It happens to the best of us. You sit down to get some work done and put a dent in that growing pile of assignments only to find, hours later, you're back where you started. In today's tech world it's hard not to get distracted by things like Facebook, email, Twitter, Myspace, instant messaging, YouTube, Skype, and so on. With so much of the internet vying for your valuable time, you need to stand up and say enough is enough. You need Freedom!

If you just don't have the willpower to stay unplugged and need a little reenforcement, this program is perfect for you. Freedom is an application for Mac OS X that can help you stay on task, while writing your next big paper, by disabling your internet connection until you're done. Simply set the number of minutes you want to be rid of the internet and let Freedom do the rest. No more distractions. You can't cheat Freedom by messing with your internet settings or quitting the application- it'll just appear as unresponsive. The only way to get your connection back is to wait until the time is up or, if you can't live without tagging a few more photos from last Friday's mixer, you can restart your computer to go back to normal.

Freedom is available as a free download (donations are accepted via Paypal) from : the developer's website