Dis is a very, very simple tool for managing Internet distractions when you're supposed to be working instead of screwing around. It works by making entries to your /etc/hosts that will override your machine's DNS resolution, ensuring that the (un)desired sites won't be available when you don't want them to be.
Dis is a command line tool. Clone or download it, install it somewhere in your PATH, and ensure it's set executable:
chmod +x dis
and run it like this:
dis ok: Allow distractions; ie. comment out disallowed domain names
so they can be resolved.
dis off: Disallow distractions: resolve disallowed domains to
127.0.0.1 (ie. local machine) so the site is not available.
dis add domain: Add new site to distractables list; ie. "dis add
twitter.com"
dis list: List domains on distraction list.
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This is only tested on Mac OS X, but should work on Linux too.
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It requires superuser (admin) access to modify /etc/hosts, so you'll need an admin password. It also assumes that your machine's sudo configuration will allow you to run bash, sed and perl. (On Mac OS X, it does by default.)
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You shouldn't even need this. Show some discipline!