If you can't meet up try twitter or tumblr. Every day post what you've achieved that day and what you're going to do tomorrow. If you keep it up for a week you'll feel very guilty if you stop. I've got a moleskin notebook that I use for this purpose and it works great.
>>I'm sure one of you is already thinking of how to make this a Facebook app, but I think a personal phone call would work best.
Actually, my first thought was meetup group in a certain area.