- A Google Insights Search API exploration was underway; participants were trying to understand what data the endpoints http://www.google.com/insights/search/fetchComponent and /overviewReport actually return and why the two calls differ.  
- ybit is packaging OpenCASCADE’s Python bindings (pythonocc-0.3.3) into a .deb; the build fails because the linker cannot find libShHealOper.a, and the Makefile is being debugged with suggestions to add the ‑NO_GEOM flag.  
- kanzure posted a 6.8 MB archive of #hplusroadmap logs from the channel’s inception through 2009-10-10 and a companion text file containing every URL ever mentioned in the channel (hplusroadmap-urls.txt).  
- A proposed mascot “Gnusha” (a GNU-licensed remix of the Hindu god Ganesha) was introduced to symbolize freedom of knowledge, education, wisdom, and wealth; an initial mock-up PNG was shared for community feedback.  
- The Google SketchUp Ruby API (code.google.com/apis/sketchup) and the Python tactical-RPG engine PyTurn (code.google.com/p/pyturn) were briefly highlighted as potentially useful open-source tools.  
- A LessWrong post titled “Hamster in Tutu Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider” was circulated, illustrating the community’s taste for humorous takes on existential-risk scenarios.