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From: D.M. Procida on 23 Jun 2010 17:57
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Are there any that do it the other way around? So you get full access
> for half an hour then your access is restricted to time-wasting domains
> for a while?

Did you mean that, or did you mean "... your access to time-wasting
domains is restricted for a while"?

Daniele
From: zoara on 24 Jun 2010 11:36
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Are there any that do it the other way around? So you get full access
>> for half an hour then your access is restricted to time-wasting
> > domains
>> for a while?
>
> Did you mean that, or did you mean "... your access to time-wasting
> domains is restricted for a while"?

Er, yeah. That's what I meant. Obviously I didn't proof-read my post for
sily erors before posting...

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From: zoara on 24 Jun 2010 12:03
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Since posting, I realised I could use an Applescript timer to trigger a
> "blocker" after 30 minutes or whatever. Ideally I'd like to trigger
> something like SelfControl but that doesn't seem to be scriptable.

Oooh look.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-apps-to-help-you-focus-be-productive-mac/

do shell script "open -a \"SelfControl\""
tell application "SelfControl"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "SelfControl"
click button "Start" of window "SelfControl"
end tell
end tell

That triggers the SelfControl timer. I know there are a couple of ways
to turn SelfControl off once it's started, but I'm going to studiously
ignore those. As it stands, I can't access Facebook (not that I really
do, anyway) for the next thirty minutes, even if I reboot. Brilliant.

Only downside is that I needed to enter my password for it to trigger. I
hope I don't need to each time... but I can't check for another half
hour or so.

I just need to add the right stuff to the blacklist, and then create a
script with a timer before it triggers SelfControl. Sorted.

Thanks for all the help!

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From: Rowland McDonnell on 25 Jun 2010 14:35
Ric <infobubble(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> (Rowland McDonnell) wrote:
[snip]

> > Isn't there some devious user unfriendly config file that's used for
> > mapping 'net requests, so you can tell the machine effectively block
> > access to whatever IP (or domain?) that way?
> >
> > If you know what I'm talking about (and I don't): how about writing a
> > short script that swapped out the usual config file and swapped in a
> > config file that blocked/re-directed to nullorwhatnot access to the
> > sites in question on a timer - and put it back to normal on the same
> > timer.
> >
> > <shrug>
> >
> > Would an approach like that work?
[snip]
> The Hosts file, yes.

Ah yes, that's the badger.

> The problem I would have with this is that the creation of multiple
> hosts files, along with associated cron jobs etc, would turn into
> exactly the sort of procrastination that stops me getting any work
> done...!

You should be able to do it without that much fiddle using AppleScript,
I'd've thought - if you happen to be clued up on AppleScript. If not...

Then again, if there's a more straightforward method...

Rowland.

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From: zoara on 28 Jun 2010 04:59
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Since posting, I realised I could use an Applescript timer to trigger
> > a
>> "blocker" after 30 minutes or whatever. Ideally I'd like to trigger
>> something like SelfControl but that doesn't seem to be scriptable.
>
> Oooh look.
>
> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-apps-to-help-you-focus-be-productive-mac/
>
> do shell script "open -a \"SelfControl\""
> tell application "SelfControl"
> activate
> end tell
> tell application "System Events"
> tell process "SelfControl"
> click button "Start" of window "SelfControl"
> end tell
> end tell
>
> That triggers the SelfControl timer. I know there are a couple of ways
> to turn SelfControl off once it's started, but I'm going to studiously
> ignore those. As it stands, I can't access Facebook (not that I really
> do, anyway) for the next thirty minutes, even if I reboot. Brilliant.
>
> Only downside is that I needed to enter my password for it to trigger.
> I
> hope I don't need to each time... but I can't check for another half
> hour or so.

Sadly it always asks for the password. Is this likely to be something I
can get around (perhaps by marking the ipfw settings file as
user-writeable or something) or will I have to ask the developer? I
don't know how to work out whether the password dialog is controlled by
the application or the OS.

The software is open-source, so there's a chance (however slim) that it
can be fixed in either case.

Can you use Applescript to enter a password into one of these dialog
boxes? Security be damned.

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