by David Brooks | Apr 5, 2017 | Newsletter
Literally hundreds of bills are proposed by New Hampshire’s enormous (third-biggest in the English speaking world) legislature each year, and it’s incredibly hard to keep track of all of them as they percolate through hearings in committees and floor votes...
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...
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