How do you get in your "productive" mode?
slmbrhrt: I can't think straight without my headphones and some decent music or white noise.I use awesomewm, which, like ratpoison and ion, works hard to maximize every window and minimize distractions.It's also good to designate one part of your room as the spot where you get your work done, and sit there if and only if you're going to do work, so that you pair sitting at your desk with getting work done. If you can't get into hack mode after about fifteen minutes of sitting in front of your work, get up and do something like solve a Rubik's cube, play Tetris until you lose, or just go get something to drink, but then sit down and try again.