I'm not sure if everyone noticed, but the primary interesting thing here is NOT that it blocks off domains at certain times (everyone and their dog wrote such scripts for themselves). The nice thing is that each rule is defined as a function, which means that you can put a bit more complex rules inside, or just add some logging and track every name resolution against given domain.<p>Which actually brings me to question: aren't domain-IP pairings cached by the browser?
How is this at the top of HN? Apparently people that need this stuff sit on HN and vote it up. If you don't want to go to these sites I have some advice: Don't go to them.
Nice effort. Having tried RescueTime and more crazy tools last year, I realized it's in the doing. If you enjoy it nothing can distract you. If you really don't enjoy it from inside (i.e. if your ends are not aligned with the going), nothing can help you. It's better to alter your mindset about your work. Spending 3 days on that = lesser distractions for long time.
This, like other github themes, has bad CSS that makes the monospaced text come out as serif on Linux. I know the github crew uses Macs but it makes me a little sad to see they don't test on the system that spawned their namesake. :(
Personally I use Chrome Nanny[1] for this sort of thing, but it's a pretty interesting idea.<p>1: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cljcgchbnolheggdgaeclffeagnnmhno" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cljcgchbnolheggdga...</a>
It's amazing that we, who like to think of ourselves as do-ers, need tricks to keep us focused on the goal. Not that I'm criticizing: I use no less than 3 similar tools at the same time, and I still have trouble. What is wrong with us!
It's funny how a distracting website recommends you tools to avoid being distracted. Suppose I'm using this tool to block HN, now I feel like I'm missing out on a new tool! Geez.
I once spent a couple of hours writing a bash script that edited my /etc/hosts file (e.g. resolve facebook.com to 127.0.0.1), and then ran that using crontab to allow some breaks during the day.<p>It was fun, but then I had to go back to work. ;-)
On a similar note, can anyone suggest tools like rescuetime for firefox? The few apps that the Firefox Addons website suggests are all outdated (not compatible with ff4+).<p>Wouldn't a time tracker app with built-in pomodoro timer and website blocker be the ultimate tool? :) Maybe we could toss in functionality to take screenshots every few seconds and show it back to us at the end of the day.
"After you identify the process listening on port 53, run sudo kill -9 with the process id."<p>-9 as in KILL? I don't do Python, so I cannot comment on the quality of the project. But this FAQ should be changed. People that know how to stop a process don't need a FAQ entry. People that don't know how to do that shouldn't be trained to think that this is a sensible way to stop a program.
I wrote myself a similar thing a couple of years ago but just leveraging the /etc/hosts file with some scripting.<p><a href="https://github.com/rennhak/ProcrastinatorsHelp" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/rennhak/ProcrastinatorsHelp</a><p>But believe me, if you want to doodle there is nothing going to stop you.
This is a great idea, BUT it'll slow your system so no thanks.<p>My tip to you guys is to turn off Internet access until you need it, close the browser. When you open Reddit, HN, Facebook or whatever - close it deliberately. Practice that. Move the cursor to the X, push it and MEAN IT.
for fun I did this <a href="https://github.com/khakimov/freodom" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/khakimov/freodom</a> (yea, simple 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts), you can add this feature in your project:<p>- Automatically changes status to DND (skype/adium)