After BobnDanaCon, I vowed with myself to really cut back on Hatrack time. Do more productive things. Quit making it the focus of my days on slow days at work.
Did okay for awhile. Didn't post at all for a few days. Then posted like once on the 16th; twice on the 17th. Up to four times on April 18th & 19th (trying to only check Hatrack once per day, in the morning).
Then, with all the resolve of a dieter heading for the nearest vending machine to get a 3 Musketeers, I posted 15 times on the 20th! 14 on the 21st! and I'm already at 13 posts for today!
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I beat the habit by alienating myself from much of hatrack and creating a personality centered around animosity and condescension. Worked like a charm. I can now go for days or weeks without even thinking about hatrack. I just post here when there's nothing else to do online.
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Remove hatrack from your bookmarks. In fact, remove all non-work stuff from your bookmarks. It works!
You can still check hatrack once every few times a day, but you'll have to click on five things (after typing it into the url box) to get to the forum. Its analogous to having the vending machine 200ft from you instead of 15.
And don't use the history autocomplete thing either. Thats like bringing in a candy bar to work .
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I seemed to have broken my addiction somewhat, but I have no idea how. I've become a bit of a lurker recently and I'm not sure why. Strive to become quiet and boring like myself - it helps.
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Farmgirl, for me it is more like Frodo and the ring. I can just feel the pull from upstairs, and I just can't resist.
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Wish I knew the answer FG--I've tried to do the same thing, to no avail. Being told that I'd probably loose my job if I ever visited Sakeriver from work again seems to have been sufficient to keep me away from Mike's site during the day though--maybe you could try having you boss say something like that to you.
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:snort: yeah - this being the boss that spends all HIS day on HomestarRunner, or listening to audio clips from Napolean Dynamite?
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quote: You can still check hatrack once every few times a day, but you'll have to click on five things (after typing it into the url box) to get to the forum. Its analogous to having the vending machine 200ft from you instead of 15.
I do that everytime I come. Posts: 8473 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Yeah, that does complicate matters, doesn't it?
Do you administer your firewall? If so you could block Hatrack from there, making it so that you could only hit the site from home. Not that I actually want you to *do* this, of course--just having fun thinking up ideas.
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Oh - that pains me just to think about it, Noemon!!
yes I could do that -- I have the ability to add blocks to the firewall. And I suppose I am the only one here it would affect.
But oh! No -- I couldn't do anything that drastic!
If only I could find something else to better fill my time.... ("better" being the operative word here)
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edit: oh duh. No, that wouldn't work either. Being a member of the tech department -- we have wide open access through the firewall - unlike the rest of the peons in the building. So anything I do to the firewall wouldn't apply to me. How else do you think my co-workers play World of Warcraft while at work?
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Every morning change your password to something unintelligible, without paying attention to what it is. Then each evening, when you get home, request your lost password information. It won't prevent you from reading Hatrack (which is what really takes the time), but it might help you not to post.
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Or I could go through the very frustrating route of changing my e-mail address on my Hatrack profile (I have at least five e-mail addresses I could rotate through) -- which thereby locks me out until they get around to sending me an e-mail to let me know what new password they have assigned me. That will force me to be off for awhile.
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I was gonna suggest the e-mail thing at first, but since you don't have to confirm the password when you change it, it seemed the easier route.
If your work has a static IP address, maybe you could request to have it banned. A little drastic, though....
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I took a month-long hiatus. It actually worked, for the most part. I still post a lot, but within reason now. And it doesn't come at the price of ignoring everyone I know IRL, either.
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quote:edit: oh duh. No, that wouldn't work either. Being a member of the tech department -- we have wide open access through the firewall - unlike the rest of the peons in the building. [Wink] So anything I do to the firewall wouldn't apply to me. How else do you think my co-workers play World of Warcraft while at work?
Woah! What kind of job do you have? What do you do?
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quote:How else do you think my co-workers play World of Warcraft while at work?
I wish I could do that!
I've actually considered it - since as long as I have my work taken care of, my boss doesn't seem to care what I do (chat online, browse hatrack, play flash games, etc.) - but I've been so very afraid of what would happen if I actually brought it in and installed it - I'd never get anything done again.
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Well -- I should clarify -- the ones that play WoW online here are doing it on their own laptops they bring in from home -- not on their work PCs. So they are still on call and working as needed
But our boss is flexible -- as long as our work is getting done on time, our down time is our own.
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