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TwitterSnooze! - Give your chatty Twitter friends a timeout

TwitterSnooze! - Time out your chatty Twitter friends
Sometimes even the best in our Twitterati can break the unspoken twittettiquette and pollute what was once a beautiful arrangement of tweets with excessive twitterage. Or maybe they are just at a conference about turning door knobs with your teeth and you wish you could just tune them out while they rage on about the best way to mend a chipped tooth on the fly from a failed attempt. Or something like that.

Well TwitterSnooze! let's you get back in touch with the Twitter you love by giving the people that are harshing your mellow a timeout and putting the zen back into your Twitter. Simply enter your username and password, the person you want to snooze, and how long you want them out of your hair for (between 1 and 30 days). The only real side effect is that they will get an e-mail update that they have been unfollowed, but you can have the fact that they are merely being "snoozed" announced in your Twitter stream to avoid any confusion.

Filed under: Macintosh, Productivity, Freeware

Time Out: take breaks from your Mac

Time Out for MacTime Out is an app for Mac OS X (similar to Workrave) that is geared towards reminding you to take breaks from your computer, which can ultimately prevent repetitive-strain injury (RSI). Time Out is free and includes two types of breaks: normal and micro. Normal breaks are less frequent, but longer in duration, and micro breaks are more frequent but only last for about 10 seconds.

When it's time for a break, the screen will slowly fade into the Time Out screen with a progress bar showing you the remaining time of the current break. You also have the option to postpone the break for 5 or 10 minutes, or to skip it completely.

The program is highly customizable. You can set break length, frequency, and even the color and fade length Time Out will use when it's time for a break. Scripts, Adium status, and iTunes pause/play can even be triggered during breaks (so, for instance, your music can be stopped during a break, then resumed when the break is over).

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