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Lock in Productivity with Lockout Utility

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 2007

“You can stop computer-based slacking–like the compulsive
reloading of Digg or Reddit at the expense of productivity–with a
few changes to your computer’s DNS profile, and enforce the changes
using Lockout, a tool designed to enforce discipline and increase
productivity.

“Lockout’s methods are simple: after configuring your system to
prevent slacking, Lockout prevents you from becoming the
administrative superuser, root, for a set amount of time…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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