Lifehacker recently had a piece on technology “crippling” as a strategy for boosting productivity:

Every advance in productivity afforded by technology has been quickly swallowed by a corresponding reduction in the barriers to procrastination. One possible solution: cripple your technology to restore those barriers.

I question whether “crippling” is the right word, though: it seems to me that there are lots of things we do, or can do to technology that is more like taking a suit to the tailor: you’re not “crippling” the sleeves and pants by making them a length that fits you.