I've an ever-increasing distaste for the meritless, sensationalist anti-journalism of some tech blogs that are otherwise inexplicably popular; and with short/obscure links ruling more of the web, I decided to implement this simple effective hack to void out any and all [accidental] visits or link-bait clicks from padding their logs...
already completed my first hack of 2011... it's for my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 techcrunch.com
Dubbing it my new year's unresolution #1 =P