Helpful Hints from joeeze: Do-it-yourself quick & dirty cellphone speaker

In a comment on the June 30 eco-amp speaker post, PurelyHim wrote, "Or just do what my wife (Noclevernames) does: put it in a cup. How's that for echo?"

Pretty darn good!

Love it, not only because it works but also* because it invokes Edwin H. Land's powerful dictum: "Solve the problem with what's in the room."

No better tool to move your mind outside its routine parameters into uncharted territory.

No maps for that country.

*"Not only" must always be followed by "but also" — Miss Steiger (Washington High School, 10th grade English).