You’ve probably read by now that the Gospel of Judas has been found, authenticated and translated. It’s one of several Gnostic texts to be discovered in the last several decades. What’s fascinating to me, with my pseudo-Catholic background, is the way it gives historical insights into a time I’ve always considerd walled off by theology.

A “perfect mirror” that reflects laser light and can be formed into a spaghetti-thin tube is helping surgeons zap tumors that can’t be reached with line-of-sight lasers.

A company called SeaCode is putting together a novel idea in offshoring: they’re going to buy a used cruise ship and fill it with developers, then park it in international waters just off the coast of California. Check out the write up in bldg blog, which judging from the quality of the posts so far is likely to become a lot more familiar in these parts.

Disney is launching a new “family-friendly” (read “parent-friendly”) phone service that allows parents to map their children’s whereabouts using GPS, and control when they can make calls and who to. It strikes me as really creepy now, but I’ll probably have a different opinion when my own kids start asking for cell phones.

Google and Earthlink will be teaming up to provide free Wi-Fi Internet access in the city of San Francisco.