We're always wary of pointing out tools that will make you more productive during your day. It sort of goes against everything we believe in. But sometimes when it's crunch time you've got to buckle down and get some work done. Depending on what you do for a living, closing your web browser may increase your productivity a few hundred percent.

But if your job involves being online, you might want to check out LeechBlock. The Firefox Add-on blocks access to your favorite time-sucking web sites during work hours. Just input the URL's of the sites you'd rather visit after hours, and let LeechBlock know what time you're supposed to be working, and you won't be able to visit those sites without entering a password.

Obviously you'll know the password. But hopefully as you're typing it, you'll remember that you weren't supposed to visit that site in the first place and stop dead in your tracks. Or you can just make your password "the quick brown fox jumped..." and improve your typing speed as you ignore your own attempts at self discipline.

[via Digital Inspiration]