Don’t get me wrong. I love the internet. However, I recognize that it is very easy to stop and check one blog post or one news story and then the next time you look at a clock, you realize that an hour and a half has gone by. Eric Zorn has found a great tool that allows you to take a break, but ensures that you do not lose track of time.

The site is called E.ggtimer.com. to use it, you simply type e.ggtimer.com/(desired length of time) in your web broswer address bar. for example, if you wanted a 10 minute timer, you would type e.ggtimer.com/10minutes.

I created a bookmark to the site e.ggtimer.com/10minutes and I saved that bookmark to my Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar. Thus, now if I want to take a 10 minute break, I simply open that timer in a new tab and take my break, knowing that the timer will let me know when my 10 minutes are up.