Self Control

Because you have none, Self Control is a little app that will block out the things that distract you.

Scott Lamb BuzzFeed, VP of International

Posted on March 31, 2009, at 5:07 p.m. ET

Self Control

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

Set it to block your access to email, Facebook, GoldenGirls.com, whatever, for a specific length of time. Once it's running, there's no way to turn it off, so tread carefully. Dead simple (but for Mac OS X users only, sorry).

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