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A browser addon to remove the GOOGLE logo (and all its DOODLE versions) for ever!
By Greg Leuch & Aram Bartholl.
2014
We are still using Google but we don’t wanna see it’s ‘FUNNY’ logos any more!!
I try to avoid Google every day now but of course certain tasks, especially Google search just works too well. Since last year after Snowden I often think ‘I shouldn’t do this search on Google.’ hmm… I tried a few other search engines and some of them are quite ok and also claim to respect your privacy (duckduckgo.com/) but who knows…
For sure the very early days of being exited and maybe even fan of Google (remember how the smart boys conquered the IT world) are long time gone. Google is not cool any more. Google is not hip at all! ‘Don’t be evil.’ Ha! Ha! Ha! ..*hysterical* :/ … and btw: Hey Google! I don’t care about your happy, surprising animated logos on ‘great’ anniversaries or sports occasions. Your Doodles make me sick! Hello!!! The fun times on the Internet are over! Absolutely! Did you guys notice?!? …
Ok. So, it’s about time to get rid of you, slowly but surely. Let’s just start with the logo. This nifty little Chrome addon DOOD-remove will make the empty Google start page even more white. No more happy colored letters. (And no more dreadful Doodles!! Arrgh…)
Install *click click*. Good bye! AAaahhh… *relieved*. Just pure white! It feels so good. It’s a start!
…much more relaxed Aram Bartholl 2014
By Greg Leuch & Aram Bartholl.
Download for Chrome: chrome.google.com/webstore
Open source on Github: github.com/gleuch/doodremove
Greed powers our economy through restrictive licensing deals and claims of copyright. What enables this demand is the ability to control access or demand incentives as compensation for their work. The Internet, built without these restrictions, is being threatened to include protections for licensed and copyrighted content.
G.R.E.E.D. (Glom & Restrict Entities on Existing Domains) demonstrates how a web user’s browsing experience and anonymity can be threatened through restrictions, take-downs, censorship, and monetary blackmail if such license and copyright restrictions are imposed on the Internet.
For Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
Part of the C.R.E.A.M. exhibition at Art Micro Patronage.
Online Artist Talk, April 24th @ 7pm EST, at Art Micro Patronage
White-out the over-produced reality of the Kardashians*.
In a time where many wish to marry out of love but can’t because of how others feel about the sanctity of it all, we have celebrity Kim Kardashian to thank for showing us how great celebrity life can be… gorgeous ceremony, romantic honeymoon, million dollar licensing fees, and everything in between.
As the masses drool over her over-produced reality, for others, ignorance can be a true bliss with a little help from the Dash-Out browser blockers.
* Also blocks out executive producer Ryan Seacrest.
Code by Greg Leuch (source)
License under MIT License
While webmasters are able to support the OccupyInter.net protest on their sites, the other 99%* of netizens out there also need a way to armchair participate. For those netizens like , we are offering browser extensions to take over a show your protest for sites across the web while being able to see the volume of other netizens also protesting your favorite sites.
Download the browser extension for your browser, tell your friends, and continue to support the Internet Occupation!
New features for Chrome and Firefox include the ability to right-click to see the number of protesters that have occupied the current page, as well as selection options to control the loudness of the protesting crowd!
Code by Greg Leuch and Theo Watson
Extensions code: github.com/gleuch/occupy-internet-extensions
Server code: github.com/gleuch/occupy-internet-server
Concept development by Theo, Jerry, Jamie, Greg, Evan and Aram.
License under MIT License
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