- A new ikiwiki-based wiki (portlab.git) is being set up; configuration tips include cloning diyhpluswiki.git or haxwiki.git for ready-made CSS and enabling group-writable permissions (0666) to avoid spam while still allowing open contribution.  
- Discussion of “freeze-plug” or passive-failure safety concepts in light-water reactors versus the always-active state of heavy-water reactors.  
- Fluidic force microscopy was proposed as a post-assembly DNA sequencing or synthesis tool once “sequence assembly is solved.”  
- Google Glass facial-recognition demo (MedRefGlass on GitHub) sparked debate: stopthecyborgs.org argues against non-consensual data mining and stalking, while channel members assert the right to run any software on personally owned devices.  
- Savannah.gnu.org’s pythonwebkit.git (python_codegen branch) was observed to be unusually slow during git fetch; the cause appeared to resolve itself.  
- juri_ reported working on a new, more feature-rich interface for GNU GIFT (GNU Image-Finding Tool).  
- A Vocaloid/Bach “Matthew Passion” cover on YouTube prompted commentary that automated sheet-music-to-MIDI conversion should replace manual Vocaloid note entry.