by David Brooks | Aug 25, 2015 | Blog
On Aug. 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds first announced Linux. Penguins have never been the same since. I got the above license plate when doing one of many stories I have written about Jon “maddog” Hall of Amherst, NH. (No commentary on any presidential...
by David Brooks | Aug 25, 2015 | Blog
For about a decade I or other members of my family have been collecting water samples in the Souhegan River every two weeks in the summer. They’re used for tests of dissolve oxygen and bacteria in a program overseen by the Souhegan Watershed Association. The...
by David Brooks | Aug 25, 2015 | Science-Technology, Scientific Exploration
Yes, there was a hole, and yes, you could sink into it. But from a geological perspective, the traffic-snarling chasm that opened up on Interstate 93 in Concord last week wasn’t really a sinkhole. Texas may have sinkholes and Florida may have sinkholes – sometimes the...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog
Welcome, Concord Monitor readers surprised by the appearance of this venerable blog, and welcome back Granitegeek.org readers who are scratching their heads and wondering what the heck is going on. Here’s what is going on: I have moved. I spent 28 years as a...
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