by David Brooks | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire loves our 603 area code, even though area codes mean less and less in this cellphone-number-portability world, and for 30 years we’ve been freaking out about reports that we’re going to “run out of numbers” and will need a second...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire used to have an active “Right to dry” community that wanted the legislature to say that yes, people can dry their clothes on outdoor lines in their back yard. That’s necessary because many homeowners associations regard clotheslines as...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Feb. 18. *** 5G OpenRAN Controller PARALLEL WIRELESS, INC., Nashua, New...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Northern New England is a relatively safe place to work if you do roadside assistance, judging from a AAA study (which you can see here). The group found 123 roadside assistance providers – people from tow truck drivers to cops who responding to crashes or car...
by David Brooks | Feb 16, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
I came of age just as calculators began to displace slide rules. I learned how to use one for simple arithmetic but even my gray-haired math teacher admitted it was more as a fun trick than a useful skill. I’ve written a few times about New Hampshire members of...
by David Brooks | Feb 15, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
I have learned to be very, very suspicious of any legislative action in New Hampshire that tosses around the word “liberty” – the term has been tainted by self-described libertarians who use it to mean “let me do whatever I want even if it...