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  • #589851
    EarlyBird
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    Hi,

    I work from home on the computer. But I find myself wasting time on the internet instead of working. Any good ideas to stay focused on what I am supposed to be doing? I would block internet access, but I need it for work.

    #647102
    A600KiloBear
    Participant

    BS”D

    Filter out the sites that distract you – you can even ask the mod on Guard Your Eyes to hold your password after you add the sites you don’t want to your k9 protection filter. I used to do just that (I had a problem with LH, MSR and kefira sites that I would waste too much time arguing) but somewhere along the line my K9 created a problem for me and I had to remove it. Most people won’t have the particular problem I had with K9 – it had to do with downloads on my particular Ukrainian ISP when it changed hands, hardly a worry for anyone else out there!

    #647104

    ames,

    I see the rehab place taught you well! If at first you don’t succeed, quit trying before you get depressed!

    #647105

    all kidding aside that is the most important thing to remember and its also the easiest thing to forget.

    #647106
    EarlyBird
    Member

    600k: Thanks, I will look into this. I would need to block YWN!!

    ames: I wish I could do that (quit job), but I wouldn’t get any money from browsing the web…

    #647107
    noitallmr
    Participant

    “but I wouldn’t get any money from browsing the web… “

    You’d be surprised…there’s always Ebay…

    #647108
    azi
    Participant

    Freedom is an application that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.

    http://macfreedom.com/

    #647109
    Ish52
    Member

    try getting a fellow employee or even your boss to check up on you this way you won’t think of slacking off-

    #647110
    noitallmr
    Participant

    “try getting a fellow employee or even your boss to check up on you this way you won’t think of slacking off- “

    That is everyone LAST LAST resort!

    #647111
    Jax
    Member

    Ish52: have your boss join the CR too & send ya a post to get back to working! 😉

    #647112

    A600kgBear – I had the same problem with K9 when I downloaded Internet Explorer 8. In the end I reverted to version 7 because my K9 is more important than the upgrade.

    BTW – important note about K9. If you forget your password you can have it sent to your email address. If you think anyone else may be logging in and having it sent to your address when you aren’t around, do what I did. I set up a new email account with hotmail. Put this down as my email address, got the initial emails then deleted the account. This means that no-one can get into it. HOWEVER, one draw back is that it does not recognise hebrew, which means that occasionally things can get past it.

    #647113
    noitallmr
    Participant

    shalom in Israel- did you meet R’ Elyashiv by the Kotel?

    #647115
    an open book
    Participant

    joseph: i know at least one person’s work computer i’ve used blocked some sites but not ywn.

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