Please help a Mac internet addict with his problem

[inocen1]

Hi Everyone,
I actually looked a good while for one of those internet site blockers for Mac and couldn't find much of anything so Sigamy thank you for that. I'm going to look into that further. One person I talked to recommended getting a 28.8k modem and hook it up to an airport extreme. I had to laugh, but at the same time I think that might actually do a lot of good. When I had a 28.8k modem, I hated going on the internet and usually just downloaded my mail which took forever, so I'd do other productive things in the meantime. I could still use ichat that way too. So not a completely unrealistic idea. Thank you very much for the support and assistance.

Matthew

 

[inocen1]

Hey everyone,
Just to update you all. I have instituted ContentBarrierX which is the program in the last link that sigamy posted. The program is quite nice. You can set up certain hours of every day that you can use the internet. At any other time it is cut off. So with the help of a good friend who set the password I have begun a one hour a day weekday policy and full use from 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. on Saturdays and Sundays. So far it has gone very very well. I've already gotten quite a bit more sleep than I used to. I do only what needs to be done during my hour on weekdays (which turns out to be more than enough time) and then I save all the surfing and other pointless blog reading till weekends. If I happen to need more time during a weekday then I go to the library.
Things are going great and I couldn't be happier. THANK YOU very much for your support and help especially sigamy for finding Contentbarrierx.
Matthew

 

[Honortgoat]

Wow, I've been wanting something like content barrier for ages!! I , too, am a law student and all I do in classes is surf the web. Not too mention the hours that I spend on it each day outside of class. As I also have a full time job and am a competitive athlete, all this web surfing means I either sleep less or do less school work. Of late, I've taken to moving my PB to another room while I study - but then I just get up every half hour to check mail and that leads to more surfing. Thanks, sigamy. Inocen1, good luck with your law school and your problem.

 

[Felix_the_Mac]

Good luck.
I also suffer from this problem!
If I could trust my wife I would implement this solution too. :-(