by David Brooks | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Sportswriters long ago perfected a clever trick called the “random thoughts column,” a sort of journalistic tapas bar that collects news tidbits that are greater than the sum of their parts. Since every newspaperman secretly wants to be a sportswriter, I figured I’d...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory and the UNH Connectivity Research Center will host the Smart Gadget Competition this Saturday, April 8, at 21 Madbury Drive. This one-day event – a hackathon — will bring together UNH students, faculty,...
by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Hey, blog readers: Just so you know, subscribers to my free weekly newsletter read this piece 10 days ago. There are certain topics that create an unending fascination for a small but eager subset of the geek world. The Stirling engine is high on that list. The...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I installed the Tor browser at home last night. I had been thinking of using this privacy & anonymizing system for a long time, at least since I wrote about the debate over whether NH libraries can support the system, but never got around to it. Now Congress and...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s a heated debate about whether towns should have moved their state elections on March 14 due to a blizzard. About a third of them did – which is unprecedented in New Hampshire history. There may be some lawsuits as a result, so the Monitor figured...
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