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Ban Websites That Waste Your Life and Suck Out Your Life Essence

poeks:

• In Finder, from the Go menu, choose “Go to folder.”
• In the “Go to the folder” dialog, type “/etc/”.
• From the /etc/ folder window, open the “hosts” file in a text editor.
• Add the following to the hosts file in its own line, using the site that applies to you:
  127.0.0.1 www.tumblr.com twitter.com favrd.textism.com

• Save and quit.

(via Lifehacker)

Yes, you can do that, and if you want to cut yourself off entirely, it’s a good idea. (Ironic that Lifehacker would suggest it, since Lifehacker might be ON some people’s lists ;-)

However if you want to take a break, for, say, work hours, try a little “Self Control”. No, really:

http://visitsteve.com/work/selfcontrol/

Is email a distraction? SelfControl is an OS X application which blocks access to incoming and/or outgoing mail servers and websites for a predetermined period of time. For example, you could block access to your email, facebook, and twitter for 90 minutes, but still have access to the rest of the web. Once started, it can not be undone by the application, by deleting the application, or by restarting the computer – you must wait for the timer to run out.