Pomodoro: Getting things done 25 minutes at a time

You know those un-fun days at your desk when you have a lot to do, but don't want to do any of it?  When I have long lists of mundane tasks that seem way less interesting than checking (again) what people are saying on Facebook?

A simple technique
I came across a little online club a couple of years ago that celebrates a productivity tool called the Pomodoro technique.  (They explained that pomodoro was italian for tomato.)  You can get all the info straight from the source here.  Keep reading after the jump to get my take on the technique.