When a buddy of mine was having an obsessive time of it and begged me to save him from himself, I edited the .hosts file to redirect from wikipedia, reddit, and

When a buddy of mine was having an obsessive time of it and begged me to save him from himself, I edited the .hosts file to redirect from wikipedia, reddit, and similar sites. It worked (but not as well as just dropping in on him at lunch, asking how things were going, and getting him to get his proverbial in gear)...