WinXP had some power schemes, and Vista improved on the power management options for desktops and laptops. But they were all pretty geeky, you had to know what was going on and to do a good job of getting it set up right there are a bunch of places you needed to go to install things.

Steve Clayton has just reminding me that Microsoft, Climate Savers Computing Initiative and Verdiem have made available Edison as a free download.

Edison (an application we’ve been testing at home for the last 90 days) is a free installation to help you optimize power usage on your PC as we all strive for a greener computing experience.

Download it and give it a try – every little big helps :)

It must be a mid-life crisis, or the summer air, but I got a Mustang. I know it’s a gas guzzler and something that I shouldn’t do both for the planet and my wallet but it’s not going to be an every day driver (I’ll continue to ride and bus to work unless the weather is great!)

It’s a really nice car, but pretty low tech. No GPS, no leather, no electrically adjusted seats etc… but that’s all to the good as I intend to experiment over time and upgrade and update bits to make it more comfortable and environmentally friendly (maybe one day there will be a practical Hybrid conversion!)

So far the only changed have been the addition of LoJack, Sequential tail lights and a ZuneCORE adapter for music while I’m rollin’ … other minor electronic and cosmetic tweaks to come…