• Juul reported live from the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) workshop, noting that SBOL is currently “just an XML data format” rather than a true language, and that participants were debating whether a “change set” for host-cell genomes could be modeled like a software patch.

• Discussion of Autodesk’s restrictive “free for academic use” licensing for synthetic-biology tools, with the suggestion that founder John Walker (no longer in charge) might be a more fruitful contact than the current corporation.

• Kanzure and Juul sketched an ideal “modern library” that would deliver on-demand bulk data such as “all patents” or “a copy of the known internet,” and staffed by librarians who could act as expert idea-scouts rather than mere cataloguers.

• MakerBot’s pre-CES marketing stunt was highlighted: an Andrew Plotkin text-adventure game whose printable 3-D objects serve as clues to the company’s forthcoming product.

• The concept of a “transhumanist bootcamp” was revisited—kanzure framed it as an intensive crash-course in biohacking, programming, and machining, lamenting that people with money rarely want to learn the hands-on skills.