by David Brooks | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The Brewing Science Lab has been a publicity gold mine for UNH. Reporters (including me) can’t resist stories about the science of making beer. Here’s the latest example: A nice piece in Foster’s Daily Democrat, the weirdly-named daily paper of...
by David Brooks | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Today in Manchester they unveiled a statue of home video game pioneer Ralph Baer, about whom I have written many times. It shows him sitting on a bench playing with the “brown box” that was the first iteration of what eventually became Maganvox Odyssey,...
by David Brooks | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
YouTube is horrible for many things but it’s awesome for training videos. My wife and I have used them for everything from very minor car repairs to fixing the sink to learning the Shim-Sham (a lindy hop dance – which we’re still trying to learn)....
by David Brooks | May 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Scammers and some telemarketers change Caller ID information to get past your defenses. That may soon draw a $5,000 civil penalty in New Hampshire – although good luck finding the real perpetrators, especially if they’re overseas. Here’s my story...
by David Brooks | May 10, 2019 | Newsletter
The vast majority of New Hampshire homes still get their heat from fossil fuels says a new state report, reflecting how difficult it will be to decarbonize that part of the state’s economy. However the report includes a glimmer of hope by showing that New Hampshire’s...
by David Brooks | May 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
When I moved to New Hampshire, Manchester airport (they hadn’t added the “Boston” name) was still in the old terminal. You’d walk out to the planes, and park on the street. They’d put envelopes under the windshield wipers and ask you to...
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