Personal Blog For September 24th: Block Mania

[alexandraerin]

So, I've blocked Tumblr in Chrome during my workday, except for a window for lunch. On an average day I don't need this, but on a day when Tumblr is being unusually distracting or I'm being unusually distractible, I lose too much time and attention before I notice that there's a problem. There are other places I can go to distract myself for a few minutes when I need a mental reset or a palate cleanser, but Tumblr has no end to updates... if something engages me for a few minutes, then something else engaging will have come along by the time I finish with it.

In completely unrelated to anything news, I've figured out how to boost the volume on my netbook when it's already at the top of the volume slider, which is going to be useful for watching videos/etc. without headphones.