
By Christopher Masiello on July 6, 2008
Regain your Sanity with a $3.00 Part from Radio Shack.
I read an article the other day about stopping the annoying buzz that my computer speakers make when my cell phone is on my desk. It turns out that the noise is caused by ElectroMagnetic Interference.
If you have a GSM cell phone (just about everyone in the world besides Verizon and Sprint) the phone tries to use the wires in your speakers as an antenna. Well, actually, the signal jumps to the speaker wire and causes that mind-warping buzzing noise.
Posted in Gadgets, Podcast, Productivity, Technology, Tutorials | Tagged EMI, GSM, interference, noise, Phone, speakers

By Christopher Masiello on June 19, 2008
The End of my Failed Experiment
I had been watching all of the commercials for Verizon’s FIOS service and reading a million articles on the internet that made it seem awesome. When FIOS became available in my neighborhood, I jumped right on the bandwagon. I was going to be burning through the web, watching a million hi-def tv channels, and generally just riding the wave of the future. Well, things aren’t always what they seem.
I have had cable forever Cablevision or Comcast depending on where I lived. When we moved into our new house, we got the Optimum Online "Triple Play" for the house. I didn’t have a Hi-Def TV
Here is my cautionary tale about Verizon’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time service.
Posted in Product Reviews, Technology, TV | Tagged Cable, FIOS, Phone, review, Television, Verizon