by David Brooks | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
56 years ago on May 1 at about 4 a.m. the computer language BASIC was born at Dartmouth when “Professor John Kemeny and a student programmer simultaneously typed RUN on neighboring terminals. When they both got back correct answers to their simple programs,...
by David Brooks | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
You’re probably tired of hearing about the invasion of disease-carrying viruses, so today’s column will cover something entirely different: The invasion of disease-carrying arthropods. Yes, folks, once again it’s time to talk about ticks. Specifically, let’s talk...
by David Brooks | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Dartmouth News has a good piece about research at the college, especially the medical and engineering schools, into creates tests and possibly treatment for COVID-19. It has lots of good details about the medical and logistical issues that have to be overcome. Check...
by David Brooks | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I live very close to a working farm (Julie’s Happy Hens) that sells eggs – they have up to 3,000 birds – as well as sheep’s milk cheese. The owners, Matt and Julie, occasionally post on Facebook. This is part of a long discussion they just put...
by David Brooks | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Almost two years ago I wrote about how the Civil Air Patrol uses cell phone forensics to find people lost in the wild, a process that is much more complicated than TV shows would make you believe. (You can read that column here) This complexity means that if you make...
by David Brooks | Apr 26, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The Telegraph of Nashua, which when I worked there was the state’s second-biggest daily newspaper by circulation and may still be – who knows what anybody’s circulation is these days? – is going all-digital except for the weekend paper. The...