here's how I solve this problem. (ironically Chris Wanstrath, GitHub co-founder, created the technology my solution uses, and apparently did it in response to a

here's how I solve this problem. (ironically Chris Wanstrath, GitHub co-founder, created the technology my solution uses, and apparently did it in response to a random comment by GitHub engineer Ryan Tomayko.) the tech is called dotjs. you can check it out at http://defunkt.io/dotjs http://defunkt.io/dotjs. if you use Chrome as your web browser, it runs arbitrary JavaScript you define for any domain in your ~/.js directory. my ~/.js/github.com.js looks like this: $("div.news").hide(); you can check the full file for a couple other hacks: https://github.com/gilesbowkett/dotjsfiles/blob/master/github.com.js https://github.com/gilesbowkett/dotjsfiles/blob/master/githu... but that's the gist of it (no pun intended). I also created a Minimal GitHub Dashboard mini-app, built in Node against the GitHub API, but when they changed the API, I didn't bother to update it. I think it was really cool though so I'll link it up anyway. it just pulled a list of your public repos and put links to them in a very readable, very minimal UI. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2010/10/node-miniapp-minimal-github-dashboard.html http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2010/10/node-miniapp-minima...