by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Remember that big splash we heard in October about the arrival of mandatory 10-digit dialing to New Hampshire? It’s not really mandatory yet. Sometimes you can still connect in-state calls with good old seven digits, like 867-5309, no 603 area code necessary. It’s...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
No newsletter next week, between Christmas and New Year’s, so here’s a year-end roundup of sun fun posts from 2021. No COVID, no climate emergency, no ticks or invasive species – and, of course, no politics. November: When it comes to area codes, I...
by David Brooks | Dec 20, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
(After this column appeared in the Monitor, a reader pointed out an unspoken assumption: Who says Santa exists only in 3 dimensions? “Free yourself of the constraints imposed by a XYZ-based mindset and posit that Santa exists in 5 dimensions!” he wrote.)...
by David Brooks | Dec 20, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Dec. 12 to Dec. 19. University of New Hampshire Assigned Patent for Determining Quantum Efficiency of Camera The University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
by David Brooks | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
From Dartmouth New Service: Periods of record low snow levels over the past decade have increased the urgency of snow research. As snow studies expand, usage of the term “snow drought” to describe seasons of abnormally low snowpack has become common. But disagreements...
by David Brooks | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Some public mailboxes in the area have been closed after people reported that checks had been stolen, possibly having been “fished” out of the openings. The investigation apparently began after reports of altered checks came to the Warner Police Department. “We had...
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