- Fabrice Bellard’s 2010 π-computation record on commodity hardware and his authorship of QEMU were highlighted, along with a link to Anselm’s de-obfuscated JavaScript Linux (jslinux) implementation.  
- A concise 4-line Python snippet for computing π via continued fractions was traced to a 2005 Ruby original and possibly the ABC Programmer’s Handbook; links to background explanations and Ruby code were shared.  
- NanoEngineer, the open-source molecular CAD package, was discussed as difficult to install; kanzure’s Linux chroot instructions and pmetzger’s new Mountain-Lion port were noted, with suggestions to distribute a VM image or use Vagrant.  
- Android-x86 builds lacking compiled eth0 support were examined; kanzure was patching the Android emulator for faster KVM-based testing and scraping the Android Market via custom Python APIs.  
- A Kickstarter campaign to fly 1,000 student experiments to 100 k ft on four High-Rack balloon platforms was posted.  
- Steve Mann’s alleged “first cybernetic hate crime” in a French McDonald’s was debated; participants questioned its authenticity and broader implications for body-mod discrimination.  
- Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) was critiqued as medicalization of normal visual-noise awareness, with links to hypomania and amygdala-size discussions.  
- Open-science artifacts from the 2011 Open Science Summit—transcripts and slide decks—were uploaded to diyhpl.us for public access.  
- Lightweight VPS hosting ($3.99/mo) and command-line video-download tools (youtube-dl, cclive, libquvi, get-flash-videos) were compared for personal and archival use.