- The #hplusroadmap community is actively tracking the MIT OpenMR project (open-source magnetic resonance hardware) via its wiki at http://scripts.mit.edu/~aresnick/openmr/wpmu/ and Google Code repository.  
- A participant (Phreedom) hints at developing a technology-database system and asks whether to accelerate documentation now that “secrets are leaking.”  
- Fenn expresses interest in building a DIY mass spectrometer, calling it “easier and more useful” than other open-lab gear.  
- Links to a trove of eclectic technical media (e.g., http://www.omgwallhack.org/media/) are shared, including photos of dense electronics workspaces, a “random-access write-only memory” joke datasheet, and long forum rants on adaptive systems.  
- Kanzure discovers pdf2svg conversion tools and debates the wisdom of running heavy calculations inside the browser, calling it “holy shit” territory.  
- WikipediaFS—a FUSE filesystem that mounts Wikipedia as editable files—is noted, with the caveat that navigation requires exact page names and lacks directory browsing.  
- The term “facilities engineer” is flagged as a useful keyword for finding people who design and maintain lab infrastructure.