# Summary of ##hplusroadmap IRC Log (August 14, 2013)

* A GitHub project called "poster-session-bootstrap" was shared by user audy, leading to a discussion about the best distribution mechanisms for front-end projects (bower vs. rake vs. gem), with kanzure suggesting bower would be more appropriate than rake for a bootstrap-based project.

* A scientific paper about chemical synthesis was shared and processed through paperbot, which automatically retrieved and linked to the full text version (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201302742/).

* A discussion about web scraping tools took place, with users comparing PhantomJS, PyPhantomJS, and Zombie.js, with one user mentioning they had switched from Phantom to Zombie and were "perfectly happy with this setup."

* A detailed critique of a TED talk "Debunking the paleo diet" by Christina Warinner was shared, with jrayhawk providing several links to more nuanced critiques of the paleo diet, including discussions about vitamin D, PUFA balance in rat models, and isotope analysis.

* An interesting scientific paper was shared about potential memory encoding in microtubule lattices through CaMKII phosphorylation (http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002421), suggesting a cytoskeletal basis for memory.

* A brief discussion about Linux distributions occurred, with recommendations for new users coming from Windows to try Ubuntu rather than OpenSUSE, despite OpenSUSE's KDE desktop environment being more similar to Windows.