[DavidTWco]

I've been using New Tab Draft for a while. It's pretty minimalist, just a blank page (colours configurable) that I can make some notes on it I want to.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-draft/nmfj...

[tedmiston]

I used a similar extension called Write Space for a long time. For some reason it's a 404 in the Chrome store right now but very minimal and useful.