by David Brooks | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
ne of the mysteries of life for those of us who have achieved a certain age is why airplanes aren’t exciting any more. “This was like Silicon Valley, it was the hot technology,” is how Jeff Rapsis, the new executive director of the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire,...
by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog
From NHTI, the community college in Concord: The weekend of January 25-27, 2019, teams of programmers, artists and musicians will gather at NHTI to take part in Global Game Jam (GGJ), a worldwide game development event. Held simultaneously at over 800 hundred sites...
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...
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