Add "127.0.0.1 News.YCombinator.com" to /etc/hosts. Get your life back.

Yeah! I'm doing this right after this comment...

As a bonus, your web browser will open up to your local webserver.

Meaning every time you go to read the news, your project will open up.

Best increase in productivity ever.

"/etc/hosts. Substituting for will power since 1985."

Don't forget to do the same for www.reddit.com, www.facebook.com, www.twitter.com, etc ad nauseum.