20130430k One end of my Internet cable. In a box. HAAAAAAAAAAAAHA!!!!!! | Gothenburg, Sweden

The net was cutting into more useful activities TOO MUCH. Whenever I intended to "just check a few things for 10 minutes" I ended up refreshing Facebook and shit for WHOLE EVENINGS.

 

I only scoured the entire Internet for a nice lock-yourself-out-of-the-Internet program. I found about three (for Windows at least)... One was reportedly very buggy. Two apparently can be reset by RESTARTING THE COMPUTER. OMFSM, WHAT A HASSLE!!! NOT.

 

I used "Temptation Blocker" for a while - one of the programs where you just have to do the restart. It didn't stop me well enough, so I got this box and some metal thingies intended for furniture and had an experienced drill-slinger put them together for me. I leave the key at other people's places, or I hide it in a tree on my way to the bus. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW, INTERNET ADDICTION?!?!?!?! :D

 

I suppose I could break open the box with my hammer, but so far I haven't even fingered said hammer. :)

 

Stuff I can now do instead of 40000 Facebook-refreshings:

- Zone out

- Daydream

- Eat

- Clean

- Cook

- Read nice books

- Go outside

 

Eventually I hope to keep myself locked out 5 days a week or so, and finally get my reading and movie-watching almost up to pre-Internet-era levels. :D

 

UPDATE: I now use the blocking app Freedom instead. It's much better than the box. :D

 

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Vegan FAQ! :)

 

The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.

 

Please watch Earthlings.

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