by David Brooks | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The weird thing about New Hampshire’s housing crisis from my point of view is that it seems to have erupted out of nowhere. One day we had a tight but bearable market for rentals and home ownership; the next day there wasn’t an open apartment south of the White...
by David Brooks | Sep 5, 2023 | 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 Sept. 2. *** Adaptive Angle Sensor ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, LLC, Manchester,...
by David Brooks | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Rising sea levels cause all sorts of problems, of course, but one of them is invisible: It increases the likelihood of salt water oozing into fresh-water aquifers, which taints wells. Here’s a story from the New Bedford Light in Massachusetts: This phenomenon is...
by David Brooks | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
In a rational world, we would pay for road construction and upkeep by charging cars, trucks and motorcycles on a per-mile basis with a weight multiplier, thus reflecting the actual usage and damage that we do. It could also include a small set fee to reflect the fact...
by David Brooks | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Jon “maddog” Hall is many things, most notably a Linux guru and New Hampshire’s most famous software evangelist, but here’s what he isn’t: Reassuring about the arrival of the technologies known as artificial intelligence. Consider this exchange during a recent...
by David Brooks | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The hunt for large trees in New Hampshire is a delightful pasttime, which is why I have written about it many times. But another story is always fun, so check out this piece from New Hampshire Bulletin, the independent online news source, which notes the...
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