# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Dec 25, 2009)

• A discussion about the Venus Project revealed concerns about its lack of concrete designs, with users noting that the project's website (thevenusprojectdesign.com) contained little actual design content and that project leaders appeared unaware of similar existing initiatives like Auroville, a 40-year-old utopian community.

• Utopiah shared a YouTube video (youtube.com/watch?v=koJbo5RI0To) discussing utopian city designs, highlighting concerns about the Venus Project's lack of awareness of existing experimental communities.

• Kanzure developed a Python script (google_groups_message_counter.py) to track message statistics for online communities, which could be used to generate usage statistics for the channel.

• A user shared langpop.com, a website tracking programming language popularity, with subsequent discussion noting Python's popularity in IRC contexts.

• A brief discussion on biofuel feedstock noted that crickets contain approximately 20% lipids while male spiders contain only 5%, making the former potentially more suitable for biofuel production.

• Users discussed the preservation of former Geocities websites through both reocities.com and spam sites like jarmo.co.cc, noting that some valuable content had been preserved through these means despite being deleted from the Internet Archive.