PowerTop and PeerGuardian

PeerGuardian + Windows64 == fail
Workarounds here:
http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/showthread.php?t=15268
None of them suit me, so I guess it's back to Ubuntu. I should really get around to that VM.

Also, I managed to use PowerTop to tell my iwconfig to disconnect every 500ms even when not idle, and it took me a bit to realize that that was the problem with my connection. Fixing it was easy once I knew what was up, tho. So... remember to not do that.

I'm planning to pick up some parts on Newegg and build myself a desktop because it sounds like fun and I haven't built anything computery for a couple years. Chips, yes; computers, no. Bah. I'm still debating whether I want to do some kind of crazy steampunk enclosure.

PowerTop for Ubuntu

http://www.linuxpowertop.org/powertop.php

I noticed recently that my laptop gets about 30% more battery life under Vista than under Ubuntu 10.04. Which is not how these things should be! So... Powertop. It's pretty cool. Still fiddling with it. Link above for screenshots and faq.