# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (August 9, 2013)

• Discussion of Parallella, an open-source hardware platform with parallel computing capabilities, with one user mentioning they ordered one through the Kickstarter campaign and another expressing interest in the technology as "a leap in the right direction."

• Kanzure shared several alternative disposable email services (anonbox.net, anonymouse.org, trash-mail.com, dispostable.com, silentsender.com) after noting that Mailinator was phasing out programmatic interfaces and POP3 access due to botnet attacks.

• A user shared a link to OsmocomBB, an open-source GSM baseband software implementation designed to replace proprietary GSM baseband software with free alternatives.

• Kanzure discussed a New York real estate visualization project that uses height data to potentially estimate and render views from any window on any floor, suggesting it could be combined with Craigslist listings.

• Technical discussion about JavaScript development, specifically regarding sharing code between Node.js and browser clients, with focus on creating a fork of node-browser-builtins for PhantomJS to enable better cross-platform compatibility.

• Several scientific papers were requested through the paperbot tool, including research on environmental science (DOI: 10.1021/es4011724) and an unspecified Science article (DOI: 10.1126/science.1212003).

• Brief observations about Detroit's vacant properties and real estate situation, with one user suggesting that "cheap real estate would equal potential."