OK, this trick is very limited and almost silly, but I’m actually about to use it. I just finished dinner and wanted to dedicate the next hour to a specific task. There are tons of apps, widgets or gadgets I could use to tell me when my hour is up, but you’ll never guess what I’m going to use: Windows Update. I just downloaded a few items and instead of restarting, I’m using that annoying little "Restart your computer…" reminder window to tell me when my hour is up. Sure it only works in increments of 10 minutes, 1 hour or 4 hours and yes, you can only do this then when there updates to be had, but for tonight, Windows Update is my "on task timer". Hey, at least I’m getting some value from the li’l bugger!
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