by David Brooks | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
There was a telling moment in a Friday web discussion held by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen about how the state should take advantage of millions of dollars in new federal funding for high-speed internet, and it came right at the very beginning. “Michelle (Cota) is not in...
by David Brooks | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Rooftop solar power may seem like 21st-century energy tech but to a certain extent, it takes a 19th-century approach. After all, a solar panel is a machine that sends out electricity to be used by somebody else, just like Seabrook Station or the Sewell’s Falls...
by David Brooks | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) who lived his entire life in Jericho, Vermont, is the guy who invented how to photograph a snowflake. In his honor, the column The Outside Story had a piece last week on how you – yes, you! – can preserve a fast-melting snowflake...
by David Brooks | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Another natural experiment about the accuracy of AccuVote machines occurs because almost half the polling places in New Hampshire still hand-count their ballots on election nights. In 2020, there were three recounts of multi-town state representative districts which...
by David Brooks | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The machines that count our paper ballots every election in New Hampshire are so old they run on out-of-date Windows XP from 20 years ago, which is why some people like to cast doubt on their accuracy. (Strangely, people only cast doubt when their candidates loses. I...
by David Brooks | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Dec. 5 to Dec. 12.Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Locally-Generated TEIDs for Core High Availability Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
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