by David Brooks | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
An interesting upgrade is happening right now to a technology that you have used all of your life, but I would bet dollars to donuts that you have no idea it exists. I didn’t until recently. I refer to ATSC 3.0, rebranded as NextGen TV, which has the option of...
by David Brooks | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Although New Hampshire has given up its efforts to return Atlantic salmon to our rivers, efforts are continuing in Maine and eastern Canada. The federal agency NOAA ruled Monday that one of the last wild Atlantic salmon runs in the country, on the Kennebec River in...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I don’t know how geeky it is, but I did a profile of a large, booming record (as in LP) store in the center of Concord. I sold him most of my vinyl last year and got far more than I expected! Pitchfork sells plenty of brand-new records, as well, both reissues of...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through April 2. *** Luminescent Cold Shield Paneling for Infrared Camera Continuous Non-Uniformity...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Valley News has an article (here it is) about the arrival of community power in NH, which lets towns/cities buy power on the wholesale market and sell it to residents. While the non-profit Coalition of New Hampshire has gotten most of the attention, there are...
by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
NOTE: You can see lots of Geoff Forester’s photos at the Monitor version of this article (here). Many good ideas seem obvious once somebody has thought of them. RapidPole is a good example. “It’s kind of surprising that something like this hasn’t been done...
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