Chrome: Remove Most Visited From New Tab (revert it back)

The other day when I hit Ctrl-T in Chrome I was greeted with a new page that actually reminded me more of a poorly designed web site from the 1990s than the sleekness that I usually associate with Google's browser.

And judging by the sheer number of posts from unhappy users, I knew I was not alone in my dislike of having my most recent web sites showing up on a newly tabbed page.

Thankfully, though, one helpful user posted how to revert your new tabs back to how they looked before (without having to use the often mentioned New Tabs Redirect extension).

IE - like that sad little puppy that follows you around

Copying from my recent Google+ post: 

From the Department of the Sadly Ironic

Our dearest Microsoft,

Though your current campaign could almost be witty it is with sad regret that we have to inform you that said advertising will only result in a vast increase in online jokes and memes. After all, your target audience already knows that only our relatives, clueless business professionals, and those who think IE is the internet [http://goo.gl/HhXyt] still use your browser.

And no, you cannot convert me, I use Linux.

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NBC Saves the Day by Killing a Web Series About a Time Traveling Inspector

This is actually one of my +1 comments over on Google+, but I wanted to post it here too:

Sigh... Yes, Executives of NBC. Having an independent web series based on Community's Inspectory Spacetime is an absolutely, horrendously, gross and blatant threat to your profits and Intellectual Property. Good on you for squashing this! You sure showed them! Now pat yourselves on the back and give yourself a nice bonus. (Oh, and I hope the BBC doesn't find out about this, I heard a rumour that Doctor Who was kind of big across the pond.)

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