Honest-to-God good advice
If you're studying something, or need to memorise things, put a timer on for twenty-one minutes before you do something else (a new subject or a short break, perhaps). The rigid schedule will eventually fit your attention span perfectly and you won't end up staring blankly at a page of text not taking any of it in, and if you are getting bored you have a defined end point to work until.
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Mon 14 Dec 2009, 12:44, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

how long
is the break?
( morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Mon 14 Dec 2009, 19:17, Reply)

Good question
10 minutes. The art lies in finding an activity that only lasts ten minutes (not teh internet).
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Three
wanks
(snopesthetruth, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 13:38, Reply)

lol
lol
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 6 Jan 2010, 16:41, Reply)