Thanks to the blizzard this weekend, I’ve been alone and stuck inside long enough to write an extension for Google Chrome. It’s called “New Tab Redirect!” and it allows you to customize the page displayed when you add a new tab (either with CTRL+T or clicking the (+) in the title bar).
A cool thing about the extension is that it allows you to specify about: pages, URLs, or local files.
The extension is available in the extension Gallery: http://bit.ly/info/8oNcya