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SelfControl For Your Web 2.0 Addiction

Posted by samzenpus on from the red-button-red-button dept.

jamie dubs writes "Find yourself spending all day on Slashdot? Facebook? Gmail? Getting clean can be hard, but thankfully Steve Lambert is here to help. "SelfControl" is an open-source Mac application that will completely block access to a list of websites for a specified period of time."

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  1. Irony plus. by dov_0 · · Score: 1

    Does anyone else find it ironic that SelfControl uses an external object to enforce compliance?

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    sudo mount --milk --sugar /cup/tea /mouth /etc/init.d/relax start
    1. Re:Irony plus. by maccallr · · Score: 1

      No I don't get it. What's the external object?

    2. Re:Irony plus. by dov_0 · · Score: 1

      No I don't get it. What's the external object?

      *Sigh* The application on the computer called 'SelfControl'...

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      sudo mount --milk --sugar /cup/tea /mouth /etc/init.d/relax start