For the first two months (ie. until March 1, 2008), I will go cold-turkey on any site that updates
rapidly and I have a tendency to be able to spend ALL my time on:

    - reddit.com
    - digg.com
    - slashdot.org
    - wikipedia.org (at the very least, the login/editing features)
    - stumbleupon.com

    New sites can be added to this list if they cause problems similar to the above.  Sites that may
    need to be added include:
        - news.google.com (indications: huge amount of rapidly-updating information; contraindications: at times, it's genuinely useful info (eg. national emergencies) (on the other hand, if I'm at work, I can just go straight to cnn/msnbc/bbc instead...  so no reason not to block this at work, right?)
        - anything here: http://paperlined.org/apps/reddit/alternatives.txt

    Things that may be allowed:
        Miro + tvrss.net



These websites will be blocked via various methods:

    X 127.0.0.1 entries added to local /windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file, particularly on computers at work

    - firewall rules added to my Linksys router, and my dad changes the password

    X commented out from my ServerGrease keymarks
            http://paperlined.org/oss/ServerGrease/mine/keymarks.js
        (this may not seem significant, but it is)

    X stumbleupon.com toolbar will be uninstalled

    - if it becomes at all feasible, several weeks after starting, I'll ask my boss if he can have
      the above sites blocked for my specific username





The goal is not necessarily to avoid these sites my whole life, merely to:

    1. prove to myself I'm capable of living life without them  (no, really, I fear I'll shrivel up and die.  Or at least cry for a while)

    2. allow me to get a realistic assessment of whether they're actually a net-positive or net-negative on my life, long-term

    3. I've found that change is usually a good thing...  even if the experience itself ends up being
        temporarily a bad thing, I almost always learn something from it.