I'd love to help with building a backend, if the author or someone else decides to go that way. Just recently finished rewriting my blog in Clojure, complete with csrf protection, db, sessions, and a bunch of shinies as well.
The Matrix, first movie, I love how everything has a parallel with our own world, also a lot of the movies ideas, messages have underlying concepts in Buddhism, which is just cool.
Engineers usually drink a lot of coffee / tea, thus are hyperactive lots of the time. A lot of them are nervous, have a tick, find it relaxing. Sitting in the same position for hours on end also does not help.