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"One of the downsides of the first social Olympic Games: it's difficult for Olympic fans to shield themselves from Games-related spoilers online.\nGreg Leuch, a developer The Free Art and Technology Lab has tried to remedy this problem with the creation of Olwimpics, an Olympics spoiler blocker. \nThe browser can't block coverage entirely; indeed, in our tests, quite a few spoilers slipped through. But it does recognize keywords associated with the Games and places a different Olympic color over each one whenever they appear. \nKeywords barred include Olympics, ceremony, medal(s), bronze, silver, gold, sports, meters (and other mentions of distance), as well as all sporting event names such as archery, boxing, volleyball and so on.  \nOlwimpics is available for Chrome, Safari and Firefox. It's already been downloaded more than 2,000 times. \n\"I created this and other blockers as digital art pieces for public consumption, and prefer to not look at them as actual software,\" said Leuch. He has created other similar pieces as personal speed projects \u2014 Olwimpics took a mere two hours to build. \n\"There are a few minor bugs and quirks with some pages that load dynamically like Twitter, or really really long pages,\" Leuch adds. We've noticed inconsistencies in word blockage on social networks that aren't as apparent on news sites. (We've included some examples in the gallery below.)\nWhile it's nowhere near being a full spoiler blocker, the extension does at least give you a heads up when someone mentions the Olympics and allows you the opportunity to skip that post. It is also a little reminiscent of Mad Libs. \nIf you try it for kicks, be aware that it will block stories that make mention of other sporting events \u2014 such as professional and college sporting events and even little league.\nWould you use Olwimpics, or does it seem like too much hassle? Let us know in the comments.\n\n\nOlwimpics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNBC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwitter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMashable\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington Post\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, PeskyMonkey."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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