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‘Kardblock’ removes the Kardashians from your Internet

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" on Monday, May 5, 2014, in New York. (Evan Agostini / Invision)
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" on Monday, May 5, 2014, in New York. (Evan Agostini / Invision)

If you're like me, your exposure to Kim Kardashian is relegated to the supermarket checkout line magazines and the occasional comment from a colleague that is met with a cold, dead stare.

But for those of you that find yourself exposed to too much Kardashian throughout the day, the folks over at Chameleon.le might have a product you'd be interested in. Kardblock supposedly wipes all code containing reference to America's first-family of reality television from anywhere in your browser, giving you more time to spend on the Internet in the usual ways: swapping recipes of dessert hybrids, laughing and cooing at cats or arguing about the futility of boxing's return as a major American sport.

The program is currently in beta and you'll have to fork over an email address to the Chameleon folks if you want to try out the software. But that's a small price to pay for never having to hear about Kanye's thoughts on the environment, right?

And if you like the Kardashians but hate the Biebs, apparently Chameleon has code in the works to delete the Canadian pop star from your newsfeeds, too. No word yet on whether they can eliminate the Candy Crush invitations, though.



Kip Hill
Kip Hill joined The Spokesman-Review in 2013. He currently is a reporter for the City Desk, covering the marijuana industry, local politics and breaking news. He previously hosted the newspaper's podcast.

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