diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 61ef55a..bff4a2f 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -356,6 +356,25 @@ needs to be set up to install them if they aren't already.
                    (start-process-shell-command "xrandr" nil xrandr-command))))
    #+end_src
 
+** Mode Line
+*** Clock
+    The time is a useful thing to know... and 12-hour clock is for
+    losers.
+
+    #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+      (setq display-time-24hr-format t)
+      (display-time-mode 1)
+    #+end_src
+
+*** Battery
+    Also useful to know, but only on a laptop... once I'm using this
+    configuration on Mandarax as well I'll probably have to
+    conditionally disable it.
+
+    #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+      (display-battery-mode 1)
+    #+end_src
+
 * Passwords
   This was a little more work than I expected... =password-store=
   provides a nice interface to =pass=, but annoyingly appears to