- Discussion of cognitive-enhancement drugs: participants compared Adderall (amphetamine) with modafinil, noting Adderall’s “cracked-out” side-effects and modafinil’s reputation for 72-hour wakefulness without amphetamine-like distortion.  
- Non-pharmacological ADHD/ADD management: exercise (running 12 mi/day, martial arts, climbing), diet, and flax-seed oil were cited as effective focus aids.  
- Debate over Asperger’s syndrome: one participant dismissed it as lacking physical, chemical, or genetic basis; kanzure countered with the “Intense World Syndrome” article (http://heybryan.org/intense_world_syndrome.html) and promised Entrez links for genetic evidence.  
- DIY biology toolkit: mention of a “glowing E. coli kit” as an entry point for learning genetic engineering, with a choice between easy kit use or deeper self-education.  
- Theo Jansen’s kinetic “clanking replicators” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b694exl_oZo) was highlighted for its uniform-part industrial-ecology implications and popularity in papercraft (pepakura).  
- TechShop + DIYbio convergence: kanzure shared Mac Cowell’s Vimeo demo (http://www.vimeo.com/1087631) showing Make Magazine’s DIYbio kit on the table, and linked his own email to Austin Robot Group (http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/robotgroup/2008-June/009637.html) about bringing TechShop to Boston.  
- Evolution vs. directed design: willPow3r argued that evolutionary approaches (random aptamer libraries for real-world problem solving) are not “evolution” if intelligently directed; kanzure countered that selection + mutation + replication qualifies.  
- Resource pointers: channel topic aggregates key links—DIYbio.org, OpenWetWare, biohack.sf.net toolkit, kanzure’s “Automated societal knowledge” page (http://heybryan.org/exp.html), and his critique of Kurzweil (http://heybryan.org/fernhout/).