Grindstone

By Mike Champion — Last update Mar 6, 2008 — Installed 526 times. Daily Installs: 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 4, 1
Script Summary:
Reminder to stay focused. Avoid distracting websites and remain productive.

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Grindstone is a Greasemonkey script to help block websites that steal your focus. You tell it which sites to block and when to block them. Think of it as a safety net for staying productive.

Instructions

For a quick intro, there is a 60 second screencast on how to use Grindstone.

After installing the script, visit a page that you'd like to block. From the Greasemonkey menu (click on the monkey face in the lower-right):

  • Grindstone Block Current Site - Block the current URL, after selecting a rule.
  • Grindstone Settings - Add, modify or delete the sites that are blocked.

When a site is block, you'll see this message (that you can always dismiss).

Issues

  • There is an issue with Greasemonkey where certain iframes can cause an error of “unsafeWindow cannot call GM_getValue”. The site will not be blocked as expected but nothing bad happens. Unfortunately Digg, a site which can be quite distracting, exhibits this issue.

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