- A “50-most-different” clustering experiment produced unexpected water-lifting candidates; the raw XML graphs and full clustering dataset were shared at http://dhcp-84-36.me.utexas.edu/50-most-different/waterlifting-output/ and http://sata.serveftp.org/~bryan/50-most-different.zip.  
- Discussion of STEP/PDM standards for product-data management surfaced a PythonOCC-related link to TraceParts Online (http://www.tracepartsonline.net) and a PDF on PDM usage (http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/pdm/pdmug_release4_3.pdf).  
- xp_prg released an open-source DIY biology video tutorial (http://www.graysonconsulting.biz/download/diybiogfpprep.flv) built with 100 % FOSS tools, prompting debate on Flash vs. HTML for educational media.  
- A plan was sketched to use a rigged 3-D anime “maid” character (from Blender) as a virtual demonstrator for automatically generated assembly trajectories, with the long-term goal of driving real exoskeletons for human skill transfer.  
- Mendeley (http://www.mendeley.com) was highlighted as a new tool for automatic paper-metadata extraction and group sharing; kanzure noted its utility for indexing his local Nature archive.  
- A 60-reference bibliography on DARPP-32 and PP1 regulation of memory/forgetting was compiled and posted at http://heybryan.org/books/papers/DARPP-32.bib.  
- kanzure offered a full historical rip of Nature journal papers to the channel, obtained via WWW::Mechanize scraping.  
- genehacker circulated a “free CAD thing” (details not yet disclosed) and joked about patent-mining bacterial genes from hydrothermal vents as a literal way to “steal nature.”