Becoming an Air Ninja™

I am somewhat obsessive about minimizing the heat I am exposed to, as I turn into a total jerk when I am overheated. Part of that obsessive behavior has come to be called Air Ninja-ing. I will no teach you my secrets on this the hottest of days.

How to be an Air Ninja in 4 or so steps. 4 steps with blurry photos of a white board. 

This is my apartment, more or less.

Step 1

Find two opposing windows in your home. You want to find windows that you have to walk through all of what you want to cool off to get from one to the other. In this case I am trying to cool off my whole place. 

Step 2

OK, this is really the whole trick. Close all other windows other then the two you just picked out. Trust me, I'll explain shortly. 

Step 3

Now you want to go to a part of the path the air is going to be forced through. If there is a doorway in the path you can close it almost all the way and then test the air direction. If you are having a hard time telling which way the wind is going, that means it doesn't matter. 

Step 4

Now you want to put a box fan into one of the opposing windows. Preferably in the window farthest away from where you want to hang out. Put it in the window so that it fits snug if possible, and make sure it is facing the same way as the direction test that you did earlier. Because the other windows are closed your apartment acts like a wind tunnel and you get the full benefit of the fan everywhere the air moves. 

This is why you put the fan far away from yourself if you can. 

 In some wind conditions, like when the wind is pushing air through you house anyway, you can just open the windows. But in weak or inconsistent wind, as well as winds that are at an unhelpful direction, you will want to stick to the Air Ninja Plan. 

I learned this lesson from an unlikely master, who will get credit if they want to be named.