- The channel migrated from #hplusroadmap to ##hplusroadmap after Freenode staff closed the original channel for lacking an official project backing it; the old channel now redirects and is set +m.  
- Community members discussed building low-cost DIY thermocyclers for PCR instead of purchasing the $600 OpenPCR kit, with pointers to OpenWetware DIYbio project pages and <$30 homebrew designs.  
- NanoEngineer-1 build issues on Fedora 13 were debugged; missing RCSID_BENDS_H / RCSID_BONDS_H symbols were patched and Makefiles were noted to be overwritten by the bootstrap process.  
- A request for the Springer paper “Prooxidant and cytotoxic action of N-acetylcysteine and glutathione in combinations with vitamin B12b” was fulfilled via a direct PDF link, prompting renewed talk of resurrecting the pyscholar bot (github.com/kanzure/pyscholar) for automated paper retrieval.  
- Links circulated covering mainstream coverage of biohacking: Motherboard.tv’s “Biotech for the Masses,” ThinkTech’s “Sea Changes in Biohacking,” and OpenPCR’s appearance at the Grenswerk Art Festival.  
- British primary-school children published a peer-reviewed Biology Letters paper on bumblebee learning—written in the kids’ own words—sparking jokes about “peer review by 8-year-olds (or Maddox).”  
- Historical NASA machining photos (1946-1952) and fenn’s “hextatic” concept for compact, modular machine tools were shared as inspiration for small-footprint fabrication.  
- Lighthearted discussion of transhumanist holidays included “Newtonmas,” “Gravmas,” and Festivus, plus a parody carol “I Am the Very Model of a Singularitarian.”