I’m pretty sure it was a good party. Only one person stomped out mad, and most people seemed to have fun. There’s no lasting damage, and I’ll finish the cleanup this morning. Mostly that involves hauling bags of trash and recycling outside. I didn’t actually make it out of the house yesterday, since I spent most of the day sleeping after being up Way Too Late, and then managed to sleep (somewhat fitfully) from ten last night until seven this morning.
I think that’s about the only thing I’d change about the party. I had told people in the invites that it went 6pm to midnight, and the first folks arrived about seven. Not too bad. But the last folks out the door were well after midnight (four am, maybe?), and I still wanted to do some cleanup before going to sleep. Oh well.
- I guess it’s not surprising that Improvised Bombs Baffle Army. Traditional tools for finding bombs look for regular munitions, not improvised explosives. One thing I didn’t know before reading the article is that peroxide-based explosives have become popular with terrorists, instead of traditional nitrogen-based explosives. [wired]
- Wired has a profile of a convention of Lock Busters in the Netherlands, including the guy who made the noise about how to open Kryptonite locks. [wired]
- The Global Baby Bust talks about the long-term effects of the decline in birthrate worldwide. Why Longevity First? has what might be a solution. Solve the aging problem, and population decline goes back to being a good thing.
- Editor and Publisher is warning journos to Beware of the Blog, citing the case of Nick Coleman v. Powerline. Interesting that the article ends with a quote from the Strib’s ombudsman:
I have yet to find anywhere in the mainstream media anyone who really has a handle on bloggers, we are dealing with a relatively new phenomenon.
Well, the Strib has Lileks on staff, and he might have some idea about this blogging thing. And it’s not like Dan Gillmor has been exactly quiet about it out in the Bay Area. And you know, there was even a conference on Blogging, Journalism & Credibility recently. Wonder if the Strib sent anyone. [instapundit]