# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (September 8, 2013)

The log contained minimal substantive discussion, but these were the key points:

* ParaSa1lin and n_bentha discussed acetobacter diazotrophicus, an endosymbiotic bacteria in sugarcane that fixes nitrogen, with ParaSa1lin seeking a place to ship this strain.

* A user shared a link to "Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2013" published by MIT Press, suggesting interest in artificial life research.

* A question was raised about when blood donations might become obsolete, indicating interest in synthetic blood or alternative medical technologies.

* Kanzure shared two GitHub repositories they created: "python-vba-wrapper" and "vba-linux," tools for working with Visual Basic for Applications on non-Windows platforms.

* A paper on Tor deanonymization titled "Users Get Routed: Traffic Correlation on Tor by Realistic Adversaries" was shared, highlighting security concerns in anonymity networks.