Why are hiking trails in New Hampshire so darn steep and rocky?
This story of mine ran in today’s Concord Monitor. I had a blast with it – my family has long wondered “why are trails in other parts of the country easier than in New Hampshire?”, so I got a chance to answer it. The next time you find yourself...Maine lawmakers cool to idea of switching to Atlantic time zone
The Portland Press-Herald reports that the Maine state Senate has “effectively tabled” a bill that would let the state switch to Atlantic Standard Time if Massachusetts and New Hampshire decided to do it, as well. The main selling point: No daylight...Clean your $%^#@ boat trailer, invasive-weed-hauling person!
Fresh-water invasive weeds, of which milfoil is the most common culprit but far from the only one in New Hampshire , don’t and walk from lake to lake – we carry them. And often we carry them on boats or the trailers hauling boats. That’s why New...
NH banking commission can’t regulate bitcoin currency exchanges
New Hampshire is one of the most bitcoin-happy states in the country on a per capita basis, thanks largely to the libertarian, all-government-is-bad group called the Free State Project. The group (seduced, like so many have been, by our “Live Free or Die”...What’s Twitter good for? Poop vs. dung
Twitter is mostly useless, but occasionally it’s very useful, as I found out this week responding to a thread about dung beetles...
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Granite Geek on NH Public RadioAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 - yes, that long - and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on New Hampshire Public Radio.
Brooks earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you'll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.