Heh. Most mornings I start my day with /., HN, etc... knowing full well that it isn't particularly optimal. One thing that I think is effective, if you're in this habit like me, is to do an hour or so of work on a project before checking these sites or reading e-mail. I find that hour to be particularly productive. If you can do it on monday you'll feel like a saint. Plus, it seems fewer people are interrupting you that early (perhaps because they're too busy reading HN & email? ;))

Exactly. I'd estimate approximately a 10-fold increase in productivity if I removed the HN RSS feed from the top of my iGoogle page. But...