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TimeMe Keeps You Accountable In The Most Basic Way Possible
5:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | TimeMe is an online timer that sticks to the principle of doing one thing — and doing it well. It’s a simple online stopwatch with very few distractions, functions or add-ons to get right to the heart of time keeping. More »
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FocusBoosterLive Is A Simple Web-Based Break Timer
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Whether you need a timer to keep you on task or to remind you occasionally get off task and emerge from your office, FocusBoosterLive can help ensure the hours don’t slip away. More »
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TimeLeft Masters Your Time With Countdowns And Clocks
2:30AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free application TimeLeft is a Swiss Army knife of time-related utilities, including reminders, countdowns, timers, stopwatches, auction watches, and more. If you want to keep track of something timely, TimeLeft can help. More »
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Vista Shutdown Timer Turns Off Your PC For You
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny utility Vista Shutdown Timer turns your computer off at the time you specify—and even fades the volume out so you can stay asleep. More »
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Marxio Timer Triggers Computer Events And Countdowns
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Marxio Timer is a Swiss-Army-knife like portable multifunction timer. If you only add a single timer to your virtual toolbox, this one covers a lot of bases. More »
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Send Later For Thunderbird Adds Custom Quick-Delay Buttons
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned Thunderbird extension Send Later rolls some time-saving buttons into a neck-saving extension. Now you can pre-set delays—30 minutes, 2 hours, tomorrow—for emails you want to hold off on. Just as before, you activate Send Later (or SL8R) by hitting Ctrl+Shift+Enter, a slight variation on Thunderbird’s Ctrl+Enter shortcut. When you get the prompt above, you can activate any of the pre-set delay times (chosen in the add-on’s options dialog) by hitting Alt and a number 1-3, giving you a cooling off period or letting you disguise your late-night email checking. Version 1.2 of Send Later incorporates a few other fixes and goodies, including a toolbar and draft folder presence and reduced memory use. It’s a free download, works wherever Thunderbird does. Note: Screenshot from developer’s blog; this editor’s Thunderbird loaded the extension fine, but he forgot to snap it inside a different partition. Send Later Extension [SL8TR] [The Unsigned Byte] More »
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Procrastination Killer Times Your Short-Burst Work Dashes
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: Software developer Elie really digs Merlin Mann’s (10+2)*5 dash, which breaks hours into 10-minute bursts of plugging away at one thing with two-minute breaks. Elie’s Procrastination Killer app helps you time and controls those dashes. The stand-alone, no-install-needed app can stay on top of everything on your desktop, but it’s kinda big and non-resize-able (at least for the time being). Turn off the “Always on Top,” and it sits in your system tray, counting down from 10 minutes and popping up to ask if you’re taking a break. It then times out that break, which you can stop if you need to get right back to it, and then halt that next work burst if you need an unexpected break. Simple timers at the bottom measure your total work and break times, as well as your ratio of work-to-break. If you’re fond of the procrastination-busting dash, one of the more proven and tried methods for getting around the it’s-all-too-much mindset and getting back to work, Elie’s little app is a great coach. Free to download (look for the link near the top of the linked post; be warned that it’s a MediaFire link, so expect pop-ups and flashy ads), requires Microsoft’s .NET Framwork 2.0 or higher. Prcorastination Killer v1.0 [Procrastination Killer] More »
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E.ggTimer Counts Down Via URL Variable
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Timers are useful for all manner of things, but you may not always have a handy portable timer with you. E.ggTimer is a dead simple web-based count down timer that you’ll (almost) never be without. You use plain English to tell E.ggTimer what window of time you need counted down. The time variable is plugged right into the URL—if you need a 20 minute countdown you use the URL http://e.ggtimer.com/20minutes. You can use combinations of years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds with the same plain style, just by entering the variables in logical order: 01days before 00hours, then 20minutes, etc. The timer starts when you load the URL in your browser and counts down in large block letters in the browser window centre, with an animated black and white border that slowly fills in as the time passes. While it might not be a practical count down tool for retirement, it’s extremely handy for a quick monitor on your brewing tea, or your next break to stretch and get some fresh air. E.ggTimer More »
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Alarm Clock By Tarry91 Manages Multiple Timers
8:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Alarm Clock by Tarry91 is a compact (if lengthily named) portable alarm manager and timer. Packed with features, it can help you with everything from tea brewing to early rising.Alarms and timers can be extremely useful, in more ways than one might expect. Alarm Clock by Tarry91 supports an unlimited number of events, and allows for every-x-minutes, daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly alarms to be set. Various actions can be set up to occur upon the alarm event, including MP3 or video playback, opening a specified file, and system shutdown, hibernation, or logging off the current user. The application resides in the system tray and has a quick event menu, accessible by right clicking on the tray icon, to add countdowns in commonly used blocks of time like fifteen and thirty minutes. Alarm Clock by Tarry91 is freeware, Windows only. Alarm Clock by Tarry91 [via Elite Freeware] More »
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