maybe you can try some bamboo blinds. I've had bamboo roll up shades for about 1 years and I love them. They last and last and I just take them outside twice a year and dust them and then wipe them off with a damp cloth. they make my house relatively cooler.

Bamboo blinds would be fantastic. Problem is, he is in an upper floor, the window only opens a few inches, and the house is not his to modify. Perhaps we should move this thread to the Favorite Riddle post?

I suppose you could, but i for one don't know the answer, so it may be annoying when no one here can answer it and you all start getting very curious.

actually its just hit me, the obvious answer: walk around in your underwear :p

Or just think of it as a sauna and learn to enjoy a good sweat.

Wee_Guy, have you ever seen someone make a "ship in a bottle"? They use a series of sticks and long tweezers to bring in parts piece by piece into the bottle opening. Seems to me that you can install the bamboo screen the same way. Yes, you only have three inches to work with, but if you are clever, perhaps you can build some kind of mount that will clip on to the eves--something with eye hooks that can have a string that will lower to the ground, tie to the bamboo, then hoist up. Tie the strings off inside your room through the window. Makes me wish I lived near you to give this a try. I always like a simple engineering challenge.

Really, the your solution lies with this screen, and all you need is two (or three depending on the size) eye hooks screwed into the eve overhang. Once these are in place, hoisting up or removing bamboo shades would be a snap. Maybe a good heart to heart with your landlord would help?