by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Everybody agrees that composting food waste is a no-brainer – it creates useful soil-enhancing product and doesn’t take up landfill space. But actually collecting all the little bits of food that are discarded from kitchens and cafeterias all over the...
by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Vermont Public Radio reported on a counter-intuitive situation in that state which reflects how complicated energy markets are: (The whole story is here) Washington Electric Co-op, a small member-owned utility based in East Montpelier, Vermont, sells energy credits...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog
I received a few geek-nostalgia comments in response to the news about the historical marker for the invention of BASIC. Here’s a good one, from David Stamps: Your article on the signpost commemorating the history of BASIC reminding me of another probably unsung...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog
While those of us who still use checkbooks get used to writing “2019,” here are some insights regarding births in New Hampshire, and Concord, in recent years. Sibling births are not declining Large families have largely disappeared from the landscape and the...
by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking the public to report sightings of wild turkeys online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/winter_flock_2019 starting January 1 and running through March 31. (Please do not report multiple sightings of the same flock!)...
by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The upcoming year may or may not turn out to be a good one but one thing is certain: It will see an uptick in New Hampshire’s geek status. How do I know? Because my quest to publicly acknowledge the Granite State as the birthplace of the BASIC computer language has...
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