1. set noprocrast on HN 2. use a separate browser for Gmail 3. don't check emails automatically. Only if I think of it. 4. only read online news once during

1. set noprocrast on HN 2. use a separate browser for Gmail 3. don't check emails automatically. Only if I think of it. 4. only read online news once during the day, at lunch, and use instapaper.com to defer articles that might take more than a few minutes to read. 5. the null default browser page is a great idea - but in the past I've taken it further, with a message asking if I'm browsing for work. I've also thought that a script displaying my current todo list or bug count, etc. would be a good default page.