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Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - ahibba - 2009-12-26

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/17/study-ball-makes-sure-you-study/

It may help you lazy Japanese learners, but remember, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink!

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Grinkers - 2009-12-26

Now if only you could link that up to your SRS so it only releases when all reviews are done...

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Evil_Dragon - 2009-12-26

Wait, it's real? I could have sworn that picture was photoshopped.

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - ahibba - 2009-12-26

It's real. You can buy it for 85 euros:

http://www.curiosite.com/scripts/product/enproduct.php?idproducto=19126738

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - tregingigan - 2009-12-26

In Italy there was a famous writer having himself tied to a chair.
Obviously you need a helpful friend when study time is over... Smile

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - ocircle - 2009-12-26

Methinks you've got greater issues to address if you require the use of a ball and chain to get done work one wants to have done or needs to have done to obtain the things one desires.

Putting kanji flashcards on top of everything I wanted to do was an okay motivator for me, not to mention that annoying kanji screensaver that'd come up every 3 minutes if I was just staring at the screen.

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Jaunty - 2009-12-26

That doesn't look very motivating...

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - ahibba - 2009-12-26

Quote:...It comes with a safety key for emergency deactivation
I wonder what if you lose the key and you are alone.

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - ファブリス - 2009-12-26

The safety key kinda spoils it Smile

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - unauthorized - 2009-12-26

ahibba Wrote:
Quote:...It comes with a safety key for emergency deactivation
I wonder what if you lose the key and you are alone.
Wait for the <4 hour exparsion timer I guess. Or call a locksmith.

It's a pity that thing wouldn't stop me from distracting myself with surfing the net and posting on forums when I'm supposed to be doing reviews, like right about now :|

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Blahah - 2009-12-27

The ball doesn't sole the problem! I can easily sit at my desk all day, I just can't stop surfing the net. Show me a tool which forces focus

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - liosama - 2009-12-27

85 Euros = 138.479367 Australian dollars

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Kubelek - 2009-12-27

Blahah try LeechBlock addon for firefox

it changed my life Wink

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Grinkers - 2009-12-27

Kubelek Wrote:Blahah try LeechBlock addon for firefox

it changed my life Wink
I'm so going to try it and block this site, so I don't read your posts. Oh wait, if I don't read your posts, then that means I have things to block this site, which means I'll have to ...

Tongue

(thanks for the add-on name)

I think I need something linked to my SRS. Something like do 20 cards, and unlock my internet for 15 minutes. If there's 0 reviews it unlocks, or something like that.

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - unauthorized - 2009-12-27

Grinkers Wrote:
Kubelek Wrote:Blahah try LeechBlock addon for firefox

it changed my life Wink
I'm so going to try it and block this site, so I don't read your posts. Oh wait, if I don't read your posts, then that means I have things to block this site, which means I'll have to ...

Tongue

(thanks for the add-on name)

I think I need something linked to my SRS. Something like do 20 cards, and unlock my internet for 15 minutes. If there's 0 reviews it unlocks, or something like that.
Actually, you can just make LeechBlock block just the forums. All you have to do is filter forum.koohii.com instead of koohii.com.

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - Grinkers - 2009-12-27

unauthorized Wrote:Actually, you can just make LeechBlock block just the forums. All you have to do is filter forum.koohii.com instead of koohii.com.
I use anki only, but I was thinking it'd be funny to have a feature in anki to kill your internet until your reviews are done!

Study Ball: It Forces You to Study! - iSoron - 2009-12-27

Blahah Wrote:Show me a tool which forces focus
Daily meditation is a pretty good one.