by David Brooks | May 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
When human remains are found in New Hampshire, as happened recently, there’s a chain of expertise to determine a response depending on whether they’re new (cops), new-ish (medical examination) or really old (forensic anthropologist). The Laconia Daily Sun...
by David Brooks | May 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Do you have opinions about energy in New Hampshire? Then I have good news for you – this arrived in my inbox this morning: Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) is required to update the New Hampshire 10-Year State Energy Strategy in 2021. Consistent with that...
by David Brooks | May 21, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Last month I wrote about research indicating we have underestimated the effect on creating cyanobacteria blooms made by nutrients, especially phosphorus, lurking in mud at the bottom of lakes. (Here it is, if you’ve forgotten.) Well, the state is trying to do...
by David Brooks | May 20, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Regular readers know that the seal/flag of the city of Manchester includes a centrifugal governor, one of the inventions that made the Industrial Revolution possible. It’s the device with weighted arms hinged to a vertical spindle that rise or fall as the...
by David Brooks | May 20, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Happy birthday to me: The Granite Geek blog launched 15 years ago. I’m not sure exactly when it started, since almost everything before 2015 has disappeared in a haze of changing software/servers/owners. But we’ll pretend it’s this week. That’s...