Bookmarklet to make reading news more fun xkcd style

This bookmarklet replaces certain pieces of text on Web pages with other texts that supposedly make reading the content more fun, especially on news sites. Based on xkcd 1288.

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Fun News Bookmarklet javascript:(function(){var c=[{re:new RegExp("\\bwitnesses\\b","gmi"),subst:"these dudes I know"},{re:new RegExp("\\ballegedly\\b","gmi"),subst:"kinda probably"},{re:new RegExp("\\bnew\\s+study\\b","gmi"),subst:"Tumblr post"},{re:new RegExp("\\brebuild\\b","gmi"),subst:"avenge"},{re:new RegExp("\\bspace\\b","gmi"),subst:"spaaace"},{re:new RegExp("\\bgoogle\\s+glass\\b","gmi"),subst:"virtual boy"},{re:new RegExp("\\bsmartphone\\b","gmi"),subst:"Pokédex"},{re:new RegExp("\\belectric\\b","gmi"),subst:"atomic"},{re:new RegExp("\\bsenator\\b","gmi"),subst:"elf-lord"},{re:new RegExp("\\bcar\\b","gmi"),subst:"cat"},{re:new RegExp("\\belection\\b","gmi"),subst:"eating contest"},{re:new RegExp("\\bcongressional\\s+leaders\\b","gmi"),subst:"river spirits"},{re:new RegExp("\\bhomeland\\s+security\\b","gmi"),subst:"homestar runner"},{re:new RegExp("\\bcould\\s+not\\s+be\\s+reached\\s+for\\s+comment\\b","gmi"),subst:"is guilty and everyone knows it."},];function a(e,g){var d,f;if("undefined"===typeof e.nodeName){return}f=e.nodeName.toLowerCase();if(-1!==["script","style"].indexOf(f)){return}if(e.nodeType===Node.ELEMENT_NODE){if(e=e.firstChild){do{d=e.nextSibling;a(e,g)}while(e=d)}}else{if(e.nodeType===Node.TEXT_NODE){e.data=g(e.data)}}}function b(d){if(typeof d==="undefined"){return}for(i in c){o=c[i];d=d.replace(o.re,o.subst)}return d}document.title=b(document.title);a(document.body,b)})();

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This post was written by Ramiro Gómez (@yaph) and published on November 08, 2013. Subscribe to the Geeksta RSS feed to be informed about new posts.

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