Heh, yep, you do.
You basically have the gist of it there, apart from one thing. We're nowehere near cracking 3.11; and we're nowhere near cracking 3.10, either. You're thinking of OE firmwares - we already have a 3.10 OE firmware, but that doesn't mean we've cracked it. Since there's very little difference between 3.10 and 3.11 Dark_AleX (the man with the plan) decided not to make a 3.11 OE.
Yes, he's on a break; he said if nobody had cracked the 3.10 topmenu icon format then he'd check it out.
So, no homebrew for you just yet!
EDIT: Gun, I don't think he wanted that information. He's not able to use homebrew, and I'm sure he's not very interested in how it works (yet, anyway). Besides, your FAQ is inaccurate.
EDIT 2: It wasn't
that bad, just had some lumps! Work on it a bit more after some research and I'm sure it'll be great! Despite what you may or may not think, you're an intelligent guy - intelligent enough to excel at things like that. Most people here are.