News from the Northwoods

This blog posts about aviation, automobiles, electronics, programming, politics and such other subjects as catch my interest. The blog is based in northern New Hampshire, USA

Friday, February 29, 2008

Virtual vs chain link fences

Never did understand the enthusiasm for a "virtual" (aka electronic burglar alarm) fence on the border. A real chain link fence h...

Sell hard drives, call them green

Western Digital is claiming to roll back global warming with a new hard drive that saves 4 or 5 watts over the competition. Big deal. Tur...

Prince Harry serves in Afganistan

Prince Harry wanted to serve in combat badly enough to work a deal with the press, keep secret the fact that he was in country in return for...

State funded aid to education

The Manchester Union Leader has a story about the state school funding situation here . I read t the article, and the only part that made ...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

How high will Grafton County phone bills go?

According to the Manchester Union Leader, the Fairpoint Communications deal to take over Verizon's telephone service in the up country i...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Justice delayed is justice denied

Nineteen years ago Exxon Valdez struck a rock, ripped open her tanks and spilled a ship load of sticky crude oil into Prince William Sound....

Greens freak out on mercury

Those high efficiency compact fluorescent bulbs save 75% on electricity compared to plain old incandescent "light bulbs". They ...

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