i read thru this entire post and i have a few questions:

1 - is there a way to set this program up as a button or widget in the ui menu so that we wouldnt have to run it from xterm each time?
2-have you determined that there are indeed no side effects from running this program?
3 - how do you get 15 hours of uptime of your battery?????? i barely get 3 if i am lucky. i do have my internet connection up all the time for email retrieval and i use bluetooth all day as well so i am curious as to how you do it