- A new open-source iPhone controller for MakerBot 3-D printers was released at https://github.com/cyrozap/MakerBot-Controller, enabling mobile control of desktop fabrication.  
- Discussion of London Hackspace biohackers surfaced in a Rosie Waldron interview posted at http://jakeisblogging.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/biohacking/, highlighting grassroots synthetic-biology experimentation.  
- Participants compared JavaScript visualization stacks for large-scale network graphs, evaluating d3.js (SVG-based), three.js (WebGL 3-D), philogl (WebGL from Sencha), and gephi for tens-of-thousands-of-node datasets.  
- A scikit-learn-related job posting circulated on the nipy-devel mailing list, pointing to continued growth in open-source machine-learning tooling.  
- Practical troubleshooting of WebGL support on older laptops using Chrome 13 and Mesa drivers was shared, including the --ignore-gpu-blacklist flag and glxinfo diagnostics.