by David Brooks | Jun 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Timing, they say, is everything, and the timing of a push for broadband internet within New Hampshire Electric Cooperative couldn’t be much better. “The argument is a whole lot easier now than it was a year ago,” said Dick Knox, one of a number of people behind a...
by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I was working the other day in my home office – former den, former kids’ computer room, former playroom – when a dinosaur looked at me through the window to my left. Actually, it was a wild turkey, but they sure have weird-looking heads. It could...
by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following federal patents were assigned to companies in New Hampshire From May 24 to May 31. *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Phase Modulated Signals Having Poor Autocorrelation BAE...
by David Brooks | May 27, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Spotting the RNA of the novel coronavirus in sewage outflows proved to be a very effective method of predicting COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a preprint (i.e., not peer-reviewed) of a study by a number of researchers at Yale. You can read it here. SARS-CoV-2 RNA...
by David Brooks | May 26, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
When I drove up to the Milford Armory recently to get my free COVID-19 test, the National Guard solider at the gate explained the procedure this way: “It’s just like Dunkin’ Donuts.” He meant that I should stay in my car and the medic would come to me, but I’ve got...
by David Brooks | May 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Tux Turkel of the Portland Presss-Herald has a story about a Maine town with the wonderful name of Wytopitlock (population: 140) that wants to get rid of its only pay phone and replace it with a vending machine. A public interest payphone is part of a program...