One of his posts from 2008 entitled “Compression using Canvas and PNG-embedded data” had a good idea: if you want to compress JavaScript and CSS you could reverse engineer a packing algorithm in JavaScript or you could use a lossless packing system that is already in use and supported in browsers. In this case the packed format is PNG and the way to unpack it is by using the canvas API’s getImageData() method

He’s an Indian, and Brazilian officials have concluded that he’s the last survivor of an uncontacted tribe. They first became aware of his existence nearly 15 years ago and for a decade launched numerous expeditions to track him, to ensure his safety, and to try to establish peaceful contact with him. In 2007, with ranching and logging closing in quickly on all sides, government officials declared a 31-square-mile area around him off-limits to trespassing and development.

Incredible!

The Google Unemployment Index tracks queries related to “unemployment, social, social security, unemployment benefits …

Ingenious!