Archives: January 2011

The House of the Future is Here

Two New Hampshire companies are pioneers in robotic and home automation technology. New Hampshire may be a small state, but two businesses, HomeSeer Technologies and Vgo Communications, can be credited with big innovations. With a robotic eye or a cell phone application, computer technology has given us the power to monitor our businesses, our families and our finances at home…

Keeping Your Wits About You

How to prevent cognitive decline. Bette Davis had it right when she said, “Old age is no place for sissies.” As the years accumulate, we are besieged by an onslaught of aches, gray hair and wrinkles, not to mention the specters of disease and death. Some of us fight valiantly, spending a fortune on creams and potions to (we hope)…

Re-thinking Winter

Skiing and skating are fine ways to make the most of the season, but this year, resolve to try something new. We offer here alternative ways to embrace the cold and cheer on the next snowstorm.Dog SleddingTake the road less traveled – a snowy trail through fields and woods, riding on a sled pulled by huskies and malamutes.Muddy Paw Sled…

Invented Here

An ode to Granite State tinkerers, innovators and visionaries.Levi Hutchins had a problem.The 26-year-old Concord clockmaker wanted to begin his workday at 4 a.m., well before dawn broke, when even an insomniac rooster wasn’t quite ready to crow.So Hutchins did what any self-respecting New Hampshire Yankee would do when faced with an obstacle. He invented his way around it.His handiwork,…

Fresh Start?

What you need to know before you file for bankruptcy.If you’re on the brink of drawing down your retirement savings to pay your credit card bills, New Hampshire attorneys have a nearly unanimous word of advice for you:”Don’t,” says Sandra Kuhn of Family Legal in Concord.”Don’t,” says Scott LaPointe of Brown & LaPointe in Epping.”Don’t,” says attorney Stanley Robinson of…

Salads to Fill You Up

Since many of you are attempting to watch your waistlines after gorging throughout the holidays, here are five different salad options from around the state to help lighten your load.PLACE ITEMDESCRIPTIONINSIDER TIP IN A WORDIgnite Bar & Grill100 Hanover St.Manchester(603) 644-0064ignitebng.comManchVegas Salad$13.99A double dish with salad and a sizzling platter of chicken, shriimp, onions, peppers and sun-dried tomatoes.Rumor has it…