by David Brooks | Jun 6, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
If you want to win a bar bet, try this question: Where’s the closest nuclear reactor? People will say Seabrook, of course, but depending on where you are in the state, the answer might actually be Lowell, Mass. (Check distances on a map before making the bet.) This...
by David Brooks | Jun 5, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
NOTE: Hunting through old blog items, I found this piece from 2016. I thought it was entertaining enough to rerun Don’t you just hate software licenses and the way they mean you don’t really own the things you buy? Of course you do, and you also think...
by David Brooks | Jun 5, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The Appalachian Mountain Club, the 80-pound gorilla of outdoors recreation in the Northeast, has laid off a bunch of folks for a variety of reasons, including rising costs and changing habits. The Boston Globe has a big story on it (the article is here) with this...
by David Brooks | Jun 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The district geothermal pilot in Framingham, Mass., that I wrote about two years ago goes online this week, reports Canary Media: On Tuesday, utility Eversource will flip the switch on the country’s first utility-operated underground thermal energy network. The...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
It takes a honkin’ big battery to power an EV fast-charging station, but that’ s how a two-vehicle station in Weymouth, Mass., works, according to this Boston Globe story. Using a battery lets them sidestep a shortage in transformers. The battery can be...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through June 2. Malicious Homoglyphic Domain Name Detection and Associated Cyber...