by David Brooks | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Microgrids – large-ish collections of buildings that can power themselves for at least a while independently of the main power grid – are seen as one of the ways that the electric system can cope with the new reality of renewables and distributed energy....
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...
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