Pinkl is a library written to build flexible applications to control instruments connected to a computer using a GPIB or COM interface and take, store and plot measurements with these instruments.
Hyscar is a multi-headed OSCAR (AOL, ICQ) IM client and daemon, written on PHP and based on PICQ. It listens for requests and preforms requested actions via one of its ICQ connections. Find it useful? You're welcome to take over the project.