefully cultivated music library alive is your iPod, this guide will get your music safely to your new computer from your device.
• Make a ringtone from any MP3 You've got plenty of ways to turn an MP3 into a ringtone for your cellphone, but this classic method uses our favorite open source audio editor, Audacity. iPhone users may prefer using one of these iTunes-friendly guides for Windows or Mac.
• Plan Out Your Big Purchases for the Year Got a big purchase in your future but have enough flexibility to plan around the best times to buy? Check out our guide to the best times to buy anything all year and plan out your purchases.
• Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera If you've got a supported point-and-shoot and the courage to do a little hacking, you can seriously beef up your camera's capabilities using the CHDK camera firmware.
• Track Down Anyone Online Want to catch up with a long lost friend or loved one? Take the afternoon to track down anyone using these free tools.
• Build a Home FTP Server We've highlighted countless ways to share files over the years, but running a simple old FTP server on your home computer is a great way to add files to and access any files on your computer from anywhere.